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Teacher’s Guides and Strategies for Nature’s Dark Treasures
Your mind-blowing classroom companion throughout the year that supports a dynamic and powerful learning atmosphere. Implementation strategies. Students will explore:
Circle Time for Younger Students
Create a weekly/daily or monthly special dedicated circle time with your students to explore each phenomenon in rich detail. Scan QR code to hear Kiwi speaking and dive into memorable dialogue.
- Discussion Questions
- Activity Ideas
- Printable Resources
Science Unit Study with 12 Ready-to-Use Lessons
Ready-to-use classroom ideas included. Use Nature’s Dark Treasures as a thematic science unit spanning multiple weeks, covering new topics each week building skills like:
- Conducting experiments
- Vocabulary
- Understanding new science concepts
- Creative and scientific writing
- Discussion, reflection and critical thinking
Cross-Disciplinary Science Integration
Add a Dark Focus to any aligning lesson throughout the school year. Educators can implement Nature’s Dark Treasures into existing science units by exploring how darkness and blackness appear in nature across multiple fields like biology, geology, chemistry, astronomy and physics.
Curriculum Expansion
Add a Dark Focus to any aligning lesson throughout the school year. Educators can implement Nature’s Dark Treasures into existing science units by exploring how darkness and blackness appear in nature across multiple fields like biology, geology, chemistry, astronomy and physics.
Art Projects
Incorporate art and storytelling by having students illustrate dark phenomena or create cultural connections through myths and legends.
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Outdoor Learning
Encourage outdoor experiments, such as soil studies, stargazing, and tracking nocturnal animals.
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Classroom Companion With Monthly Focus
Since Nature’s Dark Treasures is structured as a calendar, educators can align lessons with each month’s theme, using a monthly deep dive approach where students explore a different dark natural phenomenon. This approach works well for homeschoolers, microschools, and traditional classrooms as it allows flexibility in pacing while integrating science, geography, history, and hands-on activities.
In Your Technology Class
Cross-disciplinary ideas to bring Nature’s Dark Treasures science experience into Tech class with Google slides, AI and other engaging activities.
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