These lesson plans are ready-to-use! Students of Dr. Perry Cook, professor of education in UWSP's School of Education, wrote lesson plans for their Education 325 class. Written specifically for the UWSP Museum of Natural History, these plans also serve as a ready resource for area teachers planning a field trip to our Museum. We encourage teachers to use these plans as they are or modify them as needed. I tried to edit student lesson plans as little as possible. Most changes were made to conform to our website style. Kerri Koschkee, museum student employee and education major, proofread plans 1-24. We appreciate your comments and suggestions.
Edward Marks/ Curator of Education / UWSP Museum of Natural History
# Title and/or topic Grade level Author 1 Museums can be adventurous/ Predator, prey Kathy Johnson 2 Animals in their habitats 3,4,5 Sarah Hamiltion and Bob Blessington 3 Animal habitats K, 1 Rose Niznik 4 Owls in the museum Dawn Collins 5 Bird beaks 2 April Frahm 6 Habitats for animals 2 Kelli Lemon 7 Fur, fins, and feathers 2, 3 Linda Hofer-Bardonner 8 Bird adaptions 2 Thea Daniels and Alison Guthman 9 Detective work on animals and habitats 2 Melissa Rademacher 10 What will I find at the museum? 3 Brittaney Maurer 11 Wisconsin animals 2, 3 Jenny Fox and Liz Vinopal 12 Investigating animals and habitats 4 Jim Peterson and Sherri Ronge 13 Exploring the wetlands 3, 4 Janelle M. Legro 14 Investigating habitats: Learning about living environments 4 Amy L. Vander Sanden 15 Wisconsin birds 3 Emily Tackes, Sara Scherer, Jenny Marx 16 Birds Lynn Helgeson and Betsy Roehl 17 Animals at the museum, especially dinosaurs 3 Gretchen VanderLoop and Kelly Seitz 18 Who goes bump in the night? (Nocturnal animals) 2 Nicole A.Strege and Angela Harrigan 19 Rocks and minerals 3 Jennifer Belcher 20 Animal habitats 2 Margaret Sauer and Shirin Kukanich 21 Animal taxonomy (classification) 6,7 Christina Bergman 22 Survival by color 1-4 Angela Peters and Rick Steele 23 Let’s go to the Museum 1, 2 Lynn Ludwig, Peggy Weigel, Angie Halverson 24 Duck tales 4 Tony Gruber and Heather Hagner 25 One world, one weather (with local variations) 3,4 Lisa Schiltz and Sarah Sykes 26 Create an animal habitat 3 Jennifer Stattelman and Julie Miicke 27 Birds 2 Kelly Wood and Kim Meyer 28 Habitats 1, 2 Keisha Vehrs and Aimee Hannon 29 Homes around the world 3 Erika Albright, Jessica Hamm, Jamie Rappley 30 Creature coats 2,3
Megan Williams, Melanie Heckendorf, and Jessica Flyte 31 Tropical rainforest pre-K Terri Schmackle and Melissa Meyer 32 Investigating owls 3 Donna Schwede and Theresa Schlimm 33 Discovering Wisconsin forest life 4, 5 Terri Hunter and Ginny Michels 34 Snakes 2 Amy Carmichael, Ann Neale, Donna Westfall 35 Tropical rainforest 3 Wendy Lass and Joyce Jeschke 36 Habitats Stacy Kidd and Jodi Witt 37 Exploring ecosystems Becky Sturdy, Tina Weber, and Jody Gantenbein 38 Raptors Allison Hoseth and Jennifer Dehlinger
