What Would That Lesson Look Like?:
Teaching to a Naturalist Intelligence

Reading

Describe the nature used in the story you just read; how is the nature used?

Write a short essay relocating the story you just read to another setting; how would the story be changed?

Tell which animal each character is most like and explain your choice based on information in the story

What are the charactersí feelings about nature?

Using the food chain as a model, decide who is the most powerful in the story.

Writing/Grammar

Write about environmental issues

Use a tree image to map out your ideas for an essay

Describe the natural cycles that seem to develop in your writing; decide if they are negative or positive and omit or keep accordingly

Assign each season a part of speech and explain why

Mathematics

Write story problems with settings and actors in nature

Graph positive and negative influences on the environment

Keep track of and chart weather patterns in a certain geographical area for one month

Use natural elements as units of measurement and record measurements based on your choices (Example: your math book is 8 oak leaves long)