Big Backyard Resources

Useful Web Links

General

Town wide Big Backyard Website

§ General information on Big Backyard including curriculum organization, sample walk guides and forms.

Big Backyard Nature Collection

§ Description of the BBY collection of objects from nature. Teachers and parents are welcome to use in the classroom

Inquiry based Science

§ What do we mean by Inquiry?

§ What does Inquiry based science look like?

Nature and the Environment

§ Hastings Educational Garden

§ Citizens for Lexington Conservation

§ Massachusetts Audubon Society

Grade 2

Native American Indians

§ Plimoth on the Web

§ New England Powwow Schedule

§ Native Tech

§ Projects and Lesson Plans

§ Plimoth on the Web

States of Matter/Snow

§ Snow Crystals

§ Wilson Snowflake Bentley - Photographer of Snowflakes

§ Know Snow

Soils

§ The Dirt on Soil

Grade 3:

Colonial Life:

§ Aspects of Colonial Life

Food Chains

§ Decomposers

Grade 4:

Classification

§ Introduction to Classification

Geology

§ Erosion

§ Making Soil

Grade 5:

Ecosystems:

§ What is an Ecosystem

Tracking:

§ Animal Tracks

§ Pocket Guide to MA Animal Tracks

Food Chains:

§ Elements of a Food Chain

Winter Survival:

§ Insects in Winter

§ How Plants survive Winter