Classrooms Unleashed Programs by Grade
In this kindergarten program, All About Plants, students become phytologists (plant scientists) and learn about what plants need to grow and survive.
In this first grade program, Nature’s Transformers, students become scientists, exploring the relationship between the structure of an external part and its function through the study of various animals.
In this second-grade program, Genius Plants, students become botanists and study relationship between flowers and pollinators.
In this third-grade program, students become ecologists, solving the mystery of why the deer population is decreasing, by learning about ecosystems, resilience, and environmental change.
In this fourth-grade program, Our Amazing Earth, students become geologists, learning about patterns of change found on the earth’s surface, with a focus on weathering and erosion.
In this fifth-grade program, Hands-in-the-River, students become environmental scientists and learn about the health of local rivers that are part of the local watershed.
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