BEEP ORR South Carolina
Fourth Grade
Program Theme: Dazzling Diversity
Lab Study: Insect Olympics
Field Study: Safari Sleuth
Eco-Hike: It Ain’t Easy Being Green
Insect Olympics will get the students up and moving to see if they can beat the ninja skills of insects, all the while learning about the amazing characteristics and skills of the insect world. By picking up clues along their “hunt” along with using their observation and research skills, students will determine what animal they are tracking. On the hike, the students will learn about plant characteristics that function to protect, reproduce, and grow.
Performance Standards: 4-LS1-1, 4-LS4-2
SEP: Engaging in Argument from Evidence, Obtaining, Evaluating, and Communicating Information, Analyzing and Interpreting Data
Fifth Grade
Program Theme: Web of Life
Lab Study: Critter College
Field Study: We All Live Downstream
Eco-Hike: Eco-Venture
During Critter College, students will investigate our local wildlife through taxidermy models, exploring adaptations, habitats, and niches. In We All Live Downstream, students will create their own watershed and find out how water quality can be impacted by our daily lives. On a hike, the students will use scientific tools to discover real life examples of 5th grade ecological concepts.
Performance Standards: 5-PS3-1, 5-LS2-1
SEP: Developing and Using Models
Sixth Grade
Program Theme: Water, Water, Everywhere
Lab Study: Water Dance
Field Study: Stream Table Geoscience
Eco-hike: Some Assembly Required
Students will be immersed in a simulation game as they move through the hydrologic cycle. Students will use stream tables to model and delve deeper into geological processes. On a hike, students will observe the local ecosystem and learn about the wonders around them.
Performance Standards: 6-ESS2-4, 6-ESS2-2
SEP: Developing and Using Models; Constructing Explanations and Designing Solutions
Seventh Grade
Program Theme: Wet World (2 groups or 50 students per day)
Lab Study: Watersheds
Field Study: Creek Life
Eco-Hike: Eco-Venture
On our blue planet, humans play a vital role in the protection and preservation of our watery resources. Students will learn more about these effects through experimenting with human behaviors that influences the location, quality and quantity of water within a watershed. Students will go on a hike to and from the creek and see the wonders of diversity in 2 very different ecosystems. Biological analysis will reveal the water quality of the creek as students will collect and identify macroinvertebrates, using them as a bioindicator of the creek’s health.
Performance Standards: 7-ESS3-3, 7-ESS3-4
SEP: Obtaining, Evaluating, and Communicating Information, Analyzing and Interpreting Data, Developing and Using Models
Eighth Grade
Program Theme: Hunger Games
Lab Study: Critter College
Field Study: Bird Beak Bonanza
Eco-Hike: Pieces of a Puzzle
Through observation of taxidermy models, students will discover how biological characteristics help species survive. Through a game of survival, students will begin to answer real-life questions about how different species are able to adapt in times of a natural disaster. On a hike, students will find real-life examples of how environmental factors have influenced the diversity and growth of organisms.
Performance Standards: 8-LS1-4, 8-LS1-5, 8LS4-4, 8-LS4-6
SEP: Developing and Using Models, Obtaining, Evaluating, and Communicating Information, Engaging in Argument from Evidence
High School
Program Theme: It's a Tough World!
Lab Study: Critter Taxidermy
Field Study: Bird Beak Buffet
Eco-Hike: Some Assembly Required
Through a game of survival, students will begin to answer real-life questions about how different species are able to adapt to a natural disaster. Through interaction with taxidermy animals, students will investigate characteristics that allow for survival of the individual and the stability of the species. Finally, students will go on a hike to experience real-life examples of a unique and diverse ecosystem.
Performance Standards: B-LS4-3, B-LS4-4, B-LS4-5, B-LS2-6, B-LS2-4, B-LS2-8
SEP: Obtaining, Evaluating, and Communicating Information, Engaging in Argument from Evidence, Analyzing and Interpreting Data
Program Theme: Wet World (2 groups or 50 students per day)
Lab Study: We All Live Downstream (Advanced)
Field Study: Pondering Life (Advanced)
Eco-Hike: Eco-Venture
On our blue planet, humans play a vital role in the protection and preservation of our watery resources. Students will learn more about these effects through experimenting with human behaviors that influences the location, quality and quantity of water within a watershed. Students will go on a hike to and from the creek and see the wonders of diversity in 2 very different ecosystems. Biological analysis will reveal the water quality of the creek as students will collect and identify macroinvertebrates, using them as a bioindicator of the creek’s health.
Performance Standards: B-LS2-7, B-LS2-2, B-LS2-1
SEP: Developing and Using Models, Obtaining, Evaluating, and Communicating Information, Constructing Explanations and Designing Solutions