The teacher's guide provides very simple instructions.
Students find a personal and positive connection to nature.
Students practice their writing and public speaking skills.
Additional Prerequisites
Teachers may want to create their own student handout with instructions.
Differentiation
This could be assigned as independent homework, or natural objects could be collected together on a class walk outside.
Students could be offered options for presenting their natural object, such as giving a speech, writing an essay, making a video, etc.
A template with the points for the speech would help students organize their thinking.
The activity could be done as a virtual learning assignment. Students could find a natural object near their home and present their speech to classmates virtually.
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