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Searching for Critters

Are there are exotic critters in your backyard? Andrea Redinger is a biology teacher “extraordinaire” at Greensburg Salem High School. Mrs. Redinger gives us a look at two exotic critters that can be found in her classroom and encourages you to look for wildlife in your own backyard.

Building a Survival Shelter in your Backyard

Lo Zemanek, an educator with Venture Outdoors, shows how to build a survival shelter using materials found outdoors. If there isn’t enough to fit a human, you can create one for a stuffed animal! It’s a fun, healthy outdoor activity that teaches design and engineering principles.

Active Adventure

Can you follow instructions to get to Fen and Ivy’s house for tea? Let’s Move Pittsburgh’s Sarah Cullo from Phipps Conservatory gives us some strenuous & fun activities that get us to our destination. She mixes exercise with fantasy and highlights the importance of physical activity.

Hiding in Plain Sight | Make Your Own Scavenger Hunt!

Check out this huge, colorful mural of sea creatures at the Butler Area Public Library in Pennsylvania. Youth Services Librarian Tiffany Harkleroad points out all of the hidden surprises in the mural and shows how kids can create their own scavenger hunt at home.

Learning to Sort

Will Tolliver Jr., Early Learning Expert and PBS Kids Early Learning Champion, takes a walk outdoors to find and gather natural materials.

Create an Obstacle Course

Amanda Stein, a summer camp counselor at South Hills Interfaith Movement, builds an obstacle course in her driveway using chalk and some items she found around her house.

Staying Fit Indoors

Take items around the house like socks, plastic water bottles, a broom and transform your home into a sports arena. Mike Schall, a phys-ed teacher from Bethel Park School District, and his son Cooper show us how to use these items as hockey sticks and bowling balls.

Body Percussion: Clap along to Your Own Heartbeat!

Rhythm is a series of repeated movements, patterns, or sounds. Amanda Kolson and Michael LaBella from the Slippery Rock University Music Education Department teach us how to find and create rhythm in our everyday lives.

Support Materials

Searching for Critters – Extension Resource
Indoor Fitness – Extension Resource
Survival Shelters – Extension Resource
An Active Adventure – Extension Resource
Obstacle Course – Extension Resource
Sorting with Nature – Extension Resource
Make Your Own Scavenger Hunt – Extension Resource
Body Percussion – Extension Resource

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This media gallery of Teachable Moments videos focuses on activities that have you getting outdoors, get moving, and exploring more about the world around you. Try out these activities on your own and check out the resources for more ways to extend the learning.

iQ: smartparent Teachable Moments are short vignettes that “extend the learning” at home or in the classroom with additional information, resources, and ideas in the form of PDFs

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Standards

Concepts of Health (10.1)
10.1.3 (Grade 3)
10.1.3.A — Identify factors that affect health
10.1.3.B — Identify health‑related information and how it is used
10.1.5.A — Describe factors that impact health
10.1.5.B — Describe and explain the relationship between health information and decision‑making
Healthful Living (10.2)
10.2.3.A — Identify personal health decisions and the factors that influence them
10.2.3.B — Identify health‑enhancing strategies
10.2.5.A — Describe health‑related decisions and the factors that influence them
10.2.5.B — Describe strategies to avoid or reduce health risks
Safety & Injury Prevention (10.3)
10.3.3.A — Recognize safe and unsafe practices
10.3.3.B — Identify strategies to avoid unsafe situations
10.3.3.C — Explain the importance of safety rules
10.3.5.A — Describe safe and unsafe practices
10.3.5.B — Explain and apply strategies to avoid unsafe situations
10.3.5.C — Explain the importance of safety rules in various settings
Physical Activity (10.4)
10.4.3.A — Identify physical activities that promote health
10.4.3.C — Explain how health is influenced by personal behaviors and media
10.4.5.A — Describe physical activities that promote health and fitness
10.4.5.C — Explain how media influences health behaviors