By Shelby Hollmaier
WINNEMUCCA - In spite of the winter weather, Nevada Outdoor School's (NOS) lessons are in full bloom across Humboldt County.
This month, students are taking part in a series of hands-on, plant-related lessons where they learn not only what makes plants grow but how they are used.
In the first-grade lesson, students discover the main parts of plants and what they need to survive through a series of models. Second-grade students learn the finer points of flower anatomy and investigate how seeds are formed by dissecting real flowers. Third-grade students explore photosynthesis and the importance of plants to the world. In the fourth-grade lesson, students learn about plants as part of the big picture. Through a series of hands-on activities, the students discover that many common objects come at least partially from plants.
In addition to plant lessons, NOS is also offering lessons in physics and chemistry for older students. Fifth-grade students have the opportunity to experiment with balloon rockets and pennies to discover how things move according to Newton's laws. In the sixth-grade lesson, students learn that chemistry is everywhere. A set of experiments shows students that chemical reactions are responsible for many of nature's more fascinating processes. In this lesson students discover why fireflies glow and how spiders spin webs by trying the reaction for themselves.
NOS would like to thank its United Way donors for their continued support of outdoor education in northern Nevada.
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