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Avon In-School

Supporting local schools through place-based science education.

Program Overview

The Avon In-School program is a partnership between Walking Mountains and Eagle County School District’s Avon Elementary School. Walking Mountains provides a teacher to Avon Elementary to teach the place-based, hands-on, natural science and environmental education curriculum to all Avon Elementary students. This class is part of the school’s specials rotation and all students participate in the Avon In-School program once a week throughout the school year.

The curriculum is designed to spiral and build upon itself from kindergarten through 5th grade. In each academic year, students study four our five topics as part of themed units.  All units align with the state science standards and are designed to support the primarily English language learner student population of Avon Elementary.

For more information about the Avon In-School program, please contact Dina Patsiavos, Avon In-School Teacher, at dinap@walkingmountains.org or 970.827.9725.

Unit Topics by Grade

Kindergarten

Weather and Seasons
Nonliving Things
Life Cycles
Respecting Plants and Wildlife

1st Grade

Mammals
Fossils and Dinosaurs
Plants
Insects

2nd Grade

Animal Classification
Rocks and Landforms
Animals in Winter
Patterns in Nature
Decomposers


3rd Grade

Water Cycle
Water Resources
Snow Science
Riparian Community
Solar System

4th Grade

Ecosystems
Colorado’s Geology
Adaptations and Animal Research Project
Human Land Use

5th Grade

Fire Ecology
Endangered Species
Water and Weather
Solar Energy

      p.o. box 9469
318 walking mountains lane
        avon, co 81620

  970.827.9725 p • 970.827.9730 f

 

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Walking Mountains operates under special use permit from the White River National Forest and is an equal opportunity service provider.  All or part of this operation is conducted on Public Lands under special permit from the U.S. Bureau of Land Management.

Walking Mountains Science Center™ is a 501(3c) nonprofit that provides place-based education in natural and environmental science through science programs for Eagle County schools, summer science day camps and overnight camps, adult and family excursions that take place across Vail, Colorado and Eagle County, Colorado. Graduate fellows can apply to be environmental educators and intern naturalists. Our educational programs enhance scientific literacy, build environmental awareness, and inspire stewardship in children, adults, residents and visitors to the Vail area and Rocky Mountains. The science center recently achieved LEED Platinum Certification for the Buck Creek Campus from the U.S. Green Building Council.