For Educators
Introduction
This section is designed to give teachers and parents suggestions for exploring the outdoors with students and children. The greenway offers a variety of natural habitats and historical areas for fun and learning.
Lesson Plans for Outdoor Activities
- Overview of 5th Grade Ecology Lesson Plans
- Forest Ecology: Student Worksheet / Leader Lesson Plan
- Field Ecology: Student Worksheet / Leader Lesson Plan
- Pond Ecology: Student Worksheet / Leader Lesson Plan
- Lichen Lookin’: Student Worksheet / Leader Lesson Plan
- Scavenger Hunt: Student Worksheet / Leader Lesson Plan
Webb’s Grist Mill Education Activities
These lessons help students understand the importance of a grist mill to the development of a community in the 1780s, how topography shaped the location of the grist mill, and the science and mathematics integrated in operating a mill.
- Oxbow: Why grist mill Was Built Along Steele Creek: Student Worksheet / Leader Lesson Plan / Lesson Answers
- Oxbow: Why grist mill Was Built Along Steele Creek; GIS and Topographic Lesson
- Baking Cornbread K-2nd Grade: Teacher Info / Lesson Plan
- Baking Cornbread 3rd - 12th Grade: Teacher Info / Lesson Plan
- Water Power and Gears : Student Worksheet / Leader Lesson Plan
- Measuring the Millstone
- Grist mill Hike Journal Ideas
- Headrace Podcast
- Mill Site Podcast
- Mill dam Podcast
Schedule a Group Tour of the Greenway
Groups are welcome at the greenway for environmental education explorations, guided nature hikes or history tours, including Webb’s gristmill.
Special rates for groups depend upon the program. For additional information and reservations, contact Linda Turner, 803-548-7252.