Discover Nature Schools programs
Becoming Bears (Kindergarten-2 grade)
By becoming baby bears, children learn from their “parent” to survive the seasons. Kids will find safety in the spring and learn kinds of food bears eat during the summer, and then create a cave for winter hibernation(冬眠). After learning the skills needed to survive, students will go out of the cave as an independent black bear able to care for themselves. (1.5-2 hours)
Whose Clues? (3-5 grade)
Kids will discover how plants and animals use their special structures to survive. Through outdoor study of plants and animals, kids will recognize their special structures and learn how they enable species to eat, avoid their enemies and survive. Using what they have learned, kids will choose one species and tell how they survive in their living places. (3-4 hours)
Winged Wonders (3-5 grade)
Birds add color and sound to our world and play an important ecological (生态的) role. Students will learn the basics of birds, understand the role birds play in food chains and go bird watching using field guides and telescopes. Students will do hands-on activities. Students will use tools to build bird feeders, allowing them to attract birds at home.(3-4 hours)
Exploring Your Watershed (6-8 grade)
We all depend on clean water. Examining how our actions shape the waterways around us. Go on a hike to see first-hand some of the challenging water quality problems in a city. Students will test the water quality to determine the health of an ecosystem.
● Each program is taught for a class with at least 10 students.
● All programs include plenty of time outdoors. So please prepare proper clothing, sunscreen and insect killers for children.
● To take part in a program , please email dcprograms@mdc.mo.gov.
1.What can kids do at Becoming Bears?
A. Watch bears’ performances.
B. Take care of bears
C. Dress up as baby bears to learn about bears.
D. Learn how to survive a bear attack.
2.Kids who are interested in plants will choose _______________.
A. Winged Wonders B. Exploring your Watershed
C. Becoming Bears D. Whose Clues?
3.According to the passage, all the four programs _______________.
A. have the same teaching hours
B. have outdoor activities
C. are offered during summer holidays
D. are designed for primary school students
Zigfried, a little mouse, blew his breath on the frosty window of the farmhouse and rubbed it to see the outside. Still nobody came. Maybe today, he thought . It was only a few days before Christmas and he was watching for a miracle.
This farmhouse had been too long. It needed a family. Zigfried’s made a noise. He realized that he hadn’t eaten anything since yesterday. He jumped from the windowsill (窗沿), grabbed a from his home, and went next door to Farmer Mike’s.
Farmer Mike’s house had been a great place for the little mouse the farmer married a wife who had a cat. Zigfried when he thought of it. He looked around cautiously as he into the room where grain was stored and was quite as he filled his bag with wheat. He was turning to leave when suddenly he a hot breath about his ear. His heart beat , and without thinking he started to run and luckily the cat’s paws.
The next afternoon Zigfried heard some good news: a family would be moving into the farmhouse soon. Zigfried’s granny would arrive on Christmas Eve to with him. He hoped that the family would come before his granny came. Before long, a car came the road leading to the house, with butter sandwiches, cheese and chocolate.
Zigfried’s Christmas miracle did arrive!
The house came the next few days. Zigfried every single hour of them. , the day before Christmas when he was drinking hot chocolate with a smile at the door of his home, he heard the of the children of the family about what they might get for Christmas. What? A cat? The froze on his face; his mouth fell wide open. After a long while, he at last found his voice: “Hey! Whose Christmas miracle is this?”
1.A. carefully B. excitedly C. hopefully D. proudly
2.A. shabby B. noisy C. messy D. empty
3.A. mouth B. nose C. stomach D. throat
4.A. bag B. stick C. bowl D. coat
5.A. although B. until C. whereas D. unless
6.A. leapt B. sniffed C. trembled D. withdrew
7.A. broke B. marched C. paced D. stole
8.A. curious B. nervous C. pitiful D. sensible
9.A. took B. released C. felt D. drew
10.A. strongly B. irregularly C. slowly D. wildly
11.A. escaped B. seized C. rubbed D. scratched
12.A. close B. happy C. new D. young
13.A. celebrate B. communicate C. compete D. compromise
14.A. across B. from C. off D. up
15.A. alive B. loose C. open D. still
16.A. counted B. enjoyed C. missed D. wasted
17.A. However B. Instead C. Moreover D. Therefore
18.A. bitter B. forced C. polite D. satisfied
19.A. introduction B. discussion C. comment D. debate
20.A. blood B. smile C. tear D. sweat
— So you missed the meeting.
— _____. I got there five minutes before it finished.
A. Not at all B. Not exactly
C. Not especially D. Not really.
If he continues to steal, he is most _____ to end up in prison.
A. possible B. probable
C. likely D. perhaps
Mo Yan, many of _____ works were based on his experience in his birth place, was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.
A. who B. whom
C. whose D. which
I don’t know the reason _____ you were absent from the meeting, and I am not sure that someone will tell me the reason _____ you haven’t told me.
A. why; that B. that; why
C. because; why D. of which; that