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. Dress up as baby bears to learn about bears.
C. Take care of 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. Whose Clues? D. Becoming Bears
3.According to the passage, all the four programs ________.
A. have outdoor activities B. have the same teaching hours
C. are offered during summer holidays D. are designed for primary school students
Two weeks earlier, my son, Ben, had got in touch, he’d moved to England with his mum when he was three and it had been 13 years since I’d _________ seen him. So imagine my _________ when he emailed me saying he wanted to come to visit me.
I was _________! I arrived early at Byron Bay where we were supposed to _________. The bay was _________ in sunshine, and there was a group of kayakers around 150m off the shore. Getting a little _________. I realized one kayak（皮划艇）was in _________. “Something’s not _________!” I took off my T-shirt and _________ into the water. I saw there were two instructors on board and a man lying across the middle. He was __________ violently. Linking arms with one of the instructors. I helped __________ the young man out of the water. He was unconscious and as I looked at his face, something __________ to me. Those brown eyes were very __________. “What’s his name?” I asked the instructor. “Ben,” he replied, and immediately I __________. That stranger was my son!
The instructors called for an ambulance. __________, after a brief stay in hospital, Ben was well enough to be allowed to __________ and later the family met up for dinner. We chatted about everything and then Ben __________ to me. “I just want to say thank you,” he said, “You __________ my life!”
I still can’t believe what a __________ it was. I’m just so glad I was there __________ to help my son.
1.A. also B. often C. even D. last
2.A. delight B. relief C. anger D. worry
3.A. scared B. shocked C. thrilled D. ashamed
4.A. talk B. stay C. meet D. settle
5.A. bathed B. clean C. deep D. formed
6.A. faster B. closer C. heavier D. wiser
7.A. trouble B. advance C. question D. battle
8.A. real B. right C. fair D. fit
9.A. stared B. sank C. dived D. fell
10.A. arguing B. fighting C. Shouting D. shaking
11.A. lead B. persuade C. carry D. keep
12.A. happened B. occurred C. applied D. appealed
13.A. sharp B. pleasant C. attractive D. familiar
14.A. agreed B. hesitated C. doubted D. knew
15.A. Fortunately B. Frankly C. Sadly D. Suddenly
16.A. return B. relax C. speak D. leave
17.A. joked B. turned C. listened D. pointed
18.A. created B. honored C. saved D. guided
19.A. coincidence B. change C. pity D. pain
20.A. on board B. in time C. for sure D. on purpose
— We’ll visit the Summer Palace__________ there is a heavy rain tomorrow.
— OK! Boating on the lake must be great fun.
A. unless B. since
C. until D. if
_________ is known to all is that the earth is smaller than the sun.
A. As B. What
C. It D. Which
We are going to spend the Spring festival in Guangzhou, _____ live my grandparents and some relatives.
A. which B. that
C. where D. who
He is a man of great experience, _____ much can be learned.
A. who B. that
C. from which D. from whom
