Teacher Resources
Teacher Resources
Visit our Distance Learning Program Teacher Resources
Bring WildCare to your students with our fun, free Teacher Resources! Pre-visit activities prepare your students for their upcoming Distance Learning Program by engaging them in the study of the natural world. Post-visit activities expand upon students’ new knowledge and offer ways they can keep learning how to live well with wildlife in their own neighborhood. Each grade-appropriate activity is presented as a web page with printable PDFs that can be shared with students remotely or in the classroom.
Click here to visit our Distance Learning Program Teacher Resources.
Nature Van Program Resources for Teachers
Prepare your class for an upcoming Terwilliger Nature Van visit or use these Student Activity Sheets to engage students in the study of the natural world for any curriculum. Each grade-appropriate resource will open as a PDF for easy downloading or printing.
Pre-Nature Van Visit Vocabulary
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Birds of a Feather
Pre-Van Activities
Post-Van Activities
- Grades 1-2 Unscramble.pdf
- Grades 2-4 WordSearch.pdf
- Grades 2-5 Word Search.pdf
- Grades 3-6 20 Questions Math.pdf
- Grades 3-6 Matching Quiz.pdf
- Grades 4-8 New Species.pdf
- Grades K-2 Match Food Beak.pdf
- Grades K-4 Poorwill Camouflage.pdf
- Grades PreK-1 Snowy Egret.pdf
- Grades PreK-3 Sounds and Calls.pdf
- Grades PreK-K Unscramble.pdf
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California Wildlife
Pre-Van Activities
- Grades 1-2 Missing Vowels.pdf
- Grades 2-3 Canines Felines.pdf
- Grades 2-4 Animal Vocabulary.pdf
- Grades 2-4 Habitat Map.pdf
- Grades 3-6 Decoder.pdf
- Grades K-1 Animal Groups.pdf
- Grades K-1 Frog Life Cycle.pdf
- Grades K-2 Squirrel Habitat.pdf
- Grades PreK-1 Baby Memory.pdf
- Grades PreK-1 Opossum.pdf
- Grades PreK-1 Word Tracing.pdf
Post-Van Activities
- Grades 1-2 Unscramble.pdf
- Grades 1-3 Classify.pdf
- Grades 1-3 Poorwill Camo.pdf
- Grades 2-4 Word Search Version 1.pdf
- Grades 2-4 WordSearch Version 2.pdf
- Grades 2-5 20 Q and Wild Math.pdf
- Grades 3-5 Matching Quiz.pdf
- Grades 3-6 Biomagnification.pdf
- Grades 3-6 Quick Quiz.pdf
- Grades 4-6 Word Search.pdf
- Grades K-2 Food Match.pdf
- Grades PreK-1 Coloring Pages.pdf
- Grades PreK-1 Matching Classes.pdf
- Grades PreK-K Unscramble.pdf
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Going Green
Pre-Van Activities
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Marvelous Mammals
Pre-Van Activities
Post-Van Activities
- Grades 1-2 Unscramble.pdf
- Grades 1-3 Create Mammal.pdf
- Grades 2-5 20 Q and Wild Math.pdf
- Grades 3-6 Classified.pdf
- Grades 3-6 Matching Quiz.pdf
- Grades 4-6 Vertebrates.pdf
- Grades HS Class and Order.pdf
- Grades K-2 Porcupine Fur.pdf
- Grades PreK-1 Coloring.pdf
- Grades PreK-1 Match Time.pdf
- Grades PreK-K Unscramble.pdf
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Ocean Adventures
Pre-Van Activities
Post-Van Activities
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Redwood Giants
Pre-Van Activities
Post-Van Activities
- Grades 1-2 Unscramble.pdf
- Grades 2-5 Word Search.pdf
- Grades 2-6 20 Q and Wild Math.pdf
- Grades 3-5 Forest Layers.pdf
- Grades 3-6 Matching Quiz.pdf
- Grades 4-8 Owl Debate.pdf
- Grades K-1 Matching.pdf
- Grades K-1 Unscramble.pdf
- Grades K-2 Squirrel Habitat.pdf
- Grades PreK-1 Coloring Pages.pdf
- Grades PreK-K Unscramble.pdf
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Wild Wetlands
Pre-Van Activities
- Grades 1-2 Missing Vowels.pdf
- Grades 1-3 Nursery.pdf
- Grades 2-4 Wetland Vocabulary.pdf
- Grades 2-5 Marsh Math.pdf
- Grades 3-5 Vocab Word Search.pdf
- Grades HS Q’s.pdf
- Grades HS Reasons.pdf
- Grades K-1 Frog Life Cycle.pdf
- Grades K-3 Beak Match.pdf
- Grades K-5 Disappearing Habitat.pdf
- Grades PreK-1 Coloring Pages.pdf
- Grades PreK-1 Word Tracing.pdf
Post-Van Activities
- Grades 1-2 Unscramble.pdf
- Grades 2-4 Word Search.pdf
- Grades 2-6 Biomagnification.pdf
- Grades 3-6 Matching Quiz.pdf
- Grades 3-6 Quick Quiz.pdf
- Grades HS Match.pdf
- Grades HS Poster.pdf
- Grades HS Scramble.pdf
- Grades K-2 Bittern Camo.pdf
- Grades K-2 Draw Mouse.pdf
- Grades PreK-1 Coloring Pages.pdf
- Grades PreK-K Unscramble.pdf
As preparation for your hike, take a virtual field trip with Mrs. T at terwilligerfilms.org
Produced specifically for Grades K- 5, these wonderful nature education films feature acclaimed naturalist-teacher and conservationist, Elizabeth Terwilliger. Her unique interactive, multi-sensory teaching techniques inspire children to respect and appreciate Nature. As adults, they will be prepared to make responsible decisions to protect and preserve our natural environment.
School librarians may request a free DVD of the Tripping with Terwilliger Habitat Adventure Series at terwilligerfilms.org.
Directions to Field Trip Sites
Directions to Ring Mountain
- From Highway 101 take the Paradise Drive exit.
- From the north, turn left at the stop light getting into the right lane. Continue through the next stop light
- From the south, getting into the right lane, turn right at the stop light.
Everyone:
- Bear right onto San Clemente Drive. At the next stop light the road becomes Paradise Drive. Continue through the next light.
- After Westward Drive on the right, look for the Ring Mountain Preserve sign on the right (approximately 1-1/2 miles from Hwy 101. Park along the road.
- If coming on a long trip, please stop at San Clemente Park for the bathrooms (on the left after Prince Royal Drive).
Click for a printable PDF of these directions.
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Directions to Muir Woods Field Trip
From San Francisco, Peninsula, or South Bay to Muir Woods
- Take Highway 101 North across the Golden Gate Bridge.
- Exit Highway l/Stinson Beach (there will be a sign for Muir Woods at this exit)
- Drive about .5 miles. At the 2nd stoplight, turn left.
- Drive about 2.7 miles. At the top of the hill, turn right towards Muir Woods/Mount Tamalpais.
- Drive about 0.8 miles. At the 4-way intersection, turn left towards Muir Woods (oncoming traffic has the right of way!).
- Continue down the hill about 1.6 miles.
From Berkeley, Oakland, or East Bay to Muir Woods
- Take Interstate 80 East from the Bay Bridge.
- Exit Interstate 580 West for the Richmond/San Rafael Bridge
- Exit Hwy 101 South
- Exit Highway l/Stinson Beach (there will be a sign for Muir Woods at this exit)
- Drive about .5 miles. At the 2nd stoplight, turn left.
- Drive about 2.7 miles. At the top of the hill, tum right towards Muir WoodslMount Tamalpais.
- Drive about 0.8 miles. At the 4-way intersection, turn left towards Muir Woods (oncoming traffic has the right of way!).
- Continue down the hill about 1.6 miles.
From San Rafael, Santa Rosa, or North Bay to Muir Woods
- Take Highway 101 South
- Exit Highway 1 / Stinson Beach (there will be a sign for Muir Woods at this exit)
- Drive about. 5 miles. At the 2nd stoplight, turn left.
- Drive about 2.7 miles. At the top of the hill, turn right towards Muir Woods / Mount Tamalpais.
- Drive about 0.8 miles. At the 4-way intersection, turn left towards Muir Woods (oncoming traffic has the right of way!)
- Continue down the hill about 1.6 miles.
Click for a printable PDF of these directions.
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Directions to Miwok Meadows, China Camp
From the South:
- Take Hwy 101 North;
- Take the North San Pedro Road exit.
- See “Everyone” below.
From the North:
- Take Hwy 101 South;
- Exit North San Pedro Road;
- Turn left at the stop sign onto Merrydale;
- Continue to the first stop light, getting into the left turn lane;
- Turn left and proceed under the overpass (you should be on North San Pedro Road);
- See “Everyone” below.
Everyone:
- From the stop light by the Civic Center, go straight and continue about 3 miles on North San Pedro Road
- Go past the Back Ranch Campground entrance on your right.
- Look for the Miwok Meadows sign on your right.
- Park on the side of the road and meet at the red gate by the Miwok Meadows sign.