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Presidents in Conservation Indoor Activity-Safari KitTeddy Roosevelt started his love of the outdoors when he was very young. As a boy, he struggled with illnesses and asthma. Because of this, he spent a lot of time indoors and was homeschooled. This cultivated his love for animals. He later went on to become President of the United States and known as the “Conservation President.” Roosevelt believed that being a responsible naturalist included cataloging the things that might fade away. Roosevelt, his son, and a team of scientists went on a safari where he and his son personally collected over 500 animals that were preserved and sent to the Smithsonian’s Natural History Museum.

For this activity we will be making a safari vest, and pair of “binoculars” to help us think like Roosevelt and his team!

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Supplies Needed-

-General Supplies

Scissors

Pencil

Permanent marker, Colored

Construction Paper

Tape or Hot Glue

-Supplies for the Vest

1-Paper Grocery Sack

-Supplies for Binoculars

2-toilet paper tubes or 1 paper towel tube

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1. Trace out the pattern as shown. Draw this pattern the bag, opening facing down and the bottom flap facing the table.

2. Cutout the neck pattern through all of the layers. Only cut the vertical line through the top layer

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3.Flip the bag over and outline the pattern on the bottom flap as shown in the picture. Only cut the top layer of paper.

4. Open the bag up and outline the arm holes as shown. Do this on both sides. After you draw the arm holes cut them out.

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5. Finally, Flatten your vest and decorate to your liking!

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Binoculars Craft

1. These are the supplies you will need to complete the binocular craft.

2. Cut the tube in half and cut the paper to the length of the tubes

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4. Wrap the tubes with the construction paper and use the glue stick to secure the paper to the tubes.

5. once you have the tubes wrapped, lay a thin bead of hot glue in between the two tubes to glue them together. Decorate to your liking

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OUTDOOR Activity-Look around You

Conservation is the responsible use or regulation of a resource without wasting that resource. For this outdoor activity look around the area that you live for resources such as land, animals, water, etc. which have been set aside for conservation. Figure out who or what organization is responsible for setting it aside and who or what organization is managing it for conservation today. Things to do; find some ways that the person or organization has acted to conserve the resource. In a notebook, or portable electronic device, look at these resources and answer these questions:

What is the resource?

Who owns or is responsible for taking care of the resource?

How is the resource being used?

How is the resource being conserved?

What can you Do?

Seeing what others are doing in your community to help conservation from the activity above, what can you do to help any of those individuals or organizations? How can you start your own conservation project at home? It does not have to be a big project you can make a difference with even little acts of conservation!

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