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Bonseki Salt Art
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In this activity learners will be creating art using a traditional Japanese art style.

Super Shrinkers
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In this activity on page 14 of the PDF (Rethinking the 3 R’s: It’s Easy to be Green), learners turn plain pieces of recycled plastic into shrunken works of art.

Clay Exploration
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In this activity, learners explore the possibilities of clay as a natural material.

The Web of Life
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In this activity, learners examine ways that Native Americans of the Southwest express their relationship with nature through art.

Nature of Dye
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"Nature of Dye" allows participants to create their own dyes and art while exploring how chemicals interact and how these interactions can have real-world applications.

Drawing From Nature
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In this activity, learners draw natural objects to explore the details, differences, and similarities of natural objects.

Story Stones
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In this activity, learners will exercise their imaginations and artistic skills. Appropriate for all ages, learners will create unique pieces to jumpstart storytelling sessions.

My Insect
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In this activity, learners use information gathered from a variety of sources to design and make their own insect.

Geometry and Spatial Relations: Tessellations WOW!
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In this math lesson, learners explore tessellations through literature, music, writing, and art activities.

Food Chains and Webs
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In this activity, learners investigate feeding relationships. Learners complete a food web and then make a mobile to represent a food chain.

Butterfly Life Cycle Optical Illusion
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This activity is a fun way to show two stages in a Monarch butterfly's life cycle. Learners will create an optical illusion that can be flipped from caterpillar to butterfly.

Ladybug Spots
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In this art/science/math activity, young learners are introduced to the concept of symmetry in nature.
Press Seaweed
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In this activity, learners will collect, dry and press seaweed over the course of four days in a similar way that artists/crafters press flowers.

Make a Friend from Soil and Seeds
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Learners assemble a figure from a nylon stocking or sock stuffed with soil and seeds. The ends of the nylons inside the jar absorb water, which feeds the grass seeds.

Making Recycled Paper
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In this activity on page 11 of the PDF, learners follow simple steps to recycle old newspaper into new paper.

Design-a-Fish
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In this science and language arts activity, learners study fish anatomy and make their very own 3D paper fish.

Attention!
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In this outdoor art/environmental activity, learners create designs that will attract attention to animals and plants in particular habitats, and then test whether their designs attracted the "right"

Recycling Paper
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In this crafty chemistry activity (on page 2 of the PDF), learners make their own paper from used paper they may have otherwise thrown away.

Box Ecology
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This great "re-use it" activity will demonstrate how to transform a greeting card into a box. Once constructed, the box can have many uses like holding special notes or keepsakes.

Bring It Home: Animal Tracks
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In this activity, learners create handmade animal track stamps. Learners research animal tracks, draw the shapes on moleskin, and then stick the shapes onto blocks of wood to make stamps.