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In this activity (on page 8), learners model how marble statues and buildings are affected by acid rain.

In this activity, learners thread colored beads onto string. Each beach represent a process of the water cycle.

In this creative roleplay activity, learners will explore the various processes of the water cycle using movement, sound, and props to aid in comprehension.

In this activity, learners create their own icons for a forecast-at-a-glance poster for their classroom/learning space.

In this activity, learners construct a traditional handicraft toy that illustrates a motion commonly associated with violins and earthquakes.

In this family or group activity, learners create a nature journal by visiting a local nature center or backyard, observing creatures in their natural habitats, and sketching what they see.

In this activity, learners will create their own lava lamps. Learners will explore density, effervescence and chemistry through this activity.

In this activity, learners will turn an ordinary tray of sand into a desk-top garden for meditation.

In this activity, learners explore the human influences on the carbon cycle and examine how fossil fuels release carbon.

In this design challenge, learners will engineer a structure and see if it can survive an earthquake they create.

In this activity about problem-solving, learners build a house for the Three Little Pigs using twenty straws and two index cards.

The Sacred Cenote at Chichén Itzá is a sink hole, or well, containing groundwater. In this activity, learners create their own cenote using chalk, limestone, acids, and rain water.

This activity attempts to clear up the common misconception that deserts are always hot, totally dry, and uninhabitable.

Learners draw comic-style pictures to show the water cycle. From a starting picture, one learner draws what happens to the water in the next panel, then passes the comic strip to another learner.

Learners will build and experiment with their own windmills made from simple household materials.

In this activity, learners use maps to locate the Arctic region and use a word game to discover the types of resource people need to survive in the extreme climate.

This is a culminating activity which allows learners to summarize what they know about Woodlands Native Americans by creating illustrations and map symbols for a large outline map (see related Activit

In this activity, learners design and build a simple wind vane —one of the oldest kinds of weather tools— and use it to show wind direction.

Learners complete a series of hands-on and investigative activities to explore cumulus clouds.

In this activity, learners construct models of plants that are adapted to living under specific environmental conditions.