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Paper Maker
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Learners make their own paper. They start by shredding old newspaper, clean toilet paper, and clean paper towels.

Fossil Dig Site
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In this activity (located on page 5 of PDF), learners work in groups to create dig sites for display.

Handy Family Tree
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In this bilingual (English/Spanish) activity, learners create family trees by tracing the hands of their family members.

Everyday Poisons
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This reading and writing activity (on pages 2-9) teaches what plant parts should be avoided, how a person can get rid of toxins, symptoms of plant poisoning, and how plants create poisons to repel pre

Animal House
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The goal of this activity is to design, build and test a house or toy for an animal.

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

Sound Off!
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This activity includes several games about animal sounds. Using their sense of hearing and communicating with various kinds of noisemakers, learners role-play predator and prey.

Survivors! The People of the Arctic
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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.
Animal Math Posters
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These math posters have questions written on them, such as: How fast can a cheetah run? or How long can a giant tortoise live? Post these around the room or leave them out for children to explore.

Seashell Journal
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In this activity, learners make homemade journals featuring seashell rubbings. First, learners transfer the texture of a seashell onto a piece of paper using a crayon.

Caring Together: Activity Stations
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In this Bob the Builder(TM)-themed activity, learners explore the 3Rs (Reduce, Reuse, Recycle) by rotating through several activity stations.

Spinning Illusions
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In this activity, learners construct three optical illusion toys to examine how our brains play tricks on what we see.

Where the Buffalo Roam
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In this activity, learners explore the Great Plains.

Our Beautiful World
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In this Bob the Builder(TM)-themed activity, learners go on a nature walk outside and describe what they observe using their senses.

It's Natural
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This activity introduces learners to Native Americans as people who depended upon nature in the past and continue to emphasize the importance of nature in the present.

Benham's Disk
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In this activity, learners make a Benham Top to explore visual illusions and optics.

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

As Straight as a Pole
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In this engineering activity (page 3 of PDF), young learners investigate how a pole can be made stable by “planting” its base in the ground or adding supports to the base.