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This is a fun activity about the power of the Sun and the importance of using sunscreen to protect your sensitive skin from its rays.

In this activity, learners explore how light and dark colored objects absorb the Sun's radiations at different rates.

In this international citizen science activity, learners measure their night sky brightness and submit their observations into an online database.

In this three part activity, learners explore and experiment with shadows to learn about the Sun's relative motion in the sky.

This activity gets learners looking at 6-sided shapes in nature, including the cells of a beehive, as well as other shapes.

This fun hands-on astronomy activity uses a variety of simple props to help learners understand why they see what they see in a telescope.

In this activity, learners use chocolate to explore how the Sun transfers heat to the Earth through radiation.

In this activity, learners observe the effect of transpiration as water is moved from the ground to the atmosphere.

Glare from the sun and ripples from the wind can make it hard to see what's below the surface of a body of water.

In this activity, learners make their own Sun tracker to explore how ancient civilizations around the world studied the Sun.

In this meteorology activity, learners construct simple devices to measure the direction and speed of wind.

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.

Build a fruit fly trap out of a 2-liter plastic bottle and some rotten fruit! Fruit flies are easy to catch in warm weather. Once you catch some, you will be able to see their life cycle up-close.

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

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.