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Make Your Own Ant Farm
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In this outdoor/indoor activity, learners collect ants and dirt to create an ant farm in a cup that they can observe over time.
Soil Secrets
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In this activity (located at the bottom of the page), learners investigate soil and explore the creatures that live in it.

Who Goes There?
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In this outdoor, night activity, learners track nocturnal animals' footprints, droppings and other signs of their presence.

Hike the Habitat: Field Trip in Canyonlands National Park, Utah
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This detailed lesson plan for a field trip to Canyonlands National Park in Utah (page 32 of pdf) teaches students about the habitat of bighorn sheep.

Bird Watch
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In this group or individual activity, learners are encouraged to watch birds near home or school—possibly where birds are nesting in a tree, pecking in a park, feeding from a feeder, or flying through
Hexagon Hunt
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This activity gets learners looking at 6-sided shapes in nature, including the cells of a beehive, as well as other shapes.

Saguaro Nest Cavities
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This activity (on page 3 of the PDF under GPS: Cactus Activity) is a full inquiry investigation into how some desert birds keep their cool.

Statistics: Creature Features
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In this math activity, learners collect, organize, and analyze a set of data related to types of animals in the temperate forest.