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In this outdoor activity/field trip, learners catch and observe water striders to explore their movement and feeding behaviors.

$10 - $20 per group Ages 6 - 14 1 to 2 hours
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In this outdoor, beach activity, learners use tennis balls, water balloons and other simple devices to investigate the movement of waves and currents off a sandy beach.

Over $20 per group Ages 8 - adult 1 to 2 hours
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In this activity, learners calculate the number of milliliters of water a nearby tree transpires per day.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 14 - 18 4 to 24 hours
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In this outdoor activity, learners simulate an oil spill using popcorn (both oil and popcorn float on water), and estimate the spill's impact on the environment.

$10 - $20 per group Ages 8 - 14 45 to 60 minutes
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In this outdoor activity, learners make their own organic-rich soil. Depending on where this activity is done, learners will probably discover that their local soil is low in organic matter.

$10 - $20 per group Ages 8 - 18 45 to 60 minutes
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In this outdoor activity, learners use a "litter-critter" wheel to help them identify different animals they find living in a natural litter habitat.

$10 - $20 per group Ages 8 - 14 45 to 60 minutes
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In this outdoor activity/game, learners use thermometers to simulate how lizards survive in habitats with extreme temperatures.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 8 - 18 45 to 60 minutes
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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.

Over $20 per group Ages 11 - 14 1 to 7 days
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In this activity, young learners, (2 years and up) explore bird behavior and adaptations by providing a homemade bird feeder and observing birds.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 4 - 8 5 to 10 minutes
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In this activity, young learners, (2 years and up) explore animal behavior and adaptations by providing a "track trap" and observing the signs animals leave behind.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 4 - 8 1 to 4 weeks
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In this activity, learners explore the structure of plant leaves. Learners find out what happens when they coat either the top or bottom sides of leaves with petroleum jelly.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 6 - 14 1 to 7 days
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In this activity, learners set up a night time insect observation station with a light and sheet.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 4 - adult 30 to 45 minutes
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In this activity, learners will explore engineering to construct an insect collecting tool (insect aspirator). The pooter uses suction to safely collect smaller insects that nets miss or may injure.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 4 - 14 5 to 10 minutes
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In this activity, learners will construct a measuring device (snake "string") to improve their observation skills.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 4 - 14 5 to 10 minutes
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In this outdoor activity and animal-role-play game, learners discover and uncover the hidden world of "cryptozoa"—organisms such as spiders, salamanders and slugs that live under objects, like rocks a

$5 - $10 per group Ages 8 - 14 45 to 60 minutes
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In this activity, learners will make seed orbs to grow new trees and plants. Learners will explore ecology and life cycles as well as stewardship through this activity.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 4 - 14 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity, young learners (2 years and up) explore tree structure and biology. Tree products are explored by painitng with fruit.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 4 - 8 5 to 10 minutes
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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

free Ages 6 - 14 1 to 7 days
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Learners draw and describe a leaf, and then re-find leaves drawn and described by other learners. Learners can observe leaves outside, or leaves may be brought into the classroom.

free Ages 11 - 18 45 to 60 minutes
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In this activity, learners build a bird feeder or feeders to attract birds for observation.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 6 - 14 30 to 45 minutes