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Growing Plants: Track Their Growth
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In this activity, learners will be working with predictions with a time frame of one week, or longer. Start by planting seedlings.

A Model Nuclear Power Plant Steam Turbine
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In this activity (on pages 20-23 of PDF), learners build a model of a power plant using simple materials.

Squash Dissection
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In this activity, learners will dissect a pumpkin or winter squash to learn the parts of the plant. This activity gets your learner hands on with every part of the plant and will be messy.

Egg Carton Nursery
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In this activity, young learners will make their own flower seed nursery in an egg carton.

Wetlands
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Learners create a model of a wetland to observe how it absorbs and filters water from the environment.

Vegetable Revival
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In this activity, learners use food scraps from the kitchen to grow new vegetables.

Breaking Point
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In this activity, learners build penetrometers to test leaf toughness. Biologists measure leaf toughness to study the feeding preferences of insects and bugs.

The Effects of Acid Rain
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In this environmental science activity (page 4 of the PDF), learners use vinegar and chalk to observe the effect of acid rain on various building materials and plant life.

Beachcombing
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In this outdoor activity, learners become beachcombers as they walk on a sandy beach in search of evidence of life.