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Caution! Wildlife Crossing
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In this design challenge, learners use their creativity and imagination to design and test a wildlife crossing for their favorite animal.
Chemical Footprint—Family Activity
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In this multi-part activity learners examine non-point water pollution.
Share Your Planet
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In this cooperative game, learners devise strategies about sharing a small space with each other.
Nature Painting
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In this activity learners will create paint out of natural materials. Explore your natural world (or your fridge) and find berries, leaves, or flowers to find a great base for your paint.
Box Ecology
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This great "re-use it" activity will demonstrate how to transform a greeting card into a box. Once constructed, the box can have many uses like holding special notes or keepsakes.
The Scoop on Habitat
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Some aquatic organisms live in open water, while some live in soil at the bottom of a body of water.
I Like to Move-It
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This is an activity which will allow learners to gain an understanding of lemur behavior through observation and role play.
Underwater ROV
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In this online Flash game, learners will explore a coral reef using an underwater remotely operated vehicle (ROV).
Morphing Butterfly
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In this activity, learners explore how nanosized structures can create brilliant color.
Who Goes There?
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In this outdoor, night activity, learners track nocturnal animals' footprints, droppings and other signs of their presence.
Invent an Insect
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In this creative activity, learners will find out what makes an insect an insect by studying examples of insect adaptations and by examining why there are so many different types of insects.
There’s No Place Like Home!
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In this activity, learners make their own bug boxes and test the habitat preference of selected "minibeasts" (bugs).
Planaria Fishing
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In this activity, learners capture and observe planaria, which are worms that eat tiny pond critters.
Animal House
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The goal of this activity is to design, build and test a house or toy for an animal.
It's a Gas, Man
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In this activity, learners discover if carbon dioxide has an effect on temperature.
Adaption Artistry
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In this creativity-based activity, learners imagine what the Earth will look like in the near and distant future, then design their own future habitat and creatures that may live there.
Pesticide Watch Card
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After learning that some of the chemicals we add to food crops may have harmful consequences on our health and the health of the environment, learners will create a pocket-sized card with their favori
Invent an Animal
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In this outdoor activity and game, learners explore how animals adapt for survival through coloration, markings and camouflage.
Food Chains and Webs
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In this activity, learners investigate feeding relationships. Learners complete a food web and then make a mobile to represent a food chain.
Decomposition Column
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In this activity, learners turn empty 2-liter bottles into a see-through compost container.