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From Polliwog to Frog
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In this activity, learners discover how frogs' bodies change while growing from a tadpole to a frog. Learners create a simple craft that gives a visual display of the metamorphosis process.
Sound Charades
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In this game, learners create flash cards with an image on one side (of an animal, for example) and the sound that animal makes on the other.
Universal Indicator Rainbow Trout
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In this activity, learners cut out a fish and then "paint" it using universal indicator and acids and bases.
Toad Abode: Creating a Home for a Backyard Toad
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In this activity about backyard habitats learners create a safe and toad-friendly environment near their own home.
Paper Animals
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This resource contains ideas and brief instructions on how to build animals out of construction paper and other simple materials.
Planaria Fishing
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In this activity, learners capture and observe planaria, which are worms that eat tiny pond critters.
Small Snails, Enormous Elephants
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This activity (located on page 2 of PDF) introduces learners to the real size of animals using nonstandard measurement.
Bark Beetle Infestation Investigation: Estimation and Pheromones
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This activity investigates how bark beetles can threaten forests by having learners estimate the number of infected trees from a photo.
Bird Beaks
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In this activity, learners investigate different types of bird beaks using household items which mimic different beak examples.
Polar Bear Glove
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In this activity, learners will explore how animal in cold areas stay warm.
Ocean Echolocation
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Use echolocation to find others and experience how whales’ senses have adapted to suit their environment. In pairs, learners are blindfolded and use containers filled with marbles to find each other.
Tweak Your Beak
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In this activity, learners will explore how different bird beaks work and discover what birds can eat based on their beak shape.
Coral Polyp
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In this activity, learners will create their own coral polyps - the basis for a coral reef.
Life in the Sidewalk Cracks
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In this activity, learners compare plant and animal life in different habitats including a sidewalk crack and lawn. Learners sort human-made materials and natural materials found in each habitat.
Pollinator Play
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In this activity, learners will build a bee hotel for pollinators. Learners will explore building and ecology through this activity.
Backard Bioblitz Bonanza
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In this activity, learners will observe and record living things with in outlined outside space.
Horse Gaits Flipbooks
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In this activity, learners explore the gait of horses by constructing flipbooks with British photographer Eadweard Muybridge's famous photographs.
Oil and Soap
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Learners investigate the properties of the liquids in two bottles. One contains layers of oil and water, and one contains oil, water, and soap.
Find the Best Way to Clean Oil off Bird Feathers
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In this experiment, learners examine the way oil affects bird feathers and test different cleanup methods to find out which works best.
Chirping Bird
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In this activity, learners build a cuica or chirping bird using straw, string, and a bottle cap. Use this activity to explore the interplay of motion and sound.