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In this outdoor, freshwater activity, learners explore the behavior and food preferences of crawdads (or crabs) by "fishing" for them with various baits.

$10 - $20 per group Ages 6 - 11 45 to 60 minutes
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In this outdoor, night activity, learners track nocturnal animals' footprints, droppings and other signs of their presence.

Over $20 per group Ages 6 - 14 1 to 7 days
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In this outdoor activity, learners use only their senses to to find the extremes of several environmental variables or physical factors: wind, temperature, light, slope and moisture.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 6 - 14 30 to 45 minutes
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In this outdoor activity, learners become beachcombers as they walk on a sandy beach in search of evidence of life.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 4 - 14 45 to 60 minutes
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In this outdoor activity, learners investigate spider webs and feeding behavior, particularly how spiders trap food in their sticky silk webs while not getting stuck themselves.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 6 - 18 45 to 60 minutes
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This activity has learners interacting with live crayfish, but could be adapted for a variety of similar hardy and interesting organisms.

Over $20 per group Ages 4 - adult 10 to 30 minutes
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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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Using a real-size sketch of a baby elephant's footprint, learners estimate, measure and record the width (diameter) and outside edge length (perimeter or circumference) of the footprint.

1 cent - $1 per group Ages 4 - 11 30 to 45 minutes
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In this set of outdoor games, learners increase their awareness of the outdoor environment by going on a scavenger hunt and an out-of-place hunt.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 4 - 11 1 to 2 hours
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In this outdoor activity/field trip, learners explore an aquatic site such as a pond, lake, stream, river or seashore to find and investigate plants and animals that live in water.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 6 - 11 1 to 2 hours
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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
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In this outdoor, warm weather activity, learners use sweepnets to search a grassy area such as a large lawn or field, collecting small animals to find as many different kinds of animals as possible.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 6 - 14 45 to 60 minutes
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In this outdoor activity/field trip, learners conduct experiments to explore where dragonflies and damselflies perch or rest, and how the flies change behavior in reaction to other flies or fly decoys

$5 - $10 per group Ages 6 - 18 45 to 60 minutes
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In this wintertime outdoor activity, learners role play wolves tracking their prey by following scented trails.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 6 - 14 45 to 60 minutes
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In this outdoor activity, learners release a portion of a lawn from human control—no mowing, no watering, no weeding, no pest control—and then investigate the changes that result over several weeks.

Over $20 per group Ages 6 - 14 1 to 12 months
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In this outdoor activity, learners turn the fun of feeding wild birds into an investigation of bird behavior.

Over $20 per group Ages 6 - 14 45 to 60 minutes
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In this outdoor, nighttime activity, learners gather around a brightly lit, white surface and study the behavior of nocturnal animals attracted to the light, particularly night fliers.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 4 - 14 45 to 60 minutes
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In this outdoor game, learners play the roles of gray or red squirrels gathering and storing a supply of food in "fall" and recovering enough of them to survive the "winter." Learners carry bags repre

$5 - $10 per group Ages 6 - 11 45 to 60 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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En esta actividad, los aprendices harán un terrario usando materiales simples.

1 cent - $1 per group Ages 4 - 8 10 to 30 minutes