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In this outdoor, night activity, learners track nocturnal animals' footprints, droppings and other signs of their presence.

In this activity (page 2 of pdf), learners craft a model of a skate egg case and come to understand that cartilaginous fish such as sharks and shakes employ reproductive strategies that differ from th

In this activity, learners will build a design and build a place for pollinators to drink from.

Learners make a "menu" of any plants in their lunch for Monday through Friday and draw the plants from their lunch.

In this activity on page 11 of the PDF, learners follow simple steps to recycle old newspaper into new paper.

In this construction activity, students use a 2-liter bottle to build a fly trap.

This activity offers learners and their families several ways to raise their awareness together about home water.

In this activity, learners plant seeds and watch them sprout and grow inside a CD case.

In this activity, learners create a biosphere in a baggie.

This is a hands-on activity that uses bread and household materials to grow mold. Learners collect dust from a room, wipe it on food, and contain it. One to seven days later, mold has grown.

In this two-part activity, learners compare and contrast a variety of life cycles to better understand different organisms and how they develop.

In this activity, learners will discover how the thin layers of amphibians' skin allow water and other chemicals to pass through it.

In this activity (located at the bottom of the page), learners investigate soil and explore the creatures that live in it.

In this activity, learners will collect, dry and press seaweed over the course of four days in a similar way that artists/crafters press flowers.

In this math activity, learners collect, organize, and analyze a set of data related to types of animals in the temperate forest.

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

In this outdoor/indoor activity, learners collect ants and dirt to create an ant farm in a cup that they can observe over time.

In this nutrition activity (page 3 of the PDF), learners will record their food consumption for one day, and then evaluate how their actual diet matched up with the recommended diet.

In this activity, learners find out what happens when they cover leaves with pieces of black construction paper. This activity shows learners that plants need sunlight to survive.

This activity gets learners looking at 6-sided shapes in nature, including the cells of a beehive, as well as other shapes.