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Cook Food Using the Sun
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Learners build a solar oven from a cardboard pizza box, aluminum foil and plastic. Learners can use their oven to cook S'mores or other food in the sun.
Cloud Fun
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Learners complete a series of hands-on and investigative activities to explore cumulus clouds.
Clay Exploration
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In this activity, learners explore the possibilities of clay as a natural material.
Bone Identification
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This activity (page 3 of the PDF under SciGirls Activity: Dinosaurs) is a full inquiry investigation into fossil hunting and identification.
Plant Hunt
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In this outdoor activity and game, learners collect and sort leaf samples to determine how many types of plants grow in the activity site.
Shake it up with Seismographs!
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In this activity, learners explore the engineering behind seismographs and how technology has improved accurate recording of earthquakes.
First Impressions
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Learners experiment with a commercial photo-sensitive paper (Sunprint® or NaturePrint® paper). They place opaque and clear objects on the paper and expose it to bright light, observing the results.
Wrap It Up!
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In this Energy and Environment activity (page 9 of the PDF), learners calculate the mass of a piece of gum, compare it to the mass of the gum's packaging, and then create a bar graph of the results.
Envirolopes
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In this outdoor activity and observation game, learners hunt for a variety of textures, colors, odors and evidence of organisms in the activity site.
Observing Insects at Night
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In this activity, learners set up a night time insect observation station with a light and sheet.
Starting Your Container Garden
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This guide outlines how to plant a garden even if you don't have a yard!
Owl Pellets
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In this activity (page 7 of the PDF), learners will investigate the contents of owl pellets. Learners will discover how owls digest their food as well as the kind of animals they eat.
Find Out How Plants Use Water
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In this activity, learners investigate how plants use water. By making the flowers change color, learners see how water moves up the stem to the leaves and the flowers.
Web It!
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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.
Single-Cell Life
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In this activity, learners create a soil and water model of a single-cell life environment and study living microorganisms.
Easy PEAsy Seed Germination
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In this activity, learners determine the necessary conditions for pea seed germination.
Animals in a Grassland
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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.
Erosion
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In this activity, learners model erosion using a clear shoebox and sand or soil.
The Great Plankton Race
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In this activity, learners are challenged to design a planktonic organism that will neither float like a cork nor sink like a stone.
Animal Scent
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This activity (on page 3 of the PDF under GPS: Animal Scent Activity) is a full inquiry investigation into animal behavior.