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Seed Dispersal
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In this outdoor activity and bingo-like game, learners explore why and how seeds spread far from the plants that produce them.

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.

Beaded Braids: Investigating Patterns & Ratios
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In this activity learners create patterns of hair beads.

Sandy Samples
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In this collecting/comparing activity, learners work with samples of sand from different places like a lakefront, river, or ocean beach.

Silent Stalking
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In this outdoor game, learners role play predator and prey to explore the importance of keen hearing and silent stalking skills in the animal world.

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.

Stiff Bones, Bendy Bones
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Bones are stiff, which helps us lift heavy things and walk around, but they are also somewhat flexible, which lets them bend slightly.

Moon and Stars
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In this craft activity, learners create a string of cut-out moons and stars.

Feet Fit
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In this self-measuring activity, learners measure and record the length of their foot.

Roots and Shoots
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In this outdoor activity, learners discover that plants aren't just shoots (stem, branches, leaves, and flowers) growing above ground, but contain plenty of roots growing underground—more than half th

Four-Sock Drawers
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These puzzles use four colors of socks in a drawer to get learners thinking algebraically.

Plants Around a Building
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In this outdoor activity, learners discover how the environment around a building affects the growth of plants.

Blink
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In this self-measuring activity, learners observe and record how many times a minute they blink, take a breath, and chew, as well as how many times a minute their heart beats.

Moo Glue
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Using a milk-based recipe, learners create "moo glue" which is basically white school-type glue. The "secret ingredient" in milk that helps make glue is a chemical called casein.

Elephant Foot
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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.

Food Chain Game
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In this outdoor game, learners role play populations linked in a food chain.

Bird Feeders
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In this activity, learners build a bird feeder or feeders to attract birds for observation.

Marshmallow Models
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No glue is needed for learners of any age to become marshmallow architects or engineers.

Cook with a Solar Oven
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In this activity, learners make their own solar oven to bake s'mores and learn about how solar energy is absorbed on Earth.

What Does Spit Do?
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Some animals can swallow food whole, but humans have to chew. In this activity, learners will investigate what saliva does chemically to food before we even swallow.