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Dig a hole, line it, fill it with fresh water, and you have a water hole: a good place to study colonization.

In this environmental science activity, learners research what is essential for plant life and the necessary components of soil to support plants.

This warm weather activity introduces learners to the impact trees have on blocking the sun's heat and reducing temperature on the Earth's surface.

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

In this outdoor mapping activity, learners explore where plants grow and map plant-distribution patterns.

In this activity, learners explore how light and dark colored objects absorb the Sun's radiations at different rates.

In this outdoor activity, learners search for the warmest and coolest, windiest and calmest, wettest and driest, and brightest and darkest spots in an area.

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.

This activity (on page 3 of the PDF under GPS: Cactus Activity) is a full inquiry investigation into how some desert birds keep their cool.

In this outdoor, winter activity, learners find living green plants under the snow and determine the light and temperature conditions around the plants.