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In this family or group inquiry activity, learners use their senses to explore a local forest or woodland.

1 cent - $1 per group Ages 6 - 11 1 to 2 hours
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In this online Flash game, learners will explore a coral reef using an underwater remotely operated vehicle (ROV).

free Ages 6 - 14 5 to 10 minutes
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In this outdoor activity, learners find, count and compare as many different kinds of animals as they can find in two different areas: a managed lawn and a weedy area.

$10 - $20 per group Ages 8 - 14 45 to 60 minutes
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In this activity, learners work in small groups to match various marine animals with their different environments.

free Ages 4 - 8 30 to 45 minutes
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In this data activity, learners will compare and contrast fish communities, diversity and habitats in U.S. National Marine Sanctuaries.

free Ages 14 - 18 1 to 2 hours
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In this outdoor activity and game, learners explore how animals adapt for survival through coloration, markings and camouflage.

$10 - $20 per group Ages 6 - 14 45 to 60 minutes
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Learners use a variety of beans to represent a variety of species, and scatter these beans over a large piece of paper representing the environment.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 11 - 18 45 to 60 minutes
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During this interactive "survival" game, students learn about the importance of camouflage and how it helps animals to blend into their surroundings, as either predator or prey.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 6 - 11 45 to 60 minutes
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Learners create a model of a wetland to observe how it absorbs and filters water from the environment.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 8 - 18 45 to 60 minutes
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In this multi-faceted game (on pages 25-35), learners recreate what happens to creatures in the Brazilian rain forest as they grow from egg to adult—especially those that use fallen, empty Brazil nut

1 cent - $1 per group Ages 8 - 14 1 to 2 hours
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This activity (on page 3 of the PDF under GPS: Biodiversity Activity) is a full inquiry investigation into biodiversity.

free Ages 8 - 14 1 to 2 hours
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In this activity, learners plant seeds and watch them sprout and grow inside a CD case.

1 cent - $1 per student Ages 4 - 11 1 to 7 days
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In this activity, learners investigate how increased carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from the burning of fossil fuels is changing the acidity (pH) of the ocean and affecting coral reefs and other marin

$5 - $10 per group Ages 11 - 14 45 to 60 minutes
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In this matching game, learners study the limits of life on Earth to see what other places in the solar system might sustain microbial life.

1 cent - $1 per group Ages 11 - 18 45 to 60 minutes
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In this investigation learners explore the differences between, and interdependence of, living and nonliving elements in a water ecosystem.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 8 - 14 45 to 60 minutes
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In this activity, learners role-play the part of lake inhabitants and the aquatic exotics who displace the native species.

$10 - $20 per group Ages 8 - 14 45 to 60 minutes
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This activity (located on page 3 of the PDF under GPS: Temperate Rain Forest Activity) is a full inquiry investigation into biodiversity of a given habitat.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 8 - 14 1 to 2 hours
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In this activity, learners simulate a wolf and its habitat and observe what happens when the limiting factors change over time.

1 cent - $1 per group Ages 8 - 14 1 to 2 hours
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This laboratory activity helps learners understand the concept of biological succession by simulating the process in a microenvironment with various protozoans.

Over $20 per group Ages 14 - 18 1 to 12 months
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In this activity, learners compare plant and animal life in different habitats including a sidewalk crack and lawn. Learners sort human-made materials and natural materials found in each habitat.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 6 - 11 10 to 30 minutes