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Great Steamboat Race
Lawrence Hall of ScienceAdd to list DetailsIn this outdoor activity, learners race small boats, made of cork, balsa wood, popsicle sticks etc., to investigate the rate and direction of currents in a stream or creek. Learners will examine...
Envirolopes
Lawrence Hall of ScienceAdd to list DetailsIn this outdoor activity and observation game, learners hunt for a variety of textures, colors, odors and evidence of organisms in the activity site. The activity can be done with same age or mixed...
FAMILY MATH on the Go
Lawrence Hall of ScienceAdd to list DetailsThis assortment of mathematical games can be played while traveling. Suggestions include: estimate time until arrival and use a watch to track it; talk about turns and directions; count traffic...
Building Bingo
Smithsonian Center for Education and Museum StudiesAdd to list DetailsIn this on site "field trip" activity (located on pages 6-9 of PDF), learners get hands-on experience identifying building materials by playing "Building Bingo". To play, teams...
Shake It!
Lawrence Hall of ScienceAdd to list DetailsIn this outdoor activity that can be combined with a hike, learners try to match a "mystery community" by shaking animals out of different trees and shrubs. Learners get a closeup look at...
Scram or Freeze
Lawrence Hall of ScienceAdd to list DetailsIn this outdoor activity and animal-role-play game, learners discover and uncover the hidden world of "cryptozoa"—organisms such as spiders, salamanders and slugs that live under objects,...