Do you know how much water you have had in the last 24 hours? Do you know how much your body needs? In this hands-on activity, your class members will estimate how much water our bodies lose each day by filling and emptying one-liter...

Students explore how to get out of the starting position while in the water to prepare for water skiing.

Equip young campers with important survival knowledge with a set of engaging lessons. Teammates work together to complete three outdoor activities, which include building a shelter, starting a campfire, and finding directions in the...

Learners play a game of marbles outdoors on an iced area. They begin by playing a warm-up game of tag and proceed to sliding their marbles on an iced surface into holes. They attempt to gain points by sliding the marble into holes of...

This worksheet includes a checklist of swimming-related accomplishments to achieve in order to earn the Aquanaut Webelos badge. If you are a P.E. or swim instructor, this may be useful to you too.

In this camping crossword worksheet, students use a set of 10 clues and a word box to complete a crossword puzzle. A reference web site is given for additional activities.

Second graders discuss the previously created worm compost and the importance of living creatures to the Environment.  In this worm lesson, 2nd graders observe worms and record their sensitivity to light. Students design a petri...

Students examine how to dispose of waste properly and discover how pollution affects plants and animals that live in streams. For this effects of waste lesson, students explore biodegradable detergents and the concept of dilution as the...

Students explore how vibrations create sound by strumming a rubber band. They feel the vibration of their own vocal chords. Then they explore the motion of sound waves and echoes. They rely on their own hearing to locate others in their...

Third graders investigate space science by performing physical activities.  In this solar system activity, 3rd graders perform a relay activitiy with their class in which they race between different "planets".  Students define...

Students practice the backfloat while swimming.

This site reviews the effects of agricultural development, urban and industrial development, drainage of the land surface, modifications to river valleys, and modifications to the atmosphere have on ground water and surface water.

Watch and learn about the sport called artistic swimming. See positions done while swimmers are on the surface of the water and while submerged. Colorful drawings show you positions like the "crane," the "fishtail," the "horseman," the...