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World Wide Waterfalls
Young scholars explore the difference between virtual and actual experience by creating Web sites about a nearby river.
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Rubber Gardens
Students recycle discarded automobile tires and create gardening sites for limited space areas.
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The Drinking Bird
Students discover how toys often illustrate fundamental physical principles. The toy drinking bird is an example. The challenge for you in the lab is to discover why the drinking bird functions.
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John Muir: Long Ago and Now
Students explore nature objects brought indoors such as rocks, seeds, leaves and shells to identify where the objects came from. They hear stories about John Muir's life and make booklets about nature areas they enjoy.
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Environment: Natural and Invasive Plants
Students examine a parcel of open land to collect data about the native and invasive plants found there. By monitoring the area, they prevent the spread of weeds through early detection. Students create posters describing the monitoring...
Other
Global Environmental and Outdoor Education Council: World of 100 (Simulation)
This simulation activity teaches students about the inequities in access to global resources, and our responsibility as global citizens to protect the rights and welfare of people around the world who may be impacted by our economic...
Family Education
Family Education: Outdoor Activities
Outdoor Activities that also help children learn. But, just in case, there also some Rainy Day Activities listed.
Staten Island Children's Museum
Staten Island Children's Museum: Green Thumbs at Home
Fun outdoor family activities to do at home.
Other
Izaak Walton League of America: Programs for Youth
Get your students outside with this collection of activities for kids of all ages featuring outdoor engagement and environmental education.
Department of Defense
Do Dea: Art Appreciation: Unit 5: 3 D Art
This fifth unit of a course on Art Appreciation looks at different forms of three-dimensional art. Students learn about sculpture and its history, government-funded art works, and controversy in art. They look at other types of 3-D...
Other
Castle Rock Institute
The Castle Rock Institute is an educational community devoted to balancing academic work in the Humanities and outdoor adventure. It sponsors off-campus study programs for college students that combine coursework in religion, philosophy,...
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National Park Service: Natchez Trace Scenic Trail
This is an old indian trail. You can hike the trail or go bike riding. There are seasonal activities and ranger talks.
Other
Campatwater.org: Camp Atwater
This camp was founded in 1921 and is one of the oldest camps of its kind. It was designed to promote leadership skills. The camp is located in North Brookfield, MA. The camp offers a variety of sport activities along with environmental...
National Wildlife Federation
National Wildlife Federation: Ranger Rick
This is a very fun and engaging resource for kids and teachers. Students can learn about wildlife and ecology while reading stories and articles, playing games, and doing activities.
American Geosciences Institute
American Geosciences Institute: Earth Science Week
A wealth of resources for celebrating Earth Science Week, complete with educational materials in both English and Spanish. Teachers will find classroom activities, information on contests and Earth Science Week events, and ideas for...
Primary Resources
Primary Resources: Pe
Primary Resources provide pdf and html documents for lessons that include: warm-up activities, dance & gymnastics, invasion games, striking & fielding games, net/wall games, fitness & athletics, outdoor & adventurous...
PBS
Wgbh: Peep and the Big Wide World: Roll or Slide?
A classroom activity where students discover whether an object rolls, slides, or stays put.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: And Now, the Weather: Describing Data With Statistics
In this activity, students can use a temperature probe to collect outdoor temperature readings over a day long period. They will then describe the data Using statistical concepts.
Other
Tv Cultura: Alo Escola: Brincar E Bom
In Portuguese. Interactive games, cartoons, a brief history of popular toys, and online children's games, from the TV Cultura channel, a widely admired broadcaster of children's television programs.