Kindergarten students will use their existing outdoor expertise to help them focus on the scientific study of their five senses in stations.

For this activity, pupils are presented with red pine cones that have been partly eaten by the American Red Squirrel, a fact that is not divulged to them at this stage. After a discussion of the possibilities, the class takes a walk in...

Community-sharing site lets all the world's sharp-eyed naturalists, including school-age students, record their observations of the outdoor world.

An outdoor activity where students visit a local stream for a scientific inquiry. They make observations about the stream, and take measurements of the stream's velocity, depth, and width. They will also develop a sediment thickness...

This is an activity that should only be done outdoors or in a well-ventilated area, with adult supervision, as it involves paint thinner. It demonstrates the concept of the index of refraction for different materials, in this case that...

In this water cycle activity, students investigate the evaporation process by participating in an outdoor evaporation experiment held on the school grounds. Students will determine where evaporation takes place the fastest and how nature...

For this activity, kids record their observations of an outdoor environment in a science journal. The spot they record could be close to home or seen out a window.