Fun Things to Do With Kids on the Trail
A Guide to Elementary Science Standards
Science Process and Inquiry Skills for Students to Master
Standard 1 - Analysis, Inquiry, and Design (Scientific Inquiry)
Standard 2 - Information Systems
Standard 6 - Interconnectedness: Common Themes
Standard 7 - Interdisciplinary Problem Solving
Adaptations
Animal Signs - Woodpeckers & the Life Cycle of Trees
Where Do Animals Go in Winter?
Birds
Bird Lecture and Identification
Bird Lecture and Identification
Bird Word Search
Color the Ducks to Learn their Names
Label the Parts of the Bird
Making Bird Journals
Making Bird Journals
Earth Day Activities!
Celebrate Earth Day – 10 Activities
Green Issues - Staying Informed
Join an Environmental Group as a Class
Plant a Butterfly Garden
Food Webs
Build a Food Web Game
Connecting Predator and Prey to Make a Food Web
Food Web - Making a Food Web (4th-6th grade)
Food Web Illustration
Food Web Lecture with Producer-Consumer-Decomposer Chart
Food Web Lecture with Producer-Consumer-Decomposer Chart
Hidden Pictures
African Savannah Hidden Picture
Arctic Animals Hidden Picture
Dragonfly Hidden Picture
Everglades Hidden Picture
Forest Floor Hidden Picture
Hardwood Forest Hidden Picture
Hidden Picture - Amazon Rainforest
Hidden Picture - Antarctica
Hidden Picture - Canadian Forest
Hidden Picture - Coral Reef
Hidden Picture - Deciduous Forest
Hidden Picture Bog
Madagascar Hidden Picture
Meadow Hidden Picture
New Zealand Animals Hidden Picture
Nocturnal Animal Hidden Picture
Sahara Desert Hidden Picture
Sharks Hidden Picture
Temperate Rainforest Hidden Picture
Tide Pool Hidden Picture
Insects
Butterfly Gardens
Label the Parts of an Insect
Learning About Insects - Lecture and Handouts
Word Search - Insects
Just for Fun
Wild Bookmarks
Label the Animal, Plant or Habitat
Label the Parts of a Plant
Labeling Pages
Insect – Label the Parts of the Insect
Life Cycles
Life Cycle Flip Books
Life Cycle Observations
Mammals
All About Mammals - Lecture
Animal Tracks Activity
Drawing Mammals - Activity
Matching Mammals to Their Family and Order
Word Search - Mammals
Mazes
Maze - What Does the Bat Eat?
Maze - What Does the Bumblebee Eat?
Maze - What Does the Chipmunk Eat?
Maze - What Does the Deer Eat?
Maze - What Does the Hedgehog Eat?
Maze - What Does the Hunting Lion Eat?
Maze - What Does the Komodo Dragon Eat?
Maze - What Does the Lemur Eat?
Maze - What Does the Leopard Seal Eat?
Maze - What Does the Lynx Eat?
Maze - What Does the Mouse Eat?
Maze - What Does the Octopus Eat?
Maze - What Does the Osprey Eat?
Maze - What Does the Owl Eat?
Maze - Who Eats Who in the Tidal Zone?
Movie Worksheets
Adaptations for Survival - The Spittlebug
Decomposition Rots!
Fall Colors - How the Forest Makes Energy
Fern Identification
Nurse Log Raising Baby Trees
Quaking Aspen and the Adaptations of Trees
Spring Peepers and Other Cool Amphibians
Succession in the Forest
The Cool Adaptations of the Woolybear Caterpillar
The Sharp Adaptation of Porcupines
Watching For Wildlife
What Owls Eat -- The Bones of a Mouse
Wildflowers -- Identifying Them in the Fall
Woodpeckers in Your Forest -- Learn to Identify Them
Nature Trail Development and Field Study
I. Making a Nature Trail - Getting Started
II. Making a Nature Trail - Choosing Educational Stations
III. Making a Nature Trail - Mapping
IV. Making a Nature Trail - Your Nature Guide
Plants
Where Does it Come From? Looking at How Important Plants Really Are
Plants and Trees
Deciduous Tree Identification by Leaf Shapes
Deciduous Tree Identification by Leaf Shapes
Label the Parts of a Plant
Make Your Own Plant Press
Tree Identification
Student Research Projects
Ecological Succession Research Project
Word Searches
Word Search - Birds
Word Search - Insects
Word Search - Mammals
