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
Color the Ducks to Learn their Names
Learning Bird Names
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
Building a Food Web in the Classroom
Food Web - Making a Food Web (4rth-6th grade)
Food Web Illustration
Food Web Lecture with Producer-Consumer-Decomposer Chart
Making a Food Web - Activity - Younger Students(k-3)

Hidden Pictures
African Savannah Hidden Picture
Amazon Rainforest Hidden Picture
Antarctica Hidden Picture
Arctic Animals Hidden Picture
Bog Hidden Picture
Canadian Forest Hidden Picture
Coral Reef Hidden Picture
Deciduous Forest Hidden Picture
Dragonfly Hidden Picture
Everglades Hidden Picture
Forest Floor Hidden Picture
Hardwood Forest Hidden Picture
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
Insect Word Search
Learning About Insects - Lecture
Part of An Insect - Label Them

Just for Fun
Wild Bookmarks

Label The Diagram
Bird – Name the Parts
Insect – Label the Parts of the Insect

Life Cycles
Life Cycles In Action - Flip Book
Observing Life Cycles

Mammals
All About Mammals - Lecture
Animal Tracks Activity
Drawing Mammals - Activity
Mammal Word Search
Matching Mammals to Their Family and Order

Mazes
Bat Maze
Bumblebee Maze
Chipmunk Maze
Grazing Deer Maze
Hedgehog Maze
Hunting Lion Maze
Komodo Dragon Maze
Lemur Maze
Leopard Seal Maze
Lynx Maze
Mouse Maze
Octopus Maze
Osprey Maze
Owl Maze
Tidal Zone Maze

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
Bird Lecture and Identification
Deciduous Tree Identification by Leaf Shapes
Food Web Lecture with Producer-Consumer-Decomposer Chart
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
Making Bird Journals
Tree Identification

Plants
Deciduous Tree Identification by Leaf Shapes
Plant Structure Activity Sheet (Older Students)
Plant Structure Activity Sheet (Younger Students)
Where Does it Come From? Looking at How Important Plants Really Are

Plants and Trees
Make Your Own Plant Press

Word Searches
Bird Word Search
Insect Word Search
Mammal Word Search