Short Nature Films

These short nature films are meant to introduce science concepts found in the outdoors. In addition to identifying species, you can learn about life cycles, adaptations, food webs, conservation, and much more.

Educators: Show the movie to your students, download a worksheet for them to try and make the bridge from nature to science education.  Have fun!

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Adaptations for Survival - The Spittlebug movie icon worksheet icon
Animal Signs - Woodpeckers & the Life Cycle of Trees movie icon worksheet icon
Fall Colors - How the Forest Makes Energy movie icon worksheet icon
Ferns and Clubmosses movie icon worksheet icon
Identifying Wildflowers in the Fall movie icon worksheet icon
Nurse Log Raising Baby Trees movie icon worksheet icon
Start Your Own Nature Collection! movie icon worksheet icon
The History of Trees - Forest Succession movie icon worksheet icon
The Rotten Truth About Forest Decomposition movie icon worksheet icon
The Sharp Adaptation of Porcupines movie icon worksheet icon
The Spring Peepers Are Back! movie icon worksheet icon
The Spring Thaw – The Return of the Animals movie icon worksheet icon
Watching for Wildlife on the Trail movie icon worksheet icon
What Owls Eat... A Mouse Skeleton movie icon worksheet icon
Why Quaking Aspens Quake... movie icon worksheet icon
Woolybear Adaptations movie icon worksheet icon