Nature and Wildlife

274 Activities

Nature and Wildlife

Get outside and get curious! Through observation and discovery, learners explore ecosystems, animals, and environmental science. Nature becomes a classroom for inquiry, creativity, and care. This is great for adventurers and future eco-leaders!

Activities

Food Label Match

Health and Wellness • Nature and Wildlife

45m

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Grades 9 - 12

Food Label Match

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

9 - 12

45m

Students match the front of a food package, which generally includes marketing slogans, with the nutrition facts that accompany the food. The activity demonstrates that the nutritional content of foods is not always what packages proclaim it to be.

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Food Label Match

Health and Wellness • Nature and Wildlife

45m•Grades 9 - 12

S.INQ Invisible Forces Static Electricity

STEM • Nature and Wildlife

30m

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Grades K - 5

S.INQ Invisible Forces Static Electricity

By OregonASK

K - 5

30m

This activity helps students test various objects to see which are affected by an electrically charged balloon.

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S.INQ Invisible Forces Static Electricity

STEM • Nature and Wildlife

30m•Grades K - 5

Geometry Jumps

STEM • Nature and Wildlife

15m

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Grades 3 - 8

Geometry Jumps

By PowerUp Fitness

3 - 8

15m

PowerUp Geometry Jumps - discover geometry concepts through jumping and visualization!

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Geometry Jumps

STEM • Nature and Wildlife

15m•Grades 3 - 8

Motor Day

STEM • Nature and Wildlife

45m

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Grades 3 - 5

Motor Day

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

3 - 5

45m

Students make a motor from a kit or from individual parts. After they build the motor and observe how it runs, they explore the science principles that explain how motors work.

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Motor Day

STEM • Nature and Wildlife

45m•Grades 3 - 5

To Panama

STEM • Nature and Wildlife

50m

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Grades K - 5

To Panama

By Go2Science

K - 5

50m

With so many questions in science, where does research begin? The hypothesis! Students learn about the hypothesis from entomologist, Dr. Mitra. Then, follow along as Beth and Curtis travel to their field location. Students will then use interactive maps and satellite images to virtually compare locations related to the mission.

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To Panama

STEM • Nature and Wildlife

50m•Grades K - 5

Meet the Robots

STEM • Nature and Wildlife

45m

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Grades K - 2

Meet the Robots

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

K - 2

45m

Children draw a picture of a robot, watch a video that shows real-life modern robots, and if feasible, play with a simple robot or robot kit.

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Meet the Robots

STEM • Nature and Wildlife

45m•Grades K - 2

Observing Clouds

STEM • Nature and Wildlife

50m

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Grades K - 8

Observing Clouds

By National Wildlife Federation

K - 8

50m

Clouds are a familiar part of our human environment. Clouds affect our daily plans, and even children pay attention to them from a young age because of the many shapes they can take. Clouds are a key factor influencing local weather as well as the Earth’s climate system. They affect the temperature and energy balance of the Earth and play a significant role in controlling the planet’s long-term climate.

By observing clouds, we can get information about temperature, moisture, and wind conditions at different heights in the atmosphere. This information helps in predicting the weather. Observations of clouds also help us know how much sunlight reaches the ground and how easily heat from the ground and lower atmosphere can escape to space. Clouds play a central role in controlling the exchange of heat in the atmosphere, and changes in clouds over time can have significant climate impacts.

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Observing Clouds

STEM • Nature and Wildlife

50m•Grades K - 8

The Heat is On: Cause and Effect and Climate

STEM • Nature and Wildlife

1h 10m

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Grades 6 - 12

The Heat is On: Cause and Effect and Climate

By California Academy of Sciences

6 - 12

1h 10m

Students practice distinguishing between correlation and causation within the context of global climate change.

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The Heat is On: Cause and Effect and Climate

STEM • Nature and Wildlife

1h 10m•Grades 6 - 12

Make It Move! 4: Transportation Prototype Test & Modify

STEM • Nature and Wildlife

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Grades 6 - 8

Make It Move! 4: Transportation Prototype Test & Modify

By OregonASK

6 - 8

Students test and improve their transportation inventions to meet their goals!

This is Part 4 of 6 in the Make It Move! series, with activities designed to build upon each another:

Make It Move! 1: Prototype Brainstorm

Make It Move! 2: Prototype Selection

Make It Move! 3: Prototype Build

Make It Move! 4: Prototype Test & Modify

Make It Move! 5: Prototype Naming

Make It Move! 6: Prototype Presentations

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Make It Move! 4: Transportation Prototype Test & Modify

STEM • Nature and Wildlife

1h•Grades 6 - 8

Butterfly Camouflage

STEM • Nature and Wildlife

50m

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Grades K - 5

Butterfly Camouflage

By Go2Science

K - 5

50m

Showing up bright and bold? Trying to blend in a bit? Butterfly wings can do both! In the field video, observe how animals use colors and patterns in their habitats. Next, create butterflies with wings that blend into a background when closed, but are flashy and attractive when open.

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Butterfly Camouflage

STEM • Nature and Wildlife

50m•Grades K - 5

Rubber Band Helicopter

STEM • Nature and Wildlife

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Grades 6 - 8

Rubber Band Helicopter

By OregonASK

6 - 8

Students create rubber band helicopters and fly them!

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Rubber Band Helicopter

STEM • Nature and Wildlife

1h•Grades 6 - 8

Cotton Catapults

STEM • Nature and Wildlife

1h 15m

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Grades 3 - 8

Cotton Catapults

By OregonASK

3 - 8

1h 15m

Students create a catapult to launch cotton balls.

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Cotton Catapults

STEM • Nature and Wildlife

1h 15m•Grades 3 - 8

Collections

Animal Homes

Nature and Wildlife • STEM

4 Items

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Grades K - 8

Collection

Animal Homes

By National Wildlife Federation

K - 8

In this module youth will learn about animal homes. They will find similarities and differences between the places we call home.

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Animal Homes

Nature and Wildlife • STEM

Grades K - 8

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S.INQ Up Earth and Space

STEM • Nature and Wildlife

7 Items

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Grades 6 - 8

Collection

S.INQ Up Earth and Space

By OregonASK

6 - 8

Earth and Space is an inquiry and exploration-based curriculum that uses hands-on activities focused on the relationship between the earth, the solar system, and human impacts on our global environment.

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S.INQ Up Earth and Space

STEM • Nature and Wildlife

Grades 6 - 8

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Food, Health, and Well-being- Winter Edition

Health and Wellness • Nature and Wildlife

2 Items

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Grades K - 8

Collection

Food, Health, and Well-being- Winter Edition

By National Wildlife Federation

K - 8

In this playlist you'll focus on well-being and two activities that support health are food and connecting to nature.

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Food, Health, and Well-being- Winter Edition

Health and Wellness • Nature and Wildlife

Grades K - 8

COLLECTION

Animal Families and Nearby Nature

Nature and Wildlife • STEM

3 Items

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Grades K - 8

Collection

Animal Families and Nearby Nature

By National Wildlife Federation

K - 8

We can learn a lot when we take time to observe nature nearby. In this playlist, youth learn about six animal families, reptiles, amphibians, invertebrates, fish, birds, and mammals. Additionally, we take a look at the plants in the community and how they support the animal families.

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Animal Families and Nearby Nature

Nature and Wildlife • STEM

Grades K - 8

COLLECTION

Food, Health, and Well-being- Summer Edition

Health and Wellness • Nature and Wildlife

2 Items

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Grades K - 8

Collection

Food, Health, and Well-being- Summer Edition

By National Wildlife Federation

K - 8

In this playlist you'll focus on well-being and two activities that support health are food and connecting to nature.

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Food, Health, and Well-being- Summer Edition

Health and Wellness • Nature and Wildlife

Grades K - 8

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Understanding Climate Change

Nature and Wildlife • STEM

7 Items

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Grades 9 - 12

Collection

Understanding Climate Change

By The Nature Conservancy

9 - 12

Students will explore the relationship between weather and climate and nature's role in creating resilience.

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Understanding Climate Change

Nature and Wildlife • STEM

Grades 9 - 12

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STEM Activities at Home for 9-12th Grades

STEM • Nature and Wildlife

9 Items

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Grades 9 - 12

Collection

STEM Activities at Home for 9-12th Grades

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

9 - 12

Students engage in science and engineering activities that contain accessible materials.

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STEM Activities at Home for 9-12th Grades

STEM • Nature and Wildlife

Grades 9 - 12

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Animal Migrations

Nature and Wildlife • STEM

4 Items

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Grades K - 8

Collection

Animal Migrations

By National Wildlife Federation

K - 8

Migration is the seasonal movement of animals from one habitat to another as they search for food or living conditions. In this playlist we'll connect to nature and learn a little about the migrations of the monarch butterfly, bats, and raptors.

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Animal Migrations

Nature and Wildlife • STEM

Grades K - 8

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Farm to Table Prototype

Nature and Wildlife • STEM

6 Items

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Grades 6 - 8

Collection

Farm to Table Prototype

By OregonASK

6 - 8

Take youth through a journey of innovation and invention with this step-by-step guide to creating their very own prototype! Focusing on improving food production or consumption, youth work through the process of prototyping, starting with a creative brainstorming session, using their construction skills to build a prototype, and presenting their final prototype.

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Farm to Table Prototype

Nature and Wildlife • STEM

Grades 6 - 8

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