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Nature and Wildlife

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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

S.INQ Mechanical Engineering Self Propelled Cars

STEM • Nature and Wildlife

30m

Grades K - 5

S.INQ Mechanical Engineering Self Propelled Cars

By OregonASK

K - 5

30m

In this activity, students have the opportunity to build, test, and modify self propelled cars using an engineering design grid. Students will build cars with sails, testing them with a fan to see what kinds of sails work best to propel their vehicle.

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S.INQ Mechanical Engineering Self Propelled Cars
STEM • Nature and Wildlife
30mGrades K - 5

Rock Cycle Roundabout

STEM • Nature and Wildlife

1h 20m

Grades 3 - 8

Rock Cycle Roundabout

By California Academy of Sciences

3 - 8

1h 20m

After playing a board game to learn how to differentiate the three ways rocks can form, students analyze maps of local topography, water sources, and volcanic activity, to better understand how geology affects a given region. They also experience scale, recognizing geologic processes as fast or extremely gradual.

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Rock Cycle Roundabout
STEM • Nature and Wildlife
1h 20mGrades 3 - 8

Minimize Your Footprint

Nature and Wildlife • STEM

50m

Grades 3 - 8

Minimize Your Footprint

By National Wildlife Federation

3 - 8

50m

A carbon footprint is the amount of carbon dioxide (CO₂) and other carbon compounds emitted due to the consumption of fossil fuels by a particular person, group, etc. Since the industrial revolution, more CO₂ is being emitted into the mix of heat-trapping gases (greenhouse gases) than can be absorbed by what is known as carbon sinks — places where carbon can be absorbed instead of trapped in the atmosphere. Carbon sinks include trees, the ocean, and soil. Every little action makes a change, and therefore, It is vital to reduce our carbon footprint to reduce the amount of CO₂ in the atmosphere. Focus on the positive. Do not use scare tactics (doom and gloom) to encourage behavior change. What children should know:
● Carbon dioxide is put into the atmosphere, mainly when we burn fossil fuels (coal, oil, and natural gas), primarily the result of our transportation needs and energy use.
● Industry, agriculture, and tree burning also contribute to CO₂ in the atmosphere.
● Carbon that is not absorbed in sinks (oceans, trees, and soils) stays trapped in the atmosphere making the global temperature warmer.
● Each action we take has a positive or negative impact on the environment, think cause and effect.
● You can change your habits and behavior to reduce the amount of CO₂ you contribute to the atmosphere.

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Minimize Your Footprint
Nature and Wildlife • STEM
50mGrades 3 - 8

Designing a Garden

Nature and Wildlife • STEM

1h

Grades 6 - 8

Designing a Garden

By The Nature Conservancy

6 - 8

1h

Youth design a garden paradise for the purpose of growing fruit and vegetables.

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Designing a Garden
Nature and Wildlife • STEM
1hGrades 6 - 8

S.INQ Sound: Sound Travels

STEM • Nature and Wildlife

30m

Grades K - 5

S.INQ Sound: Sound Travels

By OregonASK

K - 5

30m

In this lesson, students will use a tuning fork and place it on different objects in order to find out through which material sound travels best, and through which material sound doesn’t travel well. These experiments in sound conductivity will help them visualize sound as a wave that travels through matter as a vibration.

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S.INQ Sound: Sound Travels
STEM • Nature and Wildlife
30mGrades K - 5

How Well Can You See?

STEM • Nature and Wildlife

45m

Grades 9 - 12

How Well Can You See?

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

9 - 12

45m

In this activity, students conduct several eye tests. First, groups conduct a simple test to check their visual acuity. Then individuals conduct several online tests. Each person conducts the test twice under different conditions to compare the results. This activity builds understanding of how vision tests work and the differences in how people see.

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How Well Can You See?
STEM • Nature and Wildlife
45mGrades 9 - 12

What’s an Adaptation?

Nature and Wildlife • STEM

50m

Grades K - 8

What’s an Adaptation?

By National Wildlife Federation

K - 8

50m

An adaptation is any trait that helps an animal or plant survive in its habitat. Adaptations are helpful only in the habitat for which an animal is adapted. A freshwater newt, used to living in or near water, wouldn’t survive long in the desert.

Diet, behavior, physical anatomy, and even physiology (internal mechanisms), are ways animals adapt to their surroundings. Many living things have evolved unique ways of dealing with the problems of survival. An animal’s adaptations develop over a very long time and can pass to their children, such as an eagle’s keen sense of sight or a hummingbird’s long beak

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What’s an Adaptation?
Nature and Wildlife • STEM
50mGrades K - 8

Does the Current Climate Change Pose a Threat to Humans?

Nature and Wildlife • STEM

1h

Grades 9 - 12

Does the Current Climate Change Pose a Threat to Humans?

By The Nature Conservancy

9 - 12

1h

Students research trends within a state’s climate and determine how those trends will impact humans.

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Does the Current Climate Change Pose a Threat to Humans?
Nature and Wildlife • STEM
1hGrades 9 - 12

What Can You Hear?

STEM • Nature and Wildlife

45m

Grades 9 - 12

What Can You Hear?

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

9 - 12

45m

In this activity, students conduct tests of their hearing. First, groups conduct a simple test to check the upper range of their hearing. Then, individuals conduct a second test to identify their complete hearing range. Students then compare and graph the results for their group. Finally, they have the option to conduct additional tests to find out more about their hearing. This activity builds understanding of how the ear works and the frequencies at which humans can hear.

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What Can You Hear?
STEM • Nature and Wildlife
45mGrades 9 - 12

Modeling How the Heart Works

Nature and Wildlife • STEM

45m

Grades 3 - 5

Modeling How the Heart Works

By Mizzen Education, Inc.

3 - 5

45m

In this activity, students use paper cups and coffee stirrers to model a human heart. They use the models to examine how the heart pumps blood. This activity builds an understanding of the structure and function of the heart muscle.

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Modeling How the Heart Works
Nature and Wildlife • STEM
45mGrades 3 - 5

Habitat Planning

STEM • Nature and Wildlife

45m

Grades 3 - 8

Habitat Planning

By NASA

3 - 8

45m

Students think about and discuss the basic needs and activities that astronauts might partake in while living on the moon, and draw a habitat that can accommodate those activities.

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Habitat Planning
STEM • Nature and Wildlife
45mGrades 3 - 8

Make an Eclipse Viewer

STEM • Nature and Wildlife

45m

Grades 3 - 12

Make an Eclipse Viewer

By NASA

3 - 12

45m

Students create a simple pinhole projector. Also, students have the opportunity to test their projectors and view the sun safely!

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Make an Eclipse Viewer
STEM • Nature and Wildlife
45mGrades 3 - 12

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