Family Activity: Birds and Worms
Discover the value of camouflage and pretend to be birds in search of worms.
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Family Activity: Soil Stories
Explore differences in soil types and composition.
Family Activity: Invasive Species
Learn how relocating plants and animals can be both beneficial and detrimental.
Family Activity: Bursting Buds
Find out what’s inside different buds in early spring, where leaves come from, and how they form.
Family Activity: Renewable or Not?
Discover why sustainable use of natural resources is important.
Family Activity: Web of Life
Explore food webs and discover the many ways that plants and animals are connected.
Family Activity: Signs of Fall
Observe the annual change of seasons and investigate why leaves turn colors in the fall.
Family Activity: Tree Lifecycle
Examine a tree’s lifecycle and find similarities to lifecycles of other living things.
Summer Reading List
From informative nonfiction reads to silly fictional tales, this list separated by grade level will help kids–and adults–stay on top of their reading.
STEM: Looking at Leaves
Engage students in STEM to examine the physical characteristics of leaves and investigate how they can be used to identify trees with Project Learning Tree’s Looking At Leaves activity.