School Habitats

Family Activity: Conserve Water At Home

It’s easy to waste water and even easier to take clean water for granted. Identify ways you can conserve water in your home.

Compare different environments to understand how nonliving elements can influence living elements within an ecosystem.

Observe, collect, and classify plant seeds.

Take a closer look at pollution: what it is, what its sources are, and what people can do to reduce it.

Learn about the different plant parts we eat.

Uncover the conditions trees need to survive, live, and grow and learn how trees compete for resources.

Discover the value of camouflage and pretend to be birds in search of worms.

Learn how relocating plants and animals can be both beneficial and detrimental.

Find out what’s inside different buds in early spring, where leaves come from, and how they form.

Take a closer look at leaves, their characteristics, and how they can be used to identify plants.