Explore all things nature by making projects about animals, plants, insects, and more.
Winter Solstice 2020 saw a Rare Astronomical EventThe Great Conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn December 21, 2020, marked the Winter Solstice in the northern hemisphere, which is the shortest day and longest night of the year. It is also when the sun is at its lowest daily maximum elevation. The exact …
Download the handout below to make a hand print scarecrow! Materials: Washable paints, paper (construction or printer), paintbrush Fun facts about scarecrows! 1. The first scarecrows were made about 3,000 years ago by Egyptians to protect wheat fields from crows. 2. Even though they’re such an old idea, scarecrows are …
Did you know that Wednesday, October 21st, was National Reptile Day? Download the handout below to learn about the difference between reptiles and amphibians. While reptiles and amphibians are both cold blooded, they still have many important differences. Amphibians such as frogs and salamanders spend at least half of their …
This year, Daylight Savings Time started on March 8th and ends on November 1st. At the start of Daylight Savings, the time “springs forward” from 2 a.m. to 3 a.m. At the end, the clocks “fall back” and go from 2 a.m. to 1 a.m. Most clocks change automatically, like …
Download these environmentally friendly handouts to learn about recycling! The “What to Recycle” Handout shows you what materials you can recycle! Color the pictures to get the hang of recyclables! Cut out the balloons in the “Balloon Coloring” Handouts and add strings! Then you can hang up your balloons! But …
Create a 3-dimensional sun with handprint cutouts to represent solar flares. Materials: 2 paper plates, construction paper, tempera paint, pencil, glue, hole puncher, yarn, scissors Step 1: Trace and cut out hands on yellow and orange paper. Step 2: Make handprints using yellow, orange and white tempera paint on paper …
Materials: Glue, washable brown paint, brown paper, paper plate, paint brushes or foam brushes, foam stickers of insects, leaves, flowers brown, blue, green, yellow, orange and pink construction paper, plastic Easter eggs, tape. Step 1: Paint paper plates brown by placing a small amount of paint in the middle of …
Materials: Acrylic or water-based outdoor house paint (for outdoors), tempera paint and paper for indoors, cardboard (alternative material: used file folders), scissors and tape. Step 1: Design your own fish on cardboard or manila file folders. Keep the design simple for ease of cutting. Leave a half-inch around the outline …
