Earth and Environmental Sciences

Students will learn about biodiversity and ecosystems and create clay castings of leaves or seeds.

Learn about the importance of clean water and create your own water filter!

Students learn how greenhouse gases contribute to ocean acidification.

Learn about global warming and the structure of greenhouse gases.

In this activity, students will learn about carbon sinks and create tree-shaped cellulose sponges.

Learn about how global warming is affecting Arctic ecosystems.

Explore through a hands-on activity how using technology and robotics can help tackle current environmental issues.

In this activity, you make 2-3 seed balls filled with milkweed seeds. After the seed balls dry, you can throw them into an area that gets plenty of sun and water or you can give them away as gifts.

Create an anemometer out of paper cups and learn about windspeed.

Learn how camouflage helps animals blend in!

Using simple materials, students are challenged to build a small beaver dam.

Students learn about how climate change can impact the geographical range of disease vectors.

Students create three paper seeds to test how they disperse.

Learn about the role of greenhouse gases in climate change.

In this activity, students learn about the parts and functions of plants, the needs of seeds and plants, and play a game about why it's important to have different varieties of plants.