TWO CURRICULUM LIBRARY: Schoolyard Activities
These activities can be carried out near your school or in the classroom.
- Animal Observation
- Develop observation and critical thinking skills.
- Bird Feeder Observations
- Comparative study of bird behavior, species present at feeders around the world, and changes in species throughout the year.
- Bird Migration Study
- Follow migrations through student observations.
- Environmental Conditions
- Collection, analysis, and comparison of field data.
- Environmental Attitudes Survey
- Assessment of attitudes of global community.
- Habitat Descriptions
- Writing activity to communicate the nature of local habitat.
- Habitat Exchange
- Using the Internet to learn about different habitats.
- Observacion de Animales
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- Schoolyard Habitat
- Transformation of a "greenspace" on school property for wildlife observation.
- Temperature Crickets
- Explore crickets' response to changes in temperature.
- Wild Neighbors
- Biodiversity study comparing type and variety of species.
- Zafari de Hormigas
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