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400-Acre Wood
In this activity, students will play the roles of managers of a 400-acre (162-hectare) piece of public forest. Through these roles, students will begin to ...
A Few of My Favorite Things
Here's a way to give your students a better appreciation for how many natural resources they depend on in their day-to-day lives. By tracing the resources ...
A Forest of Many Uses
Privately and publicly owned forests are often managed to some degree to provide several different resources. In this activity, students will learn how ...
A Look at Aluminum
This activity will give your students a better appreciation for aluminum, a nonrenewable but recyclable natural resource they use every day. They will learn ...
A Look at Lifestyles
By examining the historical attitudes of Native Americans and American pioneers toward the environment and natural resources, students can reflect on their own ...
A Peek at Packaging
Nearly everything we buy comes in some sort of package. Packaging, made from a variety of renewable and nonrenewable resources, is necessary to protect and ...
Adopt a Tree
This activity will encourage students' awareness of individual trees over time, as well as incorporate various other subjects. By adopting individual trees, ...
Adopt-a-Forest
Forests support a diversity of plants and animals that vary according to the geographic location of the forest. In this activity, students will identify a ...
Air Plants
Plants play a part in every breath we take. Use this activity to help your students understand how photosynthesis works and how humans depend on this process
Air We Breathe
Did you know that sometimes the air in our homes, schools, and offices can be worse for our health than the air outside? In this activity, students will learn ...
Are Vacant Lots Vacant?
Look closely and you will see that a vacant lot is not so vacant! Plants of all kinds thrive in vacant lots, along with a host of animals such as insects, ...
Autumn EE Extravaganza
Explore the natural history of the San Luis Valley and Sand Dunes National Monument using Project Learning Tree and Project WILD. Explore endangered species, ...
Balancing America's Forests
What's the difference between a national forest and a national park? Are park rangers and foresters the same? What guidelines exist for managing our public ...
Birds and Worms
Camouflage is an important survival strategy in the animal kingdom. In this activity, students will discover the value of protective coloration as they ...
Bursting Buds
In early spring, the tiny, bright green leaves of many trees burst forth. Where do the leaves come from? How do they form? In this activity, your students ...
Can It Be Real?
A beetle that drinks fog. A flower that smells like rotting meat. A fish that ""shoots down"" its prey. Are these plants and animals for real? In this ...
Carpenter Mountain Ranch, Coal Creek Canyon
Time: 8:30am to 5:30pm, Sept 17th Cost: $20.00 Audience: K– 12th grade educators. Credit: ½ semester hour available with paid tuition fee. Contact: Shawna ...
Cast of Thousands
Students will further explore the variety of life in their adopted forest and will discover the importance o this biological diversity. They will take ...
Chances Are...Understanding Probability and Risk
The concept of probability, or chance, plays an important role in risk assessment. In this activity, students will conduct a series of experiments, such as ...
Charting Diversity
By exploring the amazing diversity of life on Earth, your students will discover how plants and animals are adapted for survival. This activity provides a ...
Chlorine: Looking at Tradeoffs-Special Topic
Many of the risks we take are ""balanced"" by the benefits they offer. Chlorine, used in many ways around the world, is an example of a substance whose use ...
Communicating Risk
Understanding risk is an integral part of the risk management process. It is critical that risk information is communicated effectively to all concerned ...
Composting
This lesson will help students understand the chemical processes that occur in the decomposition process. By creating their own compost containers, collecting ...
Decision Making: Ecological Risk, Wildfires, and Natural Hazards
In this activity students will develop an apply decision-making skills to various environmental risk scenarios including wildland fires, natural hazards, an ...
Democracy in Action
Democratic systems depend on the involvement of citizens in policy making and decision making. This activity will help students learn about the roles and ...
Did You Notice?
In this activity, students will study changes in their local environment over short and long periods and will identify patterns of change
Dynamic Duos
Organisms in an ecosystem depend on each other for food. But they may also depend on each other for protection, transportation, or shelter. A close, ...
Earth Manners
Children are naturally curious about their environment. They should be encouraged to explore the out-of-doors, while having respect for living things and ...
Electromagnetic Fields-Special Topic
This activity is designed to help students understand how electric an magnetic fields (also called electromagnetic fields, or EMFs) are produced, the potential ...
Energy Sleuths
Important issues revolve around our use of energy. One issue is the growing scarcity of some energy resources. Another is the threat to our environment ...
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