Life Sciences
Trees, Please! A Fun Learning Activity for Kids
Theme: Cycles & Circles, Healthy Communities
This learning exercise is designed to help kids explore the important role trees play in supporting both people and the environment. Through “Trees, Please,” children will discover how trees provide food and shelter for living organisms, store carbon, produce oxygen, and contribute to a healthy planet. By using all five senses, this hands-on experience takes […]
Saving Water
Theme: Cycles & Circles, Water
Water is found in three states of matter on Earth – solid (ice), liquid (lakes, rivers, oceans), and gas (humidity in the atmosphere, clouds). The same water has been cycling through these three states for millions of years. Did you know that we are drinking the same water the dinosaurs drank! However, only 0.3% of […]
Nature Search
Theme: Healthy Communities, Water
Going on a nature search is a fun way for kids to explore the world around them! When you look for things in nature—like leaves, rocks, bugs, or animal tracks—you learn how amazing our planet is. Being outside helps you notice new colors, sounds, and shapes, and it makes you feel curious and excited. Nature […]
Protecting Our Water
Theme: Cycles & Circles, Healthy Communities, Water
Not all water pollution is dumped directly into water bodies. Almost anything we put on the land or release into the air can end up in groundwater, rivers, lakes and oceans. Activities such as gold and silver mining, manufacturing plastics, using pesticides, and burning fossil fuels, plastics, wood and peat all release persistent pollutants into […]
Bird Bingo
Theme: Cycles & Circles, Healthy Communities
Are you heading for a nature hike? Perfect! This activity is for the love of BIRDS! Did you know that birds help keep our world healthy. They spread seeds to grow new plants, eat bugs that can harm trees and crops, and keep nature in balance. When we take care of birds, we help take […]
Science for Kids with Mushroom Girl
Theme: Cycles & Circles, Healthy Communities
Meet Olivia “The Mushroom Girl” Nugent, a young eco-inventor using mycelium (yes… mushroom roots!) to replace harmful plastics! 🍄💪 From science fairs to sustainable business dreams, Olivia shares how kids just like you can turn small ideas into BIG change. 🌍✨ Tune in, get inspired, and discover why fungi might be the superheroes our planet […]
Colouring Page – The Water Cycle
Theme: Cycles & Circles, Water
“Water is Life!” , “What Goes Around Comes Around!“ As children bring this Water Cycle poster to life through their creativity, they can also get creative with their ideas for slogans about water inspired by water. To get them started they can think about water being the ultimate shape-shifter.
Colouring Page – Meet the Pollinators
Theme: Cycles & Circles, Food
As children creatively bring the different pollinators to life on this poster, discussion could acknowledge the amazing fact that that there are over 200,000 types of pollinators in the world. Believe it or not, one of every three bites of food we eat is thanks to the work of pollinators. We simply can’t live without […]
Colouring Page Every Drop is Important
Theme: Cycles & Circles, Water
This poster for children to download and bring to life with their artistic creativity also opens the door to discussion of an astounding water fact. Did you know that less than 1% of all water on earth can be used by people? That’s because the rest is either salt water, or frozen. As population grows, more […]
Bird Bingo – Bird Watching Activity and Colouring Page
Theme: Healthy Communities
This poster for children to create shares the fun of bird-spotting. Place an invitingly-decorated poster near a window, with a pen or pencil nearby. See who spots a real bird that match the birds described on the bingo card! Mark it or draw it on the card. You can play bird bingo on your own, or […]