As they learn about drinking water resources, students will purify a contaminated sample of water to drink. Students will attempt to create their own filter with supplied materials and test its effectiveness. Students will explore water usage in the United States and steps we can take to conserve water. Thanks to Procter & Gamble, for their generous gift of the PUR water filtration packets.
Ages 8 - 10; 11 - 14;
Water
Through the friendship between Bob the caterpillar and Otto the worm, children will observe the very distinct roles of each organism in the world around them. Children will see that all living beings play a special part in their ecosystem and realize they are all interdependent. Afterwards each child gets to decorate their own cocoon and is given a butterfly to take home.
Ages 4 - 7;
Plants and Animals
Students use a cookie and "mine" chocolate chips to represent natural resources, making and losing money based on the amount of resources recovered and the amount of land destroyed. The students will learn the value of natural resources and explore the concept of renewable resources. **Please note: Food will be distributed that may cause allergic reactions in some participants.
Ages 8 - 10; 11 - 14;
Global Issues Follow a boy named Liam as he changes a gray city scene to a lush garden world, inspiring the people around him along the way. Children will discover all that a plant needs to survive and learn that they aren’t too small to make a change. This story shows how humans impact the environment. Afterwards, they will have the opportunity to plant the seed that could start their own garden!
Ages 4 - 7; 8 - 10;
Plants and Animals In this learning activity, participants will get an introduction into the composition, layers and life forms in our soil. They will then get to use pudding, sprinkles, cookies and chocolate chips to learn about what soil is made from and how important it is to our everyday life. **Please note: Food will be distributed that may cause allergic reactions in some participants.
Ages 4 - 7; 8 - 10; 11 - 14;
Soils Take a trip back in time to see how the Ohio River was used as a resource in the 1800’s. Children will listen to a story about a family that used a hand-made houseboat to make their way down the river and settle into what is now Indiana. Children will have an opportunity after the story to make their own boats from recycled corks and Popsicle sticks.
Ages 8 - 10;
Water By following the lifecycle of an acorn seed, participants learn the various ways that trees are vital to humans and other living organisms. After reading the story, the participants will be able to recount what they learn by creating their own tree and identifying some reasons that they think trees are awesome!
Ages 4 - 7;
Plants and Animals In this Dr. Seuss book, children learn what happens when The Onceler’s greed takes too much from the forest of the beautiful Truffula Trees, affecting everything that depends on them. This environmental story is interactive and illustrates the interdependence of life and consequences of our behavior. Children enter into a Dr. Seuss tent with life-sized scenery and help to hang up characters and images from the story as it is being read. A crowd favorite! *10x 10 space needed for tent.*
Ages 4 - 7;
Plants and Animals Students will explore various stations and discover some of amazing talents of water! From cohesion and adhesion to the transformation of one form to another - water has many abilities that can amaze all. Pollution and watersheds will be lightly discussed also.
Ages 8 - 10;
Water What kid doesn't love mud? This story celebrates the joys of mud and teaches children the properties of soil that aid in the change from winter thaw to a green spring. After reading about the fun of playing in the mud, the children have their own chance to explore when they create "mud finger paintings" after the story.
Ages 4 - 7;
Soils Students will identify ways oil spills can adversely affect birds; and describe possible negative consequences to wildlife, people, and the environment. Students will work together in groups to examine feathers in three conditions, dry, wet, and dipped in oil. Students will then try to remove the oil from the feather to see how difficult it really is.
Ages 8 - 10; 11 - 14;
Water; Plants and Animals Participants will talk about the creation of fossils and get to know the unique history of Cincinnati during the Ordovician Period. Using fossils gathered locally, the group will identify some dominant fossils of Ohio, discussing some that are similar to present-day organisms. Everyone will get the opportunity to make their own fossil cast using playdoh and plaster-of-Paris and be able to take home their own fossils.
Ages 8 - 10; 11 - 14;
Rocks and Fossils Team Working in 'response teams', participants will hypothesize which method is best used in an oil spill, and then attempt various real-world methods used for oil clean ups. Students will test their hypotheses, learning the pros and cons of each, and discuss their findings with the group. Along the way they will learn how weather affects spills and what we can do in our day-to-day lives to lessen individual oil contributions in our waters.
Ages 8 - 10; 11 - 14;
Global Issues Follow a pumpkin seed from germination to jack-o-lantern and eventually back to seed again; tracing the life cycle and illustrating plant heredity. After reading about pumpkins, the children will be given supplies to create their own paper jack-o-lantern to take home.
Ages 4 - 7;
Plants and Animals Children will learn myths and traditions and have fun learning about rainsticks. Afterwards the children will have an opportunity to make their very own rain stick.
Ages 8 - 10;
Global Issues; Water Plants need soil; soil needs plants - and every living thing benefits from water! We will explore relationships between soil, plants and water and talk about the magical properties of water that enable plants to pull it from the ground to the tips of their leaves. Vocabulary such as water tension, cohesion and transpiration will be discussed.
Ages 8 - 10;
Plants and Animals; Water Students will discover the world of worms with the story “Tunneling Earthworms”; they will learn what they eat, how they survive, and what environment they live in. A worm bin will be brought into the classroom for kids to have a hands-on experience with worms and soil and investigate why the underground world is so important to us.
Ages 4 - 7; 8 - 10; 11 - 14;
Plants and Animals