Now is the time to go outside! Below are ideas to get started.
1. Let’s do some Tree Identification or Leaf ID. Here is a set of tree identification cards to print and use. Want even more tree activities? Here is GLOBE Trees: Tree Height (GLOBE Clinometer template) and Trunk Measurement.
2. Try a few cloud observations. Here is the GLOBE sampler overview. Here is ‘Do You Know the Clouds have Names?’ Here, here, and here are cloud charts. Want more? Start here with the etraining. are the GLOBE Atmosphere and Cloud protocols before launching into GLOBE Atmosphere Clouds. (BTW GLOBE is a bit of a mess. If you Google ‘GLOBE elementary clouds module’, the website is only in Spanish.)
3. Do you have a budding ornithologist? Start with the Birdsleuth Explorer Guide. Here are other bird guides; find the books at the library. Check out Cornell Labs’ Free Downloads and lessons. (They do require registration.).
4. How about a stream study? Start with this Observation Guide. Bring sketch books and colored pencils to allow kids to draw the stream and nearby vegetation. . Stream studies are usually watershed programs. Take a look at Watershed Wonders, from the Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden. (The Garden is located in Richmond, Virginia.) The video will help you understand more about watersheds. Make a simple or complicated model. Here is Part 1 of a Stream Monitoring Curriculum Guide. Here are Section Two, Section Three, and Section Four. These four sections are quite comprehensive if your kids want to purse an extensive stream study.
5. Is your family interested in frogs and amphibians? Amphibian Week was in May; however, look at these resources, crafts, videos, etc. The activities include making an amphibian lantern. Frogs and toads are more vocal at night—the best time to listen to their calls. Call of the Wild has more information.
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