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Explore Together (outdoors): Outdoor Listening Walk

Pair children, have them track down outside sounds, and help them record their observations.

Explore Together (outdoors): Outdoor Plant Parts

Take children outdoors to observe plant parts and draw their observations in their science notebooks.

Explore Together (outdoors): Outdoor Plant Walk

Discuss how to treat outdoor plants with care. Go outside and observe plants in their environment.

Explore Together (outdoors): Outdoor Sounds

Allow children to explore freely making sounds on various outdoor surfaces. Tell children you want them to record at least one observation on a clipboard.

Explore Together (outdoors): Plant Environment

Take children outside to explore soil in different areas and to compare tree roots and plants’ roots.

Explore Together (outdoors): Plants on the Ground #1

Collect plant parts that have fallen to the ground. Have children use magnifying lenses to explore plant parts.

Explore Together (outdoors): Plants on the Ground #2

Have children collect plant parts on the ground and compare them to the sprouts they are growing inside.

Explore Together (outdoors): Ramps All Around

Have children explore ramps in their outdoor environment. Encourage them to draw to record their observations.

Explore Together (outdoors): Ramps with Different Surfaces

Take children outside to compare how objects with varying textures move on ramps with different surfaces.

Explore Together (outdoors): Roll, Slide, or Stay Put?

Take children outside to the playground slide or a preassembled ramp to explore objects that roll, slide, or stay put on the ramp.

Explore Together (outdoors): Seed Scientists

Take children outside to collect seeds. Discuss with children the relationships between seeds, animals, and nature.

Explore Together (outdoors): Shaded Colors

Explore and describe colors with and without sunglasses on.

Explore Together (outdoors): Sort the Travelers

Have children sort seeds by how they travel.   

Explore Together (outdoors): Sound Map

Have children record on a map sounds they hear outside. Talk about the source of each sound.

Explore Together (outdoors): Steeper and Steeper Outside

Have children continue to observe rolling objects down ramps as they adjust the steepness of the incline.

Explore Together (outdoors): Turns and Pools

Explore the flow of water. Have children collect materials to change the water flow and form pools.

Explore Together (outdoors): Underground Environment

Have children investigate the soil outside and collect things in it they want to share with others.

Explore Together (outdoors): Visit a Community Garden

Take children to a community garden to let them observe growing plants.  

Explore Together (outdoors): Visit Plants

Plan a visit to a fruit and vegetable farm. Allow children to freely explore the plants.

Explore Together (outdoors): Water Drops

Search outdoors for water flowing down or dripping off surfaces. Have children explore dripping water with their hands.

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