Environmental Education

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Reuniting Kids w/ Nature – Seed Saving

MATERIALS:  Several small envelopes to put the different seeds you collect in, scissors, a pencil or pen TIME FRAME:  As long (or as short) as you’d like! PROCEDURE: With permission, go on a walk during the fall, winter or summer and look for old, dead flowers The heads of most flowers contain the seeds for the next generation of flowers,…
October 8, 2013

Reuniting Kids w/ Nature – Germination Rates Experiment

MATERIALS:  Old seeds (3-5 varieties), growth chart, soil, seed starting tray or deep cookie sheet, a window, masking tape and a marker or pen TIME FRAME:  15 - 30 minutes + germination time (3-10 days) PROCEDURE: Fill your seed starting tray or your cookie sheet up with soil. With your fingertip, create a shallow row in the soil for each…
October 2, 2013

Reuniting Kids w/ Nature – Make Your Own Flip Book

MATERIALS:  Growth chart (optional), blank paper (printer paper),   scissors, a stapler, markers, crayons or colored pencils TIME FRAME: 15 - 60 minutes PROCEDURE: Take your blank paper, one page at a time, and fold it into eighths (fold it in half, then in half again, then in half again). Once you have several sheets of paper folded into eighths,…
September 25, 2013

Reuniting Kids w/ Nature – The Living Teepee

MATERIALS:  Six 4-5 foot poles, six square feet in your yard or garden, a rubber mallet, twine or sting, beans and or sunflowers, a shovel, compost or garden soil, permission, help from at least one other person TIME FRAME:  60 minutes + growing time PROCEDURE: With permission to dig and help from a friend, pick a spot in your yard…
September 18, 2013

Reuniting Kids w/ Nature – Growth Chart

MATERIALS:  Graph paper, a ruler, crayons, markers or colored pencils, plants to measure TIME FRAME:  30 - 60 minutes PROCEDURE: Using your graph paper, label the horizontal axis with time (days or weeks) Label your vertical axis with height (centimeters or inches) If you’d like, you can leave some extra room around your actual chart where you can draw pictures…
September 11, 2013

Reuniting Kids w/ Nature – Simple Apple Turnover Recipe

INGREDIENTS: 3 large granny smith apples (peeled and cubed) 1 lemon 2 tablespoons granulated sugar 1 tablespoon  brown sugar 1 teaspoon apple pie spice 1 tablespoon all purpose flour 1 Puff Pastry sheet 1 egg 1 tablespoon water flour for rolling TIME FRAME: 20 minutes prep + 20 minutes cook time PROCEDURE: Sprinkle the counter with flour and place one…
September 4, 2013