nature study

Suggestions for craft projects using materials such as algae, leaves, and seeds collected outdoors.

Introduces the plants, insects, birds, and mammals that make up the ecosystem of a city and its suburbs.

Provides instructions for fifty nature experiments and activities involving both plants and animals.

Covers eight subjects in this guide, snow crystals and snow ecology, birds' nests and winter bird behavior, evidence of insects, animal tracks and signs, winter weeds and wildflowers, winter mushrooms, evergreen plants, and wintering trees.

A hiking guide with hints for sharpening observational skills and tips such as how to use field marks, shapes, and location to identify plants and animals.

Presents a short study about the earth's cycles and includes graphic organizers that describe the weather, moon, eclipses, tides, and more.