It's time to go outside and start observing! This unit consists of activities your class can do each week at their observation site...

This unit is foundational to the Schoolyard Phenology program because it is designed to teach students how to make observations using...

At Indiana Phenology, this is one of our favorite units for the Schoolyard Program. We love it because this is the chance for students to...

This unit is designed to teach students how the phenomenon of climate change is affecting nature and society. Students will learn about...

This is an exciting unit because it gets your students outside! Here, they will begin to make phenological observations. There are 9...

This unit is designed for students to learn to make observations through Nature’s Notebook. Learning and becoming comfortable with...

Driven to Discover is a curriculum series from the University of Minnesota! It is a complete breakdown of citizen science, and it is a...

The idea of this activity is to have students try to insulate a spinach leaf enough that it can survive freezing temperatures (for a...

This lesson differentiates between chemical changes and physical changes. There is a fun activity where students use a potato and extract...

Students will use a moss “scavenger hunt” to learn about sexual versus asexual reproduction. This activity also introduces students to a...

This unit explores the properties of density. Students will discover the density of maple syrup and calculate the mass of sugar in their...

Students act out transpiration (including evaporation, runoff, and precipitation) as water molecules. The activities are designed as a...

Students will research global temperatures over the past century. They will compare and contrast data in relation to the theory of...

In this actvity, students will research global temperatures over the past century. They will compare and contrast data in relation to the...

In this unit, students will investigate plant adaptations that prevent water loss by using a simple sponge model. Deciduous leaves are...

This activity is split into three parts. Part one is outdoor collection and observation of buds followed by discussion and generalization...

There are two documents in this posts. One is a review game and one is a scavenger hunt. Both are about the water cycle, which is a very...

Students will learn about transpiration by creating a model plant and moving paperclips representing water molecules through the model....

Please fill out this form after completing the Schoolyard Phenology Program. It is a way for Indiana Phenology to measure how effective...