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This activity was designed for blind learners, but all types of learners can use it to organize an interactive model for learning the classification system (taxonomy) of living things.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 8 - 14 10 to 30 minutes
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Learners use a variety of beans to represent a variety of species, and scatter these beans over a large piece of paper representing the environment.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 11 - 18 45 to 60 minutes
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In this activity (on pages 10-17), learners discover how scientists study biodiversity and the health of the environment based on inspection of small areas—a process known as sampling.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 8 - 14 1 to 2 hours
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In this game, learners each represent a different organism in an environment. They build a web during the activity, and discover how all the players in an ecosystem depend on each other.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 8 - 14 30 to 45 minutes
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This activity (page 2 of the PDF under SciGirls Activity: California Fish) is a full inquiry investigation into environmental adaptation.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 8 - 14 1 to 2 hours
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In this activity (page 5 of pdf), learners explore the relationships between the shape and structure of a shark's teeth and the food it eats, and then create their own shark tooth from clay.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 6 - 11 1 to 2 hours
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In this two-part activity, learners compare and contrast a variety of life cycles to better understand different organisms and how they develop.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 6 - 11 1 to 7 days