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Disease Detective
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This activity (on pages 35-43) lets learners analyze a "herd of elk" to detect the spread of a bacterial disease called brucellosis.

Fragile Waters
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In this activity (on pages 18-29) learners explore the impact of the March 24, 1989 oil spill in Alaska caused by the Exxon Valdez tanker.

Cool Tool
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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.

Walk On Water Bugs
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In this activity (on pages 29-35), learners examine water pollution and filtration.

Build a Tree
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This activity (on pages 13-18) has learners build a model tree and then figure out how to make their tree stand up by itself.

In Search of Pollen
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In this activity (on pages 9-14), learners dissect a real flower -- the kind of work botanists do.

Otter Smorgasbord
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In this graphing activity (on pages 33-40), learners investigate how much and what kinds of food sea otter pups eat during their first year of life.