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Learners use red cabbage juice and pH indicator paper to test the acidity and basicity of household materials. The activity links this concept of acids and bases to acid rain and other pollutants.

Learners take on the role of environmental engineers as they design water filters.

In this activity, learners explore the human influences on the carbon cycle and examine how fossil fuels release carbon.

Learners design their own experiment to explore the permeability of different materials such as soil, sand, gravel, and marbles.

In this cooperative learning activity, learners visit ten stations and are challenged to think critically about various conservation questions and issues.

In this lesson plan, learners examine some of the of greenhouse gas emissions sources in their community.

Learners build particulate matter collectors--devices that collect samples of visible particulates present in polluted air.

In this data activity, learners analyze data from coral reef snapshots taken by scientists at the Virginia Institute of Marine Science.

In this inquiry-based activity, learners investigate the basic forces of flight as they construct their own paper glider that represents a rainforest creature from Borneo (large, tropical island in So

In this activity, learners use a microscope to examine three different microbes: bacteria, yeast and paramecia. Educator will need to prepare the yeast solution one day before the activity.

In this two-part activity, learners will extract their own DNA from their cheek cells and learn how DNA is analyzed and used to solve crimes.

In this activity, learners build penetrometers to test leaf toughness. Biologists measure leaf toughness to study the feeding preferences of insects and bugs.

In this game, learners walk through an imaginary Carbon Cycle and explore the ways in which carbon is stored in reservoirs and the processes that transport the carbon atom from one location to another

In this activity, learners are invited to imagine the park of their dreams!

In this outdoor activity, learners simulate an oil spill using popcorn (both oil and popcorn float on water), and estimate the spill's impact on the environment.

Through discussion and hands-on experimentation, learners examine the geological (ancient) carbon cycle.

Learners develop awareness and understanding of the daily air quality using the Air Quality Index (AQI) listed in the newspaper or online.

In this activity, learners identify different plastics in a mystery bag. Learners discover that plastics are classified #1 through #7.

Learners observe two model atmospheres -- one with normal atmospheric composition and another with an elevated concentration of carbon dioxide.

In this activity, learners discover why only some types of plastic can be recycled.