Learn about erosion by making your own soil landscapes, simulating rainfall, and adding pipe cleaner trees to see how tree roots help hold together riverbanks in the real world. Demonstrate how eroding rivers can affect houses, and build a structure that prevents the erosion.

Youth will explore and survey a pond (or stream), record their observations, and search for invertebrates and other species. Youth will also take samples of the pond water for further investigation and comparisons at home.

In this activity, youth will conduct some at home experiments that are tied to how plants interact with the soils they call home. They will make an “indicator” that tells them whether a solution is acidic or basic.

In this activity, youth will conduct some at home experiments that are tied to how insects and plants have interacted and co-evolved. They will make a plan for how they will analyze herbivory of leaves based on some variables of their choosing.

Use the scientific procedure to set up experiments to search for worms, and learn more about the importance of these wonderful creatures.

Venture out and try to find some decomposers in different environments. Then explore the wonders of decomposers through a composing experiment.