At-Home Education Resources

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  • Grades 4 - 12
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Investigating Decomposers

What types of decomposers are all around us?

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Grades K - 5

Color Scavenger Hunt

Head outside and look. What can you find?

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Pre K

Fall Foliage: Why do leaves change color in the fall?

Learn about the changes in fall foliage and an activity to show you the hidden colors in leaves.

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Grades 4 - 12 / Grades K - 5 / Virtual

Investigating the Night Sky

What do you notice about the night sky at different times of the year?

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Grades K - 5

YouTube Live: Raptor Encounter

Meet a variety of different raptor species and ask all of your burning questions in real time!

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Virtual

Engineering Design: Design a Toy

Can you design a toy that uses all three states of matter (solid, liquid and gas)?

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Grades K - 5

Writing Prompt: Building a Beaver Dam

Can you build a beaver dam that stops the flow of water?

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Grades K - 5

Bird Beaks

Investigate the size and shapes of bird beaks.

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Pre K

Backyard Birding & Citizen Science

Let’s go birding!

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Grades 4 - 12 / Grades K - 5

Video Investigation: Weather Journals

Weather Journals: In this video, students will see an example weather journal and learn how they can make their own to use at home.

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Grades K - 5 / Virtual

Video Investigation: iNaturalist Tutorial

Learn how to use iNaturalist with a VINS Environmental Educator.

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Virtual

Video Investigation: VINS Raptor Training

Watch how VINS Environmental Educators train our raptor ambassadors.

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Kindergarten Teacher, Hartland Elementary School

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Fifth Grade Teacher, White River School