BEEC Pushes & Pulls- Approx. 20 minutes
Tara Gordon, Garden Coordinator at Green Street School, has created several sprouting activities for you to do at home. Have fun starting your own indoor gardens!
Enjoy this virtual field trip to BEEC to learn all about birds and their nests!
The video begins with Joan dressing herself up as a beaver. Then she heads out to a real beaver pond, with her friend and colleague Patti Smith (who is a beaver expert!), to meet a real live beaver named Henry! After watching answer the questions about what it is like to be a beaver!
Joan Carey from the Bonnyvale Environmental Education Center (BEEC) has provided a video of their tracking program.
It is approximately 30 minutes long. The beginning is a version of what would be a indoor intro. The middle part is her walking in the woods discovering tracks. The last, short part is reviewing what she found back inside. A very short follow up video soon will reveal the answer to the mystery!
By Rachel Isadora
Talk about the basic taste areas of a tongue. Give your child a plate with something that represents each category. See what they like and don't like. Here's an example:
Bitter: bakers chocolate
Salty: potato chip
Sour: lemons
Sweet: marshmallow
Use all 5 of your senses to describe popcorn.
You can do this before popping, after popping, or both and compare!
Build ramps using household items or go bowling with empty soda bottles and a ball.
Build a catapult using popsicle sticks and rubber bands.