Students explore the forest by selecting a tree to observe and identify using features such as bark, leaves, and cones. They investigate the living things that depend on their tree and discuss how it contributes to the larger forest ecosystem. Through this hands-on activity, students connect tree identification to biodiversity, interdependence, and the importance of trees in nature.

Students explore the outdoors through mountain biking while learning and applying the seven Leave No Trace principles. They discuss how trail use, waste, and interactions with wildlife can impact the environment, then practice making responsible decisions on the trail. Through this hands-on activity, students connect outdoor recreation to environmental stewardship and the importance of protecting natural spaces.

Students explore how friction affects motion by racing down Snow Tube Hill under dry, wet, and soapy conditions. Using distance and time, they calculate speed and compare how different surfaces change their motion. Students then calculate kinetic energy to investigate how speed affects the energy of a moving object.

Students investigate water quality at the waterfront by sampling and testing pH, phosphorus, and nitrogen levels. They learn how these factors affect aquatic ecosystems and use their results to discuss the health of the water.

Students record distance measurements from multiple trials and use the data to create different types of graphs, such as histograms, box-and-whisker plots, and stem-and-leaf plots. Through this hands-on activity, students practice data collection, graphing, and interpreting results while connecting math to their experience on Zip Drop.

Students explore Newton’s Second Law of Motion by investigating how force, mass, and acceleration affect motion on Super Swing. They observe how changes in these factors influence the movement of the swing and use their observations to connect physics to a real-world experience.