Hello, I’m an eastern lesser bamboo lemur (Hapalemur griseus). I live in Madagascar and I like to eat bamboo! Would you like to color in a drawing of me? Learn more about this lovely lemur from the Duke Lemur Center: https://lemur.duke.edu/discover/meet-the-lemurs/eastern-lesser-bamboo-lemur *Mongabay Kids is not…
Color by number to reveal who is hiding in the picture! By Megan Strauss. Created in partnership with the Wild Nature Institute.
Have some fun with mindful coloring!
Romi explains the habits of the crab-eating raccoon: Poster idea! Create a poster to compare the crab-eating raccoon (Procyon cancrivorus) with its North American cousin, the common raccoon (Procyon lotor) … something like this: Use the Candid Animal Cam video to help you answer questions…
How can you help fish and give old buses a new life at the same time? In Sri Lanka, an island country in the Indian Ocean, government agencies have a plan to do just that. The Sri Lankan Department of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources and…
Get outside and complete this Nature Mission!
For thousands of years animals have inspired artists and designers. (Think of cave paintings, leopard print clothes, dog portraits and more!) Among them, is illustrator and designer Craig Frazier. Craig created a typeface – a set of letters, numbers and characters – literally out of…
Celebrate Earth Day with a look through some beautiful photographs of plants, wildlife, and wild places.
Find the matching pairs: From the Giraffe, Rhinoceros & Elephant Activity Book by Megan Strauss, courtesy of Wild Nature Institute.
Note: this activity is associated with the lesson on exploring ecosystems. Purpose: To understand ‘I am’ Poems and how to construct them. Materials: Recycled paper, pencil, colored pencils, crayons, marker, watercolor paper, watercolors, and water cups. Procedure: (Discuss ‘I am’ Poems) • Discuss the structure of ‘I am’…
Note: this activity is associated with the lesson on exploring ecosystems. Flamingo Haiku – Student sample Haiku poems Purpose: To understand haikus and how to construct them. Materials: Recycled paper, pencil, colored pencils, crayons, marker, watercolor paper, watercolors, and water cups. Common Core Standards: English Language Arts…
Note: this activity is associated with the lesson on exploring ecosystems. Purpose: To understand metaphors and how to construct them. Materials: Recycled paper, pencil, colored pencils, crayons, marker, watercolor paper, watercolors, and water cups. Common Core Standards: English Language Arts Standards Reading: Language: Craft and Structure: CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.5.4…