Science Comes Alive
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Explore Nature
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Animal Discoveries
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Experiment and Explore
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Curiosity in Action
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Science Comes Alive ✳︎ Explore Nature ✳︎ Animal Discoveries ✳︎ Experiment and Explore ✳︎ Curiosity in Action ✳︎
Explore science and nature through hands-on experiments, animal discoveries, and creative challenges! Our learning kits encourage kids to ask questions, test ideas, and discover how the world around them works.
Why does a hummingbird have a long skinny beak while a finch has a short, strong one? And how does a bird’s beak help determine what it eats?
In this Farm School kit, kids will turn a real pumpkin into a working backyard bird feeder and then use it as their own little bird-watching station!
But first, we’re diving into bird science. Kids will investigate different types of beaks, learn how a bird’s body is designed for the way it eats and lives, and take on a hands-on Beak Challenge to see which pretend “beaks” work best for different types of food.
We’ll investigate the seeds in our bird food, make predictions about which birds might visit, and learn about the important jobs birds have on a farm and in our ecosystem.
Once the feeder is outside, the learning keeps going! Kids can watch for visitors, record what they see, notice how different birds use their beaks and discover which foods their backyard birds prefer.
6–12 years old. Younger children can participate with adult help.
Your kit includes a real pumpkin, birdseed, feeder-building supplies, supplies for the Beak Challenge, hands-on activities and printed learning materials.
Take a closer look at something we see every day but probably don’t pay much attention to... leaves!
In this Farm School kit, kids will investigate real leaves and discover the amazing network of veins running through them. We’ll learn what those veins actually do, look at different vein patterns and discover how water and nutrients move through a plant.
Then we’ll use what we learned to create a felt leaf garland! Kids will stitch the veins onto several different felt leaves, learning a beginner hand-sewing skill as they go. Once their leaves are finished, they’ll string them together to make a fall garland they can actually hang and enjoy.
Both a plastic needle and a metal sewing needle are included so you can choose what works best for your child. Younger or beginner sewists can use the plastic needle with pre-punched holes, while older or more experienced kids can use the metal needle to stitch directly through the felt.
But the garland is just one part of the kit. We’ll investigate leaves up close, explore how their structures help them do their jobs and use hands-on activities to get kids looking a little differently at the plants growing all around them.
Your kit includes the felt leaves, thread, needles, garland supplies, hands-on activities and printed learning materials.
Have you ever stopped to look REALLY closely at a spider web? There’s a lot more going on than a bunch of sticky string!
In this Farm School kit, kids will investigate how spiders build their webs and then use what they learn to weave their own. They’ll start with real sticks, learn a simple lashing technique to secure them together, then weave string around the branches to create their own spider web.
Along the way, we’ll learn how spiders make silk, what spinnerets are, why some parts of a web are sticky while others aren’t, and how a spider can tell when something has landed in its web without even seeing it.
We’ll also take a closer look at orb webs and the amazing way spiders build them, from the strong support lines to the spiral that works its way around the web.
This kit combines nature study, spider science, engineering and two useful hands-on skills: basic lashing and weaving.
Pick if you would like ages 3-6 or ages 7–14. Younger children can participate with adult help.
Your kit includes the sticks, string and supplies needed to create your woven spider web, along with hands-on activities and printed learning materials.