Grades K-2

These four guides offer quick and easy activities to spark your student’s curiosity about the natural world. Depending on your student’s interests, you can choose one or complete all four. Each guide has an activity than can be used alone or used as an entry point into inquiry-based science.

Discover adaptable curriculum units and kits that explore science and nature themes inside the classroom and out!

Thanks to generous grants and sponsorships, The Cornell Lab of Ornithology is able to provide free resources for both formal and informal educators. Our detailed lesson plans and activities allow educators to save time while meeting standards!

These downloadable book guides include a variety of detailed activities that support student engagement with nature-themed kids’ books. Engage students while meeting NGSS, Math, ELA, and Art Standards.