The Pecking Order Game (target ages: 7-11)

The Pecking Order Game (target ages: 7-11)

Classification Chart of the animal kingdom (reference) (any age)

Classification Chart of the animal kingdom

This is an easy-to-read reference that can be used from elementary ages up through college.   The file gives you a chart listing all the major types of animals in the world, from microscopic creatures to elephants and whales, listing them in their phyla,...

“Circle of Life: Pond Edition”

Purpose of activity: To reinforce learning about food webs in ponds, with a special focus on phytoplankton and zooplankton Description:  Each player chooses a top predator (fish, heron, bullfrog, turtle) and must feed it by placing tokens on two food items underneath it. However, to do that, each of those creatures...

“Worm Zoo”

Purpose of activity:  To learn about a large variety of worms, including round worms, flat worms, annelids (earthworms, leeches and marine polychaetes) as well as some worms that are considered "minor phyla" such as the acorn worm, the horsehair worm and the peanut worm. Description of activity:   There are 24 pictures cards showing each kind of worm...

Insect Activity Pages for Pre-K

Target age group:  Pre-K (ages 2-5) Description of activities:  Each of the 6 pages contains 4 simple activities such as dot-to-dots and mazes.  There is one page of simple words puzzles that requires reading. Click here to download the pages

Chicken Egg Development Wheel

Purpose of activity:  To learn about how a chicken egg develops and what happens on each of the 21 days Target age group:  ages 5-9 Description of activity:  As shown in the picture above, it's an information page with a wheel behind it so that the day numbers and the associated picture...

The Sheep Herding Game

Purpose of game:  To learn about the biology and sheep (and goats) and the art of sheep farming Target age group:  ages 7-11 Description of activity:  Students answer multiple choice questions about the biology and farming of sheep and goats, then they advance their border collies on the playing board, trying to...

The Rumination Game

Purpose of game:  To learn about rumination Target age group:  ages 8-12 Description of game:  This game can accommodate any number of players, and can work as a team game.  It gives lots of high-content information about rumination and dairy science, as well as a legitimate venue for being a little silly...