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Backyard Animals – Outdoor Inquiry Activities (2 Age Levels)

Exploring outdoors is a great way to engage young students in science investigation. Giving them a list of animals to find over several days will keep their minds focused on looking, wondering and asking questions – all ways to build young scientists!

Backyard Animals - Outdoor Inquiry K-2
Backyard Animals - Outdoor Inquiry K-2
For older students, ask them to connect those animals with their taxonomic group to put their knowledge to work.

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