Activities and Lessons

• Common Pennsylvania Mammal Tracks(opens in a new tab) for grades 3–12 (PDF)
  
• Bird and Mammal Adaptations(opens in a new tab) and Notes(opens in a new tab) for grades 1–3 (PDF)
  
• Decomposition Inquisition Lesson Curriculum(opens in a new tab) for grades 5–10 (PDF)
  
• Living and Non-living Backyard Lesson Plan(opens in a new tab) for grades K–3 (PDF)
• Wildlife Nature Hunt(opens in a new tab) for grades K–3 (PDF)
• Wildlife Bingo(opens in a new tab) for grades K–3 (PDF)
• Backyard Wildlife Nature Journal(opens in a new tab) for grades K–6 (PDF)
• Wildlife Word Search(opens in a new tab) for grades K–6 (PDF)
• Bird Feeder Bingo(opens in a new tab) for grades K–6 (PDF)
  
• Eat or Be Eaten(opens in a new tab); for grades 4–8 (PDF) learning about energy transfer and connections between plants and animals.
  

Positive Pollinators activities:
Courtesy of Pollinator Partnership in conjunction with the Game Commission's Howard Nursery Teacher Resource Guide

• Storytime: Monarch Butterflies by Gail Gibbons for grades K–3
• Butterfly Box Plan(opens in a new tab) for grades K–6  (PDF)
• Bee Box Plan(opens in a new tab) for grades K–6 (PDF)
• Pollinator Lesson Plans(opens in a new tab) for grades 3–8 (PDF)*

Videos and Watchable Wildlife

• Wildlife Storytime: Raccoon at Clear Creek Road by Carolyn Otto for grades K–3 (7:40 video)
• Wildlife Story Time: The Best Nest for grades K–3 (7:29 video)
• Bear Dens in Your Backyard. Oh My! for grades K–6 (8:42 video)
• How to Make Your Own Animal Track Cast for grades K–6 (4:03 video)
• Creating a Backyard Animal Track Trap with Household Items for grades 3–6 (5:36 video)
• Build a Backyard Brush Pile for grades 3–6 (4:35 video)