This classic PLT activity (Activity 45 in PLT’s PreK-8 Environmental Education Activity Guide) can be accompanied with a lesson about ecosystems. Before moving on to the next item, the teacher can use this time to engage students in a conversation about that topic. Now the game begins! The teacher calls out elements in nature and students cross off the item if they have it on their sheet. Once their sheet is full, they switch sheets with another student. Or it could be anything they see in nature. Have them observe nature and fill in spaces with words or drawings of what they see.ĭepending on the lesson, the teacher may choose a particular area for students to focus on such as birds, animals, parts of an ecosystem, or types of trees that they’ve been studying. Students go outside with empty Bingo sheets. It’s also an interactive way to get students learning outdoors. Learning about our environment can be fun! These science games are engaging, they can be adapted to your specific lesson objective, and they challenge students to put their new knowledge into practice.

Whether you’re teaching about ecosystems, identifying different kinds of trees, or you just want to explore your local environment, there are plenty of learning opportunities right on school grounds. There’s so much we can learn from going out and observing nature.

Science scattergories list