Play this simple cloud identification game with your club to test their knowledge of different cloud types.
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This web gallery of cloud images can help club members appreciate the diversity and beauty of clouds.
Content Type: Digital Interactive
Recommended Grade Level: 6, 7, 8
Source: Cloud Appreciation Society
Oregon State University Extension entomologist Silvia Rondon discusses the tools and supplies needed to start an insect collection. Video length: 3:01.
Content Type: Video
Recommended Grade Level: 6, 7, 8
Source: Oregon State University
The California condor is a critically endangered species and the population is suffering from the effects of lead poisoning. In this citizen science project youth will help track the location and social behavior of these animals so scientists can better detect early warning signs of the illness.
Content Type: Citizen Science
Recommended Grade Level: 7, 8
Source: Zooniverse
Help identify the abundance and distribution of flowers in Ireland so that scientists can better understand how good or bad some areas can be for bees and other pollinators.
Content Type: Citizen Science
Recommended Grade Level: 6, 7, 8
Source: Zooniverse
This guide walks through the steps to create a simple data visualization. Your club can use this to create a chart summarizing their clouds observations.
Content Type: Digital Interactive
Recommended Grade Level: 8
Use this guide to help create graphs to use as data vizualization tools.
Content Type: Website
Recommended Grade Level: 6, 7, 8
This guide walks through the steps to create a simple data visualization. Your club can use this to create a chart summarizing their clouds observations.
Content Type: Website
Recommended Grade Level: 8
Use this lesson plan created by the Smithsonian to learn how to create a butterfly garden.
Content Type: Activity
Recommended Grade Level: 6, 7, 8
Source: Smithsonian
Podcasting is an alternative final project that your entire club could work together on. While this will take several sessions to organize, it results in a product that can be shared with the local community and beyond.
Content Type: Activity
Recommended Grade Level: 6, 7, 8
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