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This experience's target audience is second graders.

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Goal APL-1: Children show curiosity and express interest in the world around them.

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Goal APL-1: Children show curiosity and express interest in the world around them.

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Goal CD-15: Children explore the natural world by observing, manipulating objects, asking questions, making predictions, and developing generalizations.

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Goal CD-15: Children explore the natural world by observing, manipulating objects, asking questions, making predictions, and developing generalizations.

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- inquisitive
- observation
- discovery
- make connections
- form opinions
- cause and effect
- find meaning

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- What colors, shapes, or objects do you see around you?
-  What do you feel when you touch different surfaces?
- What noises do you hear with your eyes closed?
- Which smells do you like and which ones do you not?
- What does your favorite food taste like to you?
- Why do you think this (whatever aspect of the world you are teaching) is the way it is?
- What did you learn new today?

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Sand can be molded into works of art such as sand castles to inspire creativity. It can also be used as a learning experience for students to inquire about how sand forms and how it can create glass when it gets struck by lightning.

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Leaves provide endless opportunities for play and learning. Children can identify the different shapes and colors they see in the leaves and practicing grouping them based on similarities. They can also be used for activities such as crayon leaf art.

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While students do not physically touch wild animals, they are amazing to observe and learn about in their natural environment. Birds especially can be heard and be identified based on their species.

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Sticks are an amazing resource that allow for children to use their creativity to play with loose parts. They can let their imagination take over in order to create little houses or use them as a drawing tool in the dirt.

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While clouds are not tangible, they are very intriguing for young minds. Cloud watching can allow for kids to use their creativity to see different shapes and learn about the different types of clouds and what they mean for the weather.

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Water is a fun resource to play with, especially on a hot day in the form of a water balloon fight. It can also be an opportunity to teach children about the states of matter and water cycle, maybe through a cool experiment.

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Rocks, stones, and pebbles come in a variety of textures, shapes, sizes, and colors that provide a perfect opportunity for children to get hands on and compare them. They could also be used for art such as painting them to form animals.

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While beautiful to look at, wildflowers provide an opportunity to learn about how they come to be and how they survive. This could be a good time to talk about bees and the pollinating services they provide.

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Insects are very easy to find and observe in nature. They provide an opportunity to learn about different aspects of them such as camouflage, what they eat, and what they do for the environment.

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Seashells are beautiful and unique making them perfect for creating art. They can also prompt questions from children about how they got their appearance and how some animals sometimes call shells their home.

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This learning experience involves going outside on a pretty day with blankets, paper, pencils, and maybe some relaxing music. The children would lay down on the blankets and gaze at the sky. They would try to find shapes, animals, or objects in the sky and then draw what it looks like to them. This allows children to use their creativity to turn a plain cloud into something like a roaring lion and then allows their imagination to soar. The teacher could also teach some science about what is in the sky such as types of clouds and atmosphere.

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This learning experience would entail going out in nature and using binoculars and your ears to identify different types of birds. Students would count how many different looking birds they see and different types of bird noises they hear. This would allow the teacher to then go in depth about bird species and their lives while allow the children to be creative by maybe naming them.

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This learning experience will require a variety of everyday objects and a tub of water. Students will make predictions about each object and whether they think it will sink or float in the water. Students will be amazed when some objects they think might sink float and vice versa. The teacher can then explain density and why some objects sink and others do not.

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This experience will require leaves, paper, and crayons. The student will place a piece of paper on top of one or many leaves and then gently color on the paper to reveal the leaf's outline. Students can then use their creativity to create an amazing piece of art while learning about different types of leaves and the trees they come on.

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This experience will require water, baking soda, and food coloring to be added to a container. Once the ratio of baking soda to water is correct and mixed up, it will create a substance that is a solid when held but then becomes liquid when pressure is released. This will amaze students and they will have so much fun making and playing with it while using their creativity to discover why this is the case.