EcoSense for Living from PBS Learning
Attention Earthlings! Learn About Eco-Initiatives To Help You Tread Lighter and Improve Your Quality of Life Topic: Sustainability, Waste, Recycling, Endangered Species, Clean Air Type: Online Learning, Streamable Content Back…
Read MoreProject Hero Pollinator Quest
Local Pollinators Need Your Help! Engage Young People in Exploring and Helping These Species. Topic: Pollinators | Type: Online Learning Back to All Resources Project Hero is an online program…
Read MoreProject Hero Soil Quest
Soil: It’s Not Just Dirt! Topic: Soil, Soil Carbon, Climate Change | Type: Outdoor Learning Back to All Resources Learn about the often overlooked role soil plays in our everyday…
Read MoreMaking a Plant Parts Salad
Challenge Young Students to Identify the Different Parts of the Plants in Your Delicious Salad Topic: Nutrition, Observations, Cooking| Type: Indoor Learning Back to All Resources Use this activity as…
Read MoreLiving or Non-Living Clubhouses
Encourage Observation and Classification with this Lesson on Sorting Topic: Nature, Observations, Sorting| Type: Blended Indoor and Outdoor Learning Back to All Resources Which club could your shoe join? What…
Read MoreFort Building: What Do Humans Need to Survive?
Learn About the Survival Needs of Animals, Then Create a Prosperous Habitat in Your Own Yard or Garden Topic: Nature, Engineering, Observations | Type: Outdoor Learning Back to All Resources…
Read MoreHow Do Animals Survive in our Garden?
Compare the Basic Needs of Plants and Animals, Then Design a Solution to Ensure These Needs Are Met Topic: Nature, Science, Observations | Type: Outdoor Learning Back to All Resources…
Read MoreCompeting in an Ice Cube Race
Investigate Heat Production and the Effects of Heating and Cooling in this Engineering Challenge Topic: Heat, Science, Observations | Type: Outdoor Learning Back to All Resources Get your scientist outside…
Read MoreAdopt a Seasonal Plant
Engage Students in Groundwater Education with these Lessons for Families and Educators Topic: Nature, Science, Observations | Type: Blended Indoor & Outdoor Learning Back to All Resources Adopting a Seasonal…
Read MoreOutdoor Shape Hunt
“I Spy” and Shape Hunt in the Garden. Topic: Math, Art, Shapes, Observing Nature, Drawing Back to All Resources Observe and record shapes in an outdoor shape hunt. Students will…
Read MoreMystery Boxes
Sorting Found Objects From a Nature Box Topic: Five Senses, Science, Sorting | Type: Outdoor Learning Back to All Resources Use materials you have on hand to create boxes of…
Read MoreSearching for Secret Specimens
Create Scientific Drawings of Secret Specimens Found in Your Backyard, Then Send a Friend Out to Find Your Specimen! Topic: Plant Characteristics, Life Science, Drawing, Art, Nature | Type: Outdoor…
Read MoreMaking a Mushroom Spore Print
Get a Glimpse of the Mysterious World of Fungi! Topic: Fungi, Life Cycles, Science | Type: Blended Outdoor and Indoor Learning Back to All Resources Harvest mushroom caps found in…
Read MoreSensory Scavenger Hunt
Get The Wiggles Out, Activate All Five Senses and Engage the Whole Body in This Outdoor Sensory Hunt Topic: Five Senses, Observing Nature, Nature, Literacy| Type: Outdoor Learning Back to…
Read MoreBecome an Author and Illustrator-Create Your Own Book!
Create Your Own Version of the Book ‘Eating a Rainbow’ Topic: Nutrition, Literacy, Food, Plants, Art | Type: Outdoor or Indoor Learning Back to All Resources Add some color to…
Read MoreWe’re Going on a Bug Hunt!
Students Will Observe and Identify the Bugs in Their Area Topic: Garden, Outdoor Exploration, Nature | Type: Outdoor Learning Back to All Resources Get to know your 6-legged neighbors on…
Read MoreCreating a Sun Map of the Garden
Students Will Use Their Garden To Chart and Create Sun Maps Topic: Gardening, Outdoor Exploration, Nature | Type: Outdoor Learning Back to All Resources This activity that can be completed…
Read MoreMaking Seed Necklaces
Sprout Seeds in a Homemade Necklace That You Can Plant Later Topic: Germination, Plant Life Cycles, Observation, Life Science, Craft Type: Blended Indoor and Outdoor Learning Back to All Resources…
Read MoreLive Stream Cooking Classes with Chef Asata
Create a nutritious and delicious dish the whole family can enjoy ! Topic: Nutrition, Cooking, Virtual Class | Type: Online, Streaming Resource Back to All Resources Chef Asata Reid, Life…
Read MoreCleanup Kids, Chloe Mei win Gloria Barron Prize for Young Heroes
Among 25 problem-solving young people from across the country, three of our own were selected as Gloria Barron Prize for Young Heroes last month! The Barron Prize winners are Chloe…
Read MoreCPF’s Project Learning Gardens fosters sustainability, healthy eating habits at Pa. school
“Unity is strength…when there is teamwork and collaboration, wonderful things can be achieved.” – Mattie Stepanek One of those wonderful gifts of collaboration for us is Project Learning Gardens.…
Read MoreSmithsonian features ‘ change-making journey’ of OH Super Squad Leader Oluwaseyi Moejoh
Oluwaseyi Moejoh has given inspiration to her fellow Ocean Heroes as a Super Squad Leader. Now, her work has become the focus of a recent Smithsonian Magazine feature. In…
Read MoreCPF president Leesa Carter-Jones talks project-based learning on TeachThought podcast
Great news for podcast listeners! Captain Planet Foundation President Leesa Carter-Jones was the featured guest in the popular education podcast The TeachThought Podcast this week. Educators seeking solutions that would…
Read MoreBe a Hero: 5 ways Project Hero catalyzes project-based learning
Our new “Be a Hero” series will shed light on our engaging, empowering Project Hero Quests. The return to school is an unusual one this year. Students have been…
Read MoreLaura Turner Seydel tells People magazine how Captain Planet Foundation helped her become a ‘climate hero’
For Laura Turner Seydel, Captain Planet Foundation chairperson and lifelong environmental advocate, the road to becoming a “climate hero” began as a child. It all started with small steps –…
Read MoreMaking a Wave in the Caribbean!
Power to the Youth! Ocean Heroes Network, a partnership of Captain Planet Foundation and Lonely Whale, are inviting youth ages 11-18 living in the Caribbean nations and territories to apply…
Read MoreOcean Heroes to the Rescue!
Check out these awesome features checking in on our 2018 Ocean Heroes and Young Superhero for the Earth Honorees, Dyson Chee and Steff McDermot! Click the images below to read the articles highlighting their…
Read MoreGardening for Good with Project Giving Gardens
In the wake of COVID-19, we sprung into action with FoodWell Alliance, Atlanta Community Food Bank, and host of amazing funders to turn more than 100 of our Atlanta Project Learning Garden schools into…
Read MoreNew Virtual Student Guide for the Rocky Mountain Wolf Quest!
On Nov. 3, Colorado citizens will be voting on a ballot initiative to require Colorado Parks and Wildlife to develop a science-based plan with public input to reintroduce gray wolves…
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