Education Resources

How do bullfrogs grow and survive in the wild? Discover their lifecycle and learn what makes them special!

Discover the Rivanna River Watershed in this ArcGIS Story Map.

Let’s get in the Moorman’s River to find out what lives beneath the surface. Watch the video, then use the field guide and assessment to help us determine the health of the river.

Celebrated annually on April 22, Earth Day demonstrates global support for environmental protection. Test your knowledge with this Earth Day quiz, then check your answers.

This easy science project mimics colorful fireworks explosions and is a perfect craft for your Independence Day celebrations. You can work together to re-create the bursts of cascading color we see with fireworks displays by using a few basic ingredients you likely already have in your cabinets.

Click here to watch a video demonstration of Fireworks in a Jar.

Fall is the time of year to watch a “tree-mendous” magic show!

Teachers, here it is! A bank of many lessons and hands-on activities all about soils and topics related to soils. You can search for materials by grade level, subject, and/or type of lesson.

Click on the link to identify Poison Ivy or you may need an ocean of calamine lotion.

Demonstration video of assembling a rain barrel kit.

Learn about one of our native mammals that depends on healthy water in this fun game.

While every farm is different, there are several basic principles that farmers use to build healthy soil. Kiss the Ground provides this visual chart that represents 6 fundamental farming principles and practices that increase biodiversity, enrich soils, restore watersheds, and enhance ecosystem services.

Stormwater is water that originates from rain, including snow and ice melt. Stormwater can soak into the soil, be stored on the land surface in ponds and puddles, evaporate, or contribute to surface runoff. This Stormwater Activity Book is filled with matching games, mazes, and crossword puzzles to help better understand stormwater.

Virtual and interactive activities presented by the Community Climate Collaborative (C3) for Earth Month.

97% of all water on Earth’s surface is found in the oceans. This water is salty. The remaining 3% is freshwater, which is distributed into varying amounts. Specifically, 68% of that freshwater is trapped in glaciers and icecaps. 30% of this freshwater is trapped below you as groundwater. This means no matter where you are standing on Earth, it is a possibility that, at a given depth, the ground below you contains water. The remaining percent of freshwater is surface water such as rivers, lakes, and swamps. Unfortunately, most of the water, which comes from oceans, is not available for use. Much of the water that people use comes from rivers or groundwater. Therefore, a lot of the water used is transported to a water treatment plant, where it is cleaned so that it can be reused.

This DIY Water Filtration activity will demonstrate how muddy water goes through three different stages of filtration becoming more clear right before your very eyes. Attention! Do not drink the water in this activity.

Test your watershed knowledge in this trivia game.

While the honey bee gets most of the credit for providing pollination, there are actually about 4000 species of bees in North America. Check out the Bee Identification Guide to “safely” learn more. Or visit www.pollinator.org.

Nature can provide at least 30% of the mitigation action needed to prevent the most harmful impacts of climate change. Currently, the world’s forests store more carbon than is in the entire atmosphere. Yet, deforestation contributes 11% of global greenhouse gas emissions — more than all passenger cars combined. Protecting forests and other natural ecosystems is one of the fastest and most effective ways to curb global climate change. Solving climate change requires reducing carbon emissions. When you offset your footprint, you neutralize your emissions by protecting forests that absorb carbon from the atmosphere. What’s your carbon footprint? Check out the Carbon Footprint Calculator.