What is the shape of its leaves? What does the bark look like? What is the overall shape of the tree? Write a description and draw pictures. You may not know the name of a tree, but you can find differences by observation. Write it in your journal and, over time, you may see a pattern of behavior or the life cycle. Visit the same place every day and see if there is something new or changing. Pick something outside that interests you, like a patch of flowers, a tree that attracts a lot of birds, or an animal that hangs out in the same spot. Try to observe these changes as they happen.

Plants and flowers grow, birds make nests, and spiders and mosquitos seem to appear out of nowhere. One of the amazing things about the natural world is it changes every day.

Make a game of it by using our Nature Bingo card.

Give yourself a nature challenge by trying to answer the questions below.

You can even make your own by cutting pieces of paper and stapling them together.

Find a notebook to use as a nature journal.

But even in our own backyards, on sidewalks and in the park, there are lots of amazing living things.

There are living things everywhere! It’s easy to think about nature in wild places – like herds of elk in the Rocky Mountains, alligators in Florida or elephants roaming the African savannah.

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