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    • Go stargazing
    • Read a book under a tree
    • Go fishing
    • Look for shapes in clouds
    • Find a historical marker
    • Make music with natural objects
    • Start a nature collection
    • Find a spider web
    • Visit a park or garden
    • Build a fort outside
    • Visit a nature center
    • Sail a leaf boat
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  • Fall
    • Catch and Release Grasshoppers
    • Create a Leaf Print/Art
    • Decorate a Pumpkin
    • Jump in the Leaves
    • Listen for sounds of the night
    • Make S’mores
    • Taste Edible Fruits and Seeds
    • Unearth a Creepy Crawly
    • Visit an orchard or farm
    • Watch Seeds Travel
  • Printables
    • Congratulations!
  • Spring
    • Smell the Earth
    • Look under a rock / log
    • Listen for the sounds of wildlife
    • Take a wildflower walk
    • Dance in the rain
    • Peek in a pond for tadpoles
    • Plant a seed
    • Observe a sunset
    • Discover a rainbow
    • Search for a roly-poly
  • Summer
    • Blow Dandelion Seeds
    • Catch and release fireflies
    • Enjoy a Bike Ride
    • Have an outdoor picnic
    • Look for an Animal in Water
    • Make a Mud Pie
    • Roll Down a Hill
    • Skip a Stone
    • Visit a Wetland
    • Watch a Pollinator at Work
  • Winter
    • Build a Snow Sculpture
    • Catch a Snowflake
    • Design a recycled art project
    • Discover an animal’s nest
    • Go sledding or skating
    • Hunt for Animal Tracks in the Snow
    • Photograph a Sunrise
    • Toss seed for the birds
    • Touch Tree Bark
    • Write Your Name With Sticks

Catch a Snowflake

Snowflake Bentley

Snowflake Shape Activity

Books

The Story of Snow:  The Science of Winter’s Wonder by Mark Cassino

Snowflake Bentley by Jacqueline Briggs Martin

http://snowflakebentley.com/

Click to access 1.%20Looking%20at%20Snowflakes%20-%20Shape%20and%20Structure%20Activity.pdf

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Much thanks to the sponsors of 52 Things to Do Outside Before You Grow Up: Elkhart County Parks Elkhart County Soil and Water Conservation District Friends of Elkhart County Parks Indiana Master Naturalists Elkhart County Alumni Group Merry Lea Environmental Learning Center of Goshen College South Bend-Elkhart Audubon Society Wellfield Botanic Gardens

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