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Activities

Grades 6-8

Budburst can help deepen your students’ understanding of plants and ecosystems or provide a regionally-relevant introduction to climate change. It can also serve as a springboard for students beginning to plan and conduct their own scientific investigations.

Plant Trackers Contest

Activity and educational materials developed by Scholastic to engage students in our Phenology and Climate Project. Students will observe a plant, record key details, and connect plant life cycles to climate change. Perfect for remote or classroom learning.

Grade

6

Phenophase Scavenger Hunt

Engage your students in our 'Phenology and Climate' project with these outdoor scavenger hunts.

Grades

6-8

Phenophase Matching Activities

Students match images of annual plant life cycle events to phenophase descriptions. Great for classrooms getting started on our 'Phenology and Climate' project.

Grades

6-8

Pollinator Preferences with Budburst Nativars

Lessons created to engage grade 5-8 students in our Nativars project. Activities can be adjusted for classes participating in the Monarchs and Milkweeds or Pollinators and Climate projects. Students explore the relationship between plants and their pollinators and develop ideas for how to protect local pollinators.

Grades

6-8

Invitations To Inquiry with Budburst Data

Explore Budburst phenology data with BSCS Learning's Invitations to Inquiry.

Grades

6-8

More Activities

Explore more plant- and phenology-related educational activities.

Grades

6-8

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