Activities For Kids
The Buzz: a colouring story inspired by bee research at rare
Paw Prints: home activities to engage children during the pandemic and after.

As many people were working from home amidst COVID-19 while trying to keep kids engaged and entertained, our rare education department had compiled a list of various activities — just for kids! If you happen to do any of these activities, take a photo and tag rare on social media. We would love to see what activities you choose!
Download all the Paw Print activities below!
Nature Activity Videos
- Make Your Own Nature Journal
- Make a Nature Snapshot
- Create a Nature Perfume
- Check the Air Around Your Home
- Planting Peas
- Make a Bird Feeder
- Make an Indoor Vermicomposter
- Square Inch Gardening
- Plant Pressings
- Meet a Tree
- Build a Survival Kit
- Build a Shelter
- Autumn Leaf Art
- Make a Bird Feeder pt. 2
- Saving Seeds
- Make an Ice Sculpture
- How Do Animals Stay Warm in the Winter?
- Build a Quinzee
Other Activities
Workshops/ Courses/ Lessons:
- Short online workshops on a number of environmental topics: https://biodiversityeducation.ca/resources/
- A number of topics: https://www.khanacademy.org/
- Inside Birding Series from Cornell — learn birding basics: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL89FAA014C9EF59BC
- Learn about bird songs and get tested along the way: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8xH2GjHKYj0
Games/ Activities:
- Games focusing on ocean and air themes: https://games.noaa.gov/
- Recycling: https://www3.epa.gov/recyclecity/
- Air Pollution: http://www.smogcity2.com/
- Desert Ecosystem: https://www.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/plum14.sci.life.feeddingo/feed-the-dingo-an-ecosystem-game/
- A number of phone games: https://www.commonsensemedia.org/lists/green-games-for-kids-0
- Grow an avocado: https://www.apartmenttherapy.com/how-to-grow-avocado-plants-258836
- List of educational games sites: https://www.crosswordsolver.com/info/9-free-educational-game-sites-for-kids
Experiments:
- Hot Ice: https://frugalfun4boys.com/hot-ice-science-experiment/
- How Snowshoes Work: https://frugalfun4boys.com/science-experiment-how-snowshoes-work/
- Elephant Toothpaste: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/make-elephant-toothpaste/
- Pepper and Soap: https://www.education.com/science-fair/article/pepper-and-soap-experiment/
- Reptile vs amphibian egg experiment with hardboiled eggs: https://natureintoaction.com/2012/10/19/reptile-vs-amphibian-skin-test-using-hard-boiled-eggs/
- How to make slime at home: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UZKveTbaJXg
- Diet Coke and Mentos: http://www.sciencekids.co.nz/experiments/dietcokementos.html
- Engineering Games and Projects: https://www.titlemax.com/engineering-games-and-projects-from-titlemax-com/ (Thanks Lizabeth)
- Creative Ways to Reuse Rubber, Plastic and Other Materials: https://www.wristbandexpress.com/content/creative-ways-to-reuse-plastic-rubber-and-other-re/