SearchChristmas Bird Count
Make a Pinecone Bird Feeder Click here for more by MyBirdz An easy-to-make Pine Cone Bird Feeder. This is a simple project that even young children can help make. Download the recipe: Make A Pine Cone Feeder (PDF) For each … Continue reading
If You Hate Spinach, You’ll Love This
If you’re like millions of kids, you’re not completely sold on eating vegetables. Well, it turns out sometimes you shouldn’t eat vegetables! Some veggies, mostly those labeled cold-weather vegetables, will go through a transformation when the weather gets too hot. … Continue reading
Hummingbirds With Beards
You’re probably familiar with the hummingbirds that visit your backyard, but one species that was thought to be extinct was recently rediscovered! The Blue-bearded Helmetcrest is a hummingbird that hadn’t been seen since the 1940s until researchers in Colombia spotted … Continue reading
Beneficial Bugs
Navigate the ladybug through different garden mazes for some online fun. Web Links San Diego Zoo: LadybugsAll about these helpful, hungry insects. Nature’s AmazingA Youtube video of ladybugs with lots of fun facts and photographs. Praying MantisWatch this amazing video … Continue reading
Houseflies
Watch the video as a housefly lands inside a venus fly trap. It starts to feed and then quick as a flash … Web Links Get the BuzzFind out all you need to know about the common housefly. Did you … Continue reading
Burrowing Bugs
The trapdoor spider’s underground burrow has a hinged lid. It lies in wait and ambushes its prey. Web Links Feeding a trapdoor spiderThe trapdoor spider’s specialty is in ambushing prey. Hidden down in the ground, it then jumps out and … Continue reading
Hermit Crabs
Watch how this hermit crab carfully cleans out a shell and then moves in. Web Links A Hermit Crab ExpertThis is Christa Wilkin’s site. She’s owned land hermit crabs for over 30 years. So she can answer most of your … Continue reading
Eating Bugs
Something bugging you about people taking better care of our environment and planet? You’ll be captivated by this issue that looks at insects and bugs as a way to feed the world! Sounds crazy? According to some entomologists—or insect experts—over … Continue reading
No More Junk Food for Ducks
According to Britain’s Canal & River Trust, feeding leftover bread to ducks is bad for their health. Soggy bread might bring algae and disease and also encourage rats. Too much bread can give birds a lung disease that can kill. … Continue reading
Self Esteem
Grab your favorite photo of yourself because YOU are the stat of this Kid Scoop issue! Taking time to reflect on what makes you special is an exercise in self-awareness that supports personal identity. With your name in lights, you’ll … Continue reading
