Nature Detectives Kids Club

Kids 4 to 11 years old are invited to join the Nature Detectives, an interactive and engaging way to foster children’s appreciation of nature.

Mystery Guides

Join the club by participating in self-guided tours and activities. Each Mystery Guide takes you on an exploration of a specific open space property. Kids do not need any special knowledge or equipment – just curious minds and a sense of adventure.

Each guide features:

Activities that highlight the natural surroundings and history of each location.
Map.
Four to six mysteries to solve.

Mystery Guides are available at trailheads from Memorial Day through October and printed in both English and Spanish.

Text Transcript

Agricultural Heritage Center

Carolyn Holmberg Preserve

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Nature Detectives Library

Want to learn about plants, weather, geology, local history or animals? Take a look at Nature Detectives, an insert for kids that is part of every issues of Images, the magazine of Boulder County Parks and Open Space.

The inserts are also great resources for grown-ups (teachers, scout leaders and parents) working with kids. Students and all curious nature-lovers can use it as a resource for papers, science projects, or just a fun way to learn.

Title	Year	Keywords
Discover Secrets of Seeds!	2024	plants, food, fruit, vegetables, flour, rice, trees, beans, nuts
Animal Homes (Reissued from 1984)	2024 (1984)	observations, shelters, wasps, beavers, swallows, caterpillars, orioles, caddis flies, activities
How to Become Good Stewards or Guardians of Nature	2024	leave no trace, coexist, respect, trash
Watershed!	2024	rain, snow, water, , puma, panther, predator, carnivore,
Mountain Lions – the BIG Cats of Boulder County	2023	cougar, puma, panther, predator, carnivore,
Please Pass the Peas	2023	beans, legumes, food, plants, garden
What’s the Big Deal About Pollination	2023	bees, butterflies, hummingbirds, flowers, plants, pollen,
Native Plants Wake Up!	2023	trees, grasses, flowers
Who Lives Out There in the Snow	2022	chickadee, coyote, deer, den, eagle, fox, hibernation, moose, nature journal, snow
A-maize-ing Corn	2022	corn, gardening, seeds, tassels, corn silk, pollination, popcorn, harvest, grass family experiment, life cycle
Hummingbirds Are In a Hurry!	2022	broad-tailed, rufous, calliope, black-chinned, nectar, bill, flying, flight, predator, prey, nestlings, territory, migration, competition, survival, zumbador, colibrí, trilling, communication, feathers, nest, spider webbing, torpor, wings, feet, legs, iridescent, gorget, tongue, pollen, pollinator, ultraviolet, flowers, garden, life cycle, nests, eggs
Black Bear Cubs’ First Year	2022	dens, hibernation, senses, communication, denning, diet, climbing, scent marking, claw marks, scratches, carnivores, omnivores, predators, prey, garbage bears, range, survival, skills, threats, habitat, life cycle, colors, tongue, strength, activity, bear signs, scat, tracks, unpredictable, attack
Meadow Vole Finds a Home	2021	rodents, runways, burrows, tunnels, life cycle, predators, prey, subnivean, snow, teeth, mountain voles, red-backed voles, heather voles, montane voles, prairie voles, habitats, diet, food, nests, babies, parasites, scent, moles, observations, trails, pocket gophers, thermometer, activities
Bam! Fall Is Ramming Time for Bighorn Sheep	2021	rams, communication, rut, ewes, horns, food, migration, predators, prey, lambs, hooves, senses, scent, grazing, cud, forage, defenses, habitat, alpine, subalpine, life cycle, Colorado, activities
Toads Have Warts…And That’s Good	2021	glands, poisonous, camouflage, defenses, skin, shelter, burrow, toadlets, Woodhouse’s, habitat, life cycle, egg, tadpole, larvae, calls, metamorphosis, senses, smell, vision, predators, prey, gills, lungs, shedding, insectivore, tongue, hazards, mountain, boreal, great, plains, spadefoot, skin, vibrations
Daddy Long-legs and the Playground Myth	2021	venomous, poisonous, spiders, exoskeleton, life cycle, molting, joints, legs, feelers, senses, eyes, sight, movement, habitat, predator, prey, omnivore, scavenger, forager, claws, grooming, dangers, defenses, leg loss, camouflage, harvestmen, activities
A Gray Fox in a Tree	2020	red fox, tails, retractable, claws, nocturnal, habitat, foothills, omnivores, prey, predators, scent marking, glands, food, mates, dens, burrows, pups, hunting, territories, life cycle, sounds, communication, scents, climbing, trees, activity, Sherlock Fox
Be Seeing You, Mars!	2020	planets, Jupiter, orbits, sun, Colorado, Red Planet, rocks, desert, geology, spacecraft, robotic rovers, axis, tilt, seasons, weather, rotation, rotates, day, night, atmosphere, radiation, water, microscopic life, helicopter, magnetic field, climate, sky, dust, Martians, telescopes, stars, mnemonics
The Screechy Red-Winged Blackbird	2020	Cottonwood Marsh, territory, feathers, communication, predators, prey, defenses, calls, warning, alarm, calling, habitat, nests, nesting, group, swamp, camouflage, colors, cooperation, tail, wing, spread, food, diet, fledglings, nestlings, flocks, flocking, epaulets, roosting, wetlands, beaks, mob, observations, pond, cattails, sounds
Park Rangers on Patrol	2020	dispatch, operator, visitors, outdoors, careers, rescues, emergencies, officials, communications, teamwork, skills, educational, regulations, rules, safety, nature, cultural, wildlife, resources, protection, horses, dogs, cyclists, bicycles, hikers, trails, sharing, pedestrians, wildland, firefighters, deputies, training, search, Junior, Ranger, Adventures, injuries, lost
River Otters Inhabit Local Waters	2019	threatened species, weasel family, semi-aquatic, habitat, wetlands, dens, senses, whiskers, eye lids, adaptations, diet, food, prey, predators, tracks, slides, activity, pups, babies, play, fur, life cycle, communication, scent-marking, habitat loss
Dung and Burying Beetles Reuse and Recycle	2019	poop, life cycle, carrion beetles, eggs, larvae, pupae, scavengers, predators, prey, habitats, antennae, competition, parasites, plants, roots, soil, pesticides, nests, insect parental care, feeding, regurgitation, mites, maggots, navigation, activities, observations, tumblebug, endangered species
Would You Like to Live on the Moon?	2019	atmosphere, outer space, moon rocks, meteoroids, sun, Earth, lava tubes, oxygen, orbit, gravity, sky, activity, observation, months, moon phases, full moon, rotation, orbit, day, night, lava, craters, new moon, waxing, waning, Apollo 11, astronauts
Thirteen-lined Ground Squirrels Plus Arithmetic	2019	addition, burrow, tunnel, hibernation, communication, scent-marking, smell, senses, habitats, prairie, grasslands, habitat loss, adaptations, predators, prey, babies, life cycle, food, diet, cheek pouches, nest, pups, geometry, shapes, patterns, activity, observations, heart beats, breaths, breathing
Pikas Squeak and Scurry on Rocky Slopes	2018	rabbits, hares, alpine, tundra, habitat, tree line, timberline, climate change, weasels, food cache, stockpile, storage, hay pile, haystack, talus, rockslide, snowpack, lichens, marking, territory, feces, harvesting, scent, predators, prey, camouflage, alarm calls, defenses, rock rabbit, adaptations, basking, shelters, babies, life cycle, body temperature, hearing, ears, activity, marmots
Bats Are Super Flyers and the Only Flying Mammal	2018	flying, wings, tails, roosting, echolocation, predators, prey, insects, food, nocturnal, adaptations, habitats, hibernation, threats, survival, babies, pups, life cycle, sight, vision, sounds, hearing, hands, thumbs, bones, muscles, game, insecticides
Water Striders On Patrol	2018	habitats, predators, prey, vibrations, communication, adaptations, camouflage, food, winter survival, life cycle, eggs, nymphs, exoskeleton, molt, senses, fossils, pond skaters, water boatmen, water oarsmen, water skippers, water skimmers, pond skippers, surface tension, marsh, stream, activities
Squadron of Pelicans	2018	American white pelicans, migration, nesting, habitats, bills, predators, prey, cooperative foraging, colonies, courtship, territory defense, eggs, incubation, hatchlings, fledglings, adaptations, pouch
Downy and Hairy, the Woody Look-alikes	2017	woodpeckers, birds, identifying, habitats, mixed flocks, predators, defenses, prey, camouflage, adaptations, beaks, bills, feathers, nest holes, drumming, tapping, communication, shelter, foods, sap, tongues, snags, suet, feeders
Bull Snakes Are Awe-sssss-some	2017	predators, prey, hibernation, senses, smell, constrictors, habitat, dens, ecosystem, ectotherms, body temperature, keratin, scales, diet, food, gopher, jaws, eggs, babies, hatchlings, life cycle, shedding, snakeskin, camouflage, defenses, chemosensation, taste, slither, activity
Wasps With Paper Houses and Bad Reputations	2017	hornets, yellow jackets, paper wasps, stinger, nest, colony, workers, queens, drones, metamorphosis, egg, larva, pupa, predator, prey, venom, scavengers, life cycle, defenses, solitary, balanced ecosystem, pollinators, activity
Muskrat Swims Home	2017	rodents, tails, beavers, rats, voles, Algonquian, runways, tracks, adaptations, webbed, feet, lodges, tunnels, dens, feeding, platforms, habitat, beneficial, teeth, predators, prey, wetlands, underwater, cattails, babies, kits, territory, scent glands, dr
Ptalking…um, that is…Talking About Ptarmigans	2016	white-tailed, camouflage, predators, prey, habitat, alpine, tundra, willows, seasons, molting, foods, grouse, nesting, babies, eggs, adaptations, feathers, activity
Sweet Dreams, Yellow-Bellied Marmot	2016	hibernation, ground squirrels, burrows, dens, tunnels, food, estivation, habitat, predators, prey, babies, life cycle, colony, communication, social, scent glands, whistles, territory, activity, rodents, teeth, incisors
Roly-poly Roundup	2016	pill bug, exoskeleton, sow bug, isopods, gills, pouch, life cycle, eggs, babies, survival, molt, conglobate, habitat, senses, food, decomposers, defenses, camouflage, predators, prey, observation
Wake Up Turtle, It’s Spring	2016	snapping, painted, hibernation, basking, eggs, nests, predators, prey, life cycle, camouflage, defenses, foods, habitats, ectotherms, scutes, carapace, plastron, activity, observation
Star Light, Star Bright, Let’s Find Some Stars Tonight!	2015	Sun, Earth’s rotation, constellations, Big Dipper, Polaris, North Star, Orion, Rigel, Betelgeuse, Canis Major, Sirius, Taurus the Bull, Aldebaran, observation, activity
Grasshoppers Have An Age-old Bad Reputation	2015	fables, eggs, nymphs, life cycle, winter survival, sounds, senses, compound eyes, molt, food, camouflage, slant-faced, spur-throated, banded-wing, predators, prey, defenses, observation
Questing for Kestrels	2015	predators, prey, raptors, talons, beaks, falcons, habitat, defenses, eyespots, flight, flying, hovering, windhover, sparrow hawk, foods, adaptations, nests, babies, kiting, kites
Leaping Leopard Frogs & Croaking Chorus Frogs	2015	camouflage, calling, air sacks, life cycle, eggs, tadpoles, polliwogs, gills, predators, prey, tails, metamorphosis, senses, swallowing, habitats, skin, hibernation, defenses, activities, sounds, ectotherms, freezing, body temperature
How a Meadow Jumping Mouse Named Preble’s Got So Famous	2014	threatened, habitat loss, specialist, generalist, deer mice, feet, predators, prey, tails, defenses, hibernation, nests, burrows, life cycle, food, senses, survival, floods, activity
The Truth About Wild Turkeys	2014	birds, habitats, roosts, predators, prey, defenses, flight, calls, flocks, foods, feathers, camouflage, nests, activity
Mayflies, Stoneflies, Caddisflies Galore	2014	insects, dipper, nymph, water, fly fishing, hatch, larvae, metamorphosis, molt, life cycle, cocoon, swarm, drumming, predator, prey, pollution, streams, underwater viewer, word search
Dig Badger Dig	2014	coyotes, predators, prey, prairie dogs, burrows, tunnels, food, shelter, habitats, babies, defenses, adaptations, activity, observations, claws, tracks
A Red-tailed Hawk Named Kaya	2013	Birds of Prey Foundation, rehabilitation, injuries, babies, predators, hunting, food, raptors, talons, beaks, adaptations, rodents, flight, eyesight, habitats, migration, territory, nests, camouflage, observations, activity
Awesome Quaking Aspen Trees	2013	leaves, fall color, roots, clones, seeds, photosynthesis, bark, habitats, wildlife, succession plants, writing activity, observations
Looking for Little Lizards	2013	camouflage, lagartija, push-up, communication, body language, scales, ectotherm, hibernation, short-horned, six-lined, racerunner, red-lipped, prairie, predator, prey, tails, adaptations, senses, defenses, habitats, observations, experiments
Funny Fox Squirrels: Two Pounds of Mischief	2013	rodents, introduced species, habitats, predators, prey, feet, defenses, eyes, senses, incisors, teeth, tails, chickarees, pine squirrels, Abert’s squirrels, food, shelter, nests, survival, observations
Bison Are Not Boring	2012	buffalo, survival, defenses, predators, habitats, calves, herds, wallows, body shape, cowbirds, Native Americans, tribes, activity
Eye to Eye with a Praying Mantis	2012	bugs, insects, defenses, predators, prey, camouflage, compound eyes, senses, survival, eggs, nymphs, molting, exoskeleton, mantises, ground mantids, observation
Catching Bobcats	2012	wildlife biologists, wildcats, trapping, research, predators, prey, radio collars, camouflage, habitat, rabbits, diet, adaptations, dens, play, lynx, tracks, signs, scat, scrapes
Drums of Spring	2012	birds, woodpeckers, communication, calls, northern, red-shafted, songs, feathers, tongues, predators, prey, nests, holes, flight, foods, ants, competition, habitat loss, activities
Tails Talk	2011	animals, communication, defenses, predators, prey, body language, movement, physiology, camouflage, adaptations, activity
Way to Go, Seeds!	2011	plants, dispersal, sprouting, growth, activities, animals, adaptations, foods
Summertime Turkey Vultures	2011	birds, flying, feathers, migration, scavengers, senses, carrion, adaptations, predators, prey, flight, defenses, nests, pellets
A Few Minutes in the Life of a Pocket Gopher –	2011	tunnels, habitats, ecosystem, senses, defenses, predators, prey, rodents, adaptations
Snow Dust	2010	snowflakes, crystals, ice, water vapor, clouds, wildlife, predators, prey, camouflage, experiment
Show Time for Antlers	2010	elk, bugling, horns, bighorn sheep, deer, moose, mountain goats, pronghorn, velvet, bones, keratin, defense
What’s the Big Deal about Nature? Plenty!	2010	air, plants, oxygen, water, wetlands, foods, crops, scavengers, shelter, outside, outdoors, observations, activities, wildlife
Dabbling and Diving into Spring	2010	ducks, dabblers, divers, coots, adaptations, webbed feet, bills, beaks, flight, flying
Snowshoe Hares – Winter Rabbits	2009	predators, prey, feet, camouflage, sub-alpine, survival, habitat, rabbits, jackrabbits, cottontail, senses, defenses, signs, tracks, adaptations
Bee Thankful	2009	honey, pollen, crops, native, pollination, beeswax, beehives, hives, farm, senses, wax, life cycle, metamorphosis, predators, defenses, wasps, yellowjackets, pesticides, dancing
Don’t Shrug Off Shrubs	2009	foods, shelter, bushes, scrub, habitat, wildlife, seeds, fruits, shrubland, signs, skunkbush, three-leaf sumac, antelope bitterbrush, mountain mahogany, observations
Spring Brings Snowmelt	2009	water, flow, drinking water, water cycle, source, habitats, experiment, observations
Bald Eagle Challenge	2008	threatened, habitat loss, raptors, pesticides, predators, prey, senses, nests, hunting, flying, wings, flight
Time to Bring in the Crops	2008	harvests, farms, crops, bees, squirrels, chickarees, pikas, predators, prey, jays, Clark’s nutcrackers, seeds
Why, Oh Why, Cacti?	2008	prickly pear, habitats, defenses, succulent, bees, plants, mountain ball, flowers, fruit, winter survival, observations, cactus, foods
Tiger Salamander Heads to Her Pond	2008	dragons, amphibians, life cycle, predators, prey, metamorphosis, ectotherms, senses, camouflage, defenses, hibernation, burrows, habitats, folk tales
Porcupine: A Prickly Critter	2007	quills, Arapaho, rodents, defenses, predators, prey, senses, guard hairs, habitat, adaptations
Rattle-tattle Rattlesnake	2007	snakes, predators, prey, venom, rattles, pit vipers, senses, fangs, jousting, hibernation, camouflage, defenses
Life in the Zone	2007	plants, climate, temperature, wildlife, habitat, mountains, vegetation, treelines, plains, grasslands, foothills, montane, subalpine, alpine, prairie, insects, forests
What is a Nature Detective?	2007	senses, wonder, journal, sound map, wildlife, animals, plants, weather, observation
Who Are You Calling a Weasel?	2006	predators, prey, long-tailed, short-tailed, mustelids, musk glands, camouflage, ermine, tracks
Farming for Food and Wildlife	2006	coyotes, habitats, farmers, ranchers, human disturbance, corridors, mammals, birds, snakes, insects, hedgerows, crops, agriculture
Do You Guess Kingfisher or Great Blue Heron?	2006	birds, fish, predators, prey, habitats, nests, migration, adaptations
Silly Names: Snow Fleas and Mourning Cloaks	2006	springtails, butterflies, insects, leaf litter, tree sap, predators, defenses, camouflage, hibernation
Ponderosa Pine Forest: mmm smells like ice cream	2005	trees, forest, smells, sap, pines, conifers, roots, fire, beetles, mistletoe, Abert’s, squirrels, tassel-eared, witch’s broom, truffles, fungus, birds, habitats, activity
Can a Plant Become a Rock?	2005	coal, Hopi, mining, miners, lignite, sub-bituminous, seams, fires, Coal Creek
Osprey, That’s What!	2005	prey, predators, birds, fish hawks, pellets, nests, migration, reservoir
Moose Not Meese	2005	deer, antlers, Algonquin, predators, prey, defenses, babies, adaptations, habitats
Resourceful Ravens and their Relatives	2004	crows, jays, corvids, folktales, foods, predators, prey, magpies, intelligence, Clark’s nutcrackers, cached, calls, imitation, body language, experiment, flight
Nocturnal Animals and Night Vision	2004	senses, eye shine, tapetum, diurnal, night, predators, habitat, behavior, activity, sight, rods, cones, experiments, eyeshine
Butterflies Flutter By	2004	wings, scales, pollinators, pollen, moths, nectar, foods, camouflage, defenses, caterpillars, insects, silk, chrysalis, predators, puddling, experiment
Cottonwood Trees – Discovering a Special Plant	2004	Lewis, Clark, Corps of Discovery, bark, Mandan tribe, habitat, plains, narrowleaf, riparian, animals, foods, catkins, experiments
Wise as an Owl	2003	great horned owls, animal sayings, camouflage, calls, hooting, feathers, talons, prey, predators, eyes, ears, pellets, nests
Loveable Ladybugs	2003	ladybird beetles, aphids, migration, mountains, insects, metamorphosis, eggs, larvae, exoskeleton, pupa, foods, defenses, predators, experiment
Go Fish	2003	fishing gear, foods, hooks, line, poles, bait, lures, bobbers, pan, bluegills, crappies, sunfish, angling, anglers, swim bladder, gills, scales, slime, habitat
The Wonder of Wildflowers	2003	pasqueflower, plants, shelter, snow, glacier lilies, buttercups, hairs, seeds, violets, roses, survival, scientific names, play, story
Making Friends with Chickadees, Nuthatches and Wrens	2002	experiment, spishing, squeaking, birds, calls, songs, nest boxes, bird house plans, house sparrows, foods, eat
Sensational Spiders	2002	silk, spinnerets, webs, exoskeleton, wolf, jumping, black widow, dragline
Cool Facts about Garter Snakes	2002	hibernation, ectotherms, experiment, western, plains, scales, shedding, prey, predator, defenses, basking, reptiles
Proverbs for Rainy Weather	2002	weather prediction, rain, water vapor, evaporation, clouds, experiments, ants, folk tales
Tracking Down Wildlife Visitors	2001	animal tracks, neighborhood, city, urban, skunks, raccoons, racoons, fox squirrels, cottontail rabbits, red foxes, habitats
Stamping with Grass	2001	grasslands, plains, prairies, postage, stamps, habitats, climate, grazing, pioneers, settlers, cattle, farming, weather, roots, pollination, fire, drought, prairie dogs, bison, foods, experiment
Crow’s Quest for Fire	2001	wildfire, forest, succession, folk tales
Earthworms Recycle	2001	worms, plants, castings, tunnels, soil, predators, experiments
What Are the Geese Honking About?	2000	goose, flight, migration, feathers
The Buzz About Bees	2000	honey, solitary, pollination, wasps, parasites, bumble, hibernation, nests
Dramas in the Night Sky	2000	stars, constellations, Big Dipper, Orion, Cassiopeia, outer space, moon, myths
How Turtle Flew South for the Winter	1999	migration, hibernation, ponds, ecosystems, frogs, beavers, muskrats, fish, plants, wildlife, observations, folk tales
The Power of Water	1999	erosion, floods, geology, rock formations, rivers, caves, sand dunes, wind
Fluttering Shadows in the Night	1999	bats, mammals, echolocation
A Flight of Fantasy	1999	hawks, predators, prey, red-tailed, Swainson’s, rough-legged, migration, paper glider
Sticks and Stones and Woven Homes	1998	nests, birds, squirrels, wasps, killdeer, owl, eagle, hummingbird, robin, oriole, predators, prey
Tremendous Trees	1998	leaves, fall color, bark, spruce, fir, pine, willows, aspen, cottonwood, observations
Nature’s Engineers	1998	beavers, dams, meadows, lodges, ponds, nocturnal, extinction
Choppers and Hoppers — Who Are We?	1998	rodents, incisors, hibernation, squirrels, jumping mice, porcupines, prairie dogs, beavers
What Do They Do in Winter	1997	hibernation, ptarmigan, turtles, torpor, survival, ladybugs, toads, boreal
Looking into the Prairie	1997	grasslands, habitats, plains, prairies, fires, bison, grasses, prairie dogs, predators, prey, burrowing owl, settlers, pioneers, Native Americans, sod houses
Stalking the Elephanthead	1997	wild flowers, plants, scientific names, ponderosa, pines, milkweed, kinnikinnik, habitats, settlers, pioneers, aspen, grasses, fireweed, plant key
The Ever-Changing Earth	1997	geology, uplift, erosion, geologic change, rocks, igneous, sedimentary, metamorphic, fountain formation, mountains, minerals, Flatirons
Fire!	1996	forest, wildfire, animals, ecosystems, cycles, Native Americans, succession, foods, insects, plants, seeds, decomposition
The Life of a Ponderosa	1996	pines, trees, ecosystems, life cycle, insects, animals, habitats
Tales of the Alpine Tundra	1996	ecosystems, adaptations, treeline, marmots, pikas, habitats, hibernation, krummholz, ptarmigan, plants, glaciers, erosion, experiment, rocks
Natural Inventions	1996	tools, adaptations, insects, animals
Patterns in Nature	1995	tracks, camouflage, spiders, webs, leaves, tree rings, rocks, geology, clouds, pine beetles
Everyday Art	1995	Native Americans, tribes, tools, artists, pottery, baskets, pots, weaving, hides, clothing, leather, quills, paints, painting, tipis, tepees, teepees, petroglyphs, pictographs, dyes
Little Burrow on the Prairie	1995	prairie dogs, rodents, adaptations, predators, prey, mammals, tunnels, communication, habitats, ecosystems, foods, survival, calls, bubonic, plague, defenses
Butterfly Days	1995	insects, gardens, nectar, habitats, flowers, metamorphosis, chrysalis, monarch, migration, camouflage, defenses, senses
Wind	1994	air, temperatures, clouds, wind chill, activities, energy
Who Whoo!!	1994	owls, birds, senses, nocturnal, predators, prey, pellets, feathers, nesting, great horned, burrowing
Twinkle, Twinkle!	1994	stars, moon, planets, sun, earth, rotation, activities, seasons, day, Polaris, poles, north, south, constellations, myths, meteors
Wild About Worms	1994	earthworms, plants, castings, tunnels, soil, predators, worm bin
Out We Go!	1993	activities, observations, tunnels, tracks, insects, snow, animals
Too Much Trash!	1993	garbage, recycling, animals, insects, decomposition, rotting, soil, nutrients, composting, landfills, dumps, biodegrade, recycle, reduce, reuse, activities, worms
Leaves	1993	activities, trees, photosynthesis, conifers, deciduous, evergreens, needles, animals, insects
Getting Around	1992	observations, animals, adaptations, activities, snowshoe, hare, rats, wings, bats, mammals, snakes, worms, shells, insects
Super Seeds	1992	plants, sprouting, growth, dispersal, activities, foods, animals
Animal Babies	1992	animals, habitats, nests, young, babies, foods, life cycles, food chain, ponds, metamorphosis, predators, prey, precocial, altricial, nests, great horned, owls, mice, activities
Story Time!	1991	folk tales, animals, activities, stories, Native Americans, myths
Teeth Talk	1991	animals, adaptations, foods, observations, tooth
Amazing Insects	1991	crustaceans, roly-polys, pillbugs, praying mantis, predators, prey, activities, foods, mouths, bugs, ants
Listen to the Animals	1990	communication, language, sounds, calls, songs, observations, hearing
Cattails	1990	plants, seeds, habitats, wetlands, nests, marsh, foods, Native Americans, animals, insects, muskrats, birds, camouflage, activities
Wild Neighbors!	1990	animals, habitats, city, nocturnal, towns, nests, activities
Birds in Winter	1989	survival, migration, adaptations, feeders, observations, foods
Predator and Prey	1989	animals, insects, foods, birds, spiders, teeth, survival, defenses, camouflage, adaptations
Recycle It!	1989	recycling, wildfire, fires, forests, beetles, activities, insects, soil, garbage, composting, animals, decomposition, rotting, nutrients, worms, life cycle
Raccoon Round-up	1988	racoons, animals, mammals, teeth, survival, adaptations, foods, omnivores, activities
Ready, Set, GROW!	1988	plants, energy, sun, foods, photosynthesis, chlorophyll, animals, carbohydrates, leaves, activities, wildflowers, food chain
Vision	1987	senses, sight, animals, adaptations, eyeshine, activities, predators, prey, defenses, camouflage, patterns
Journeys	1987	animals, foxes, migration, crossbills, butterflies, monarch, birds, bird banding, seeds
Fur, Feathers, Slime and Scales	1987	animals, skin, scales, molting, feathers, fur
Animal Families	1987	animals, Canada geese, spiders, bats, sunfish, beetles, turtles, raccoons, young, babies
Snow & Ice	1986	flakes, crystals, algae, glaciers, observations, tunnels, animals, snowshoes
Insects	1986	ladybugs, dragonflies, fleas, life cycles
Fossils	1986	geology, rocks, dinosaurs, coal, oil, rock formations, ancient, animals
Night and Day	1986	animals, habitats, night, day, fungi, insects, roosting, birds, bats, adaptations, predators, prey, senses, owls, pellets, butterflies, moths, activities, nocturnal
Animals in Winter	1985	survival, hibernation, camouflage, predators, prey, migration, tracks, activities
Fall Festivals	1985	constellations, activities, bats, skeletons, bones, teeth, animals, foods
Camouflage	1985	animals, bittern, defenses, butterflies, deer, eggs, spiders, survival
Forests	1985	trees, ponderosa, pines, ecosystems, habitats, fir, spruce, aspens, squirrels, chickarees, pinedrops, orchids, tree rings, timberline, bark, activities
Animal Homes	1984	observations, shelters, wasps, beavers, swallows, caterpillars, orioles, caddis flies, activities
Fields and Meadows	1984	habitats, ecosystems, grasslands, plains, prairies, grasses, animals, prairie dogs, towns, tunnels, burrows, voles, runways, observations, sod houses, grasshoppers
Ponds and Puddles	1984	habitats, ecosystems, wetlands, water, animals, Native Americans, cattails, observations, amphibians, frogs, reptiles, birds, dip net, life cycles, activities

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