GATE Activities

Digital Extension and Enrichment Resources

Online Learning Opportunities

Here are some additional resources that you can add to your weekly enrichment schedule to help engage and extend student learning through deductive reasoning, critical thinking, and creative problem solving.

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3rd - 5th Grade

Make a Parachute

Make Your Own Mini Microscope

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6th - 8th Grade

Catapult Ball Launcher

DIY Solar Oven Smores

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Outdoor Enrichment

22 Ways to Take Science Outside

25 DIY Backyard Activities

31 Days of Outdoor STEM

Nature Bingo

Outdoor Science Activities

Distance Learning Outdoor Resources

iNaturalist

This tool allows students to submit photos of plants and animals that they cannot identify.

Project Learning Tree

Sample student outdoor projects and download lesson plan templates.

Project Noah

Lesson plans and web-based activities that allow students to report animal sightings and share pictures for a variety of projects or missions that help scientists across the world.

Project Squirrel

Allows students to become citizen scientists and report their squirrel sightings.

NatGeo@Home

Scavenger Hunts