Whether you’ve got a big yard, small plot, or a balcony or window sill for some containers, there’s a lot of ways to dig into the soil for learning, and we’ve got a variety of Educate.Today videos on bugs, gardening, and archaeology to help you out.

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Quick Ideas for Digging Into It:

• Have learners fascinated by bugs big and small? Check out these ET videos to help them learn more about a “bug’s life” before they go out and dig for some specimens to identify and include as part of their bug collection.
• Use these ET videos to inspire a combination of healthy eating and physical activity through window sill, balcony, and backyard gardening options and healthy eating choices your kids can make.
• Incorporate math, science, and mapping skills as students work on their own archaeological dig. Have them learn from archaeologists about what happens at a dig in these ET videos. Use toys and other objects to create an artifacts site outside, an inside version with a tub and soil, or even a cake layered with “edible artifacts” baked in.
• Growing some flower gardeners and butterfly collectors around your house or in a school garden? For flowers to bloom and fruits and vegetables to grow, nature has to provide pollinators. Use these ET videos to add learning on the topic to kids’ activities as they collect and identify butterflies, grow some flowers, or shop at a farmer’s market.