Nature School
Add our Notebook Companions for a full science curriculum: Science Through Nature Junior (K-3) and Science Through Nature for Grades 3+!
Perfect for curious kids, Nature School is a screen-free science experience that brings the wild world to life.
Travel through five of Earth’s major biomes—temperate forests, deserts, seashores, grasslands, and wetlands—through engaging text, fascinating facts, and more than 35 nature-inspired activities using simple household supplies.
Whether you’re making salt dough seashells or observing pond life, Nature School invites your family to learn by doing. Kids will dive deep into the wonders of creation—studying animal lifecycles, food chains, plant biology, ocean zones, and more—while developing important science skills through nature journaling, experiments, and artistic expression.
Each Biome Includes:
- Rich lessons with beautiful illustrations
- Detailed diagrams and drawings
- Dozens of wild creatures and plant profiles
- Activities that promote creativity, observation, and critical thinking
What You’ll Discover:
- 200+ animals and 60+ types of plants, fungi, and other organisms
- Key concepts like photosynthesis, life cycles, seed dispersal, predator-prey relationships, and weather patterns
- Labeled diagrams and journaling prompts to help kids document what they’ve learned
Hands-on Activities Include:
- Bark & leaf rubbings
- Nature journaling
- Desert dioramas
- Tornado in a bottle
- Salt dough seashells
- Pond dipping
- Camouflage experiments
- Wildflower pressing
- and many more!
Explore the Earth’s Habitats
In addition to learning about a wide variety of animals, plants, and other organisms, students will also explore detailed diagrams. For some of the more complex ones, ready-to-use versions are included so students can focus on understanding without the pressure of drawing.
One habitat at a time, they’ll dive into topics like:
Temperate Forests:
- Photosynthesis
- Composition of a forest
- Levels of the forest
- Rotting log ecosystem with organisms
- Parts of a deciduous tree
- Layers of a tree trunk
- Leaf shapes
- Types of tree bark
- Fern life cycle
- Parts of a mushroom
- Forest food chain
- Kinds of bird nests
- Salamander life cycle
- Parts of various animals including an elk, bear, great tit, frog, toad, and bee (plus beehive)
Deserts:
- Deserts of the world
- Desert weathering and erosion
- Kinds of rock
- Parts of a date palm
- Desert food chain
- Types of feathers on a bird’s wing
- Parts of an ant hill
- Parts of various animals including a camel, Arabian wolf, ostrich, and rattlesnake
Seashore:
- Parts of a beach
- Kinds of sand
- Ocean zones
- Minerals in ocean water
- Parts of a wave
- Moon’s pull on the tides
- Tidal zones
- Kinds of seashells
- Types of plankton
- Fish life cycle
- Seashore food chain
- Birds with various beak shapes
- Parts of kelp
- Parts of various animals including a hermit crab, octopus, seahorse, shark, walrus, and gull
Grasslands:
- Types of grasslands
- How a tornado forms
- Parts of a piece of grass
- Parts of the carbon cycle
- Parts of a sunflower
- Grassland food chain
- Kinds of feathers
- Bird life cycle
- Reptile life cycle
- Parts of a termite mound
- Grasshopper life cycle
- Parts of various animals including an American bison, cheetah, prairie chicken, Great Plains skink, and cicada
Wetlands:
- Parts of a wetland
- How wetlands form
- Parts of a hurricane
- Parts of an aquifer
- Parts of the water cycle
- Types of algae
- Parts of a mangrove tree
- Wetland food chain
- Differences between an alligator and crocodile
- Mosquito life cycle
- Parts of various animals including an opossum, heron, snapping turtle, and dragonfly
Whether you live in the country or the suburbs, Nature School will help your family slow down, step outside, and connect deeply with the world around you. It’s science, wonder, and fun—all rolled into one beautifully designed, easy-to-use resource.
