This activity gives students an opportunity to map the forest, calculate whether or not if qualifies as old-growth, and—most importantly—run around off trail.
The blindfolded “fire keeper” is trying to protect the object at their feet by listening for the other students who are trying to take it. Fire stealers attempt to take the object (“fire”) without being heard.
Participants will become a Sunflower star (Pycnopodia helianthoides) and must battle the tides, natural predators, human impacts, and disease in order to eat, reproduce, and survive in the intertidal zone.
Students are marine animals in the food chain in this active tag game. These “marine animals” eat food that is contaminated with mercury to discover what bioaccumulation means.