Whether you are searching for home-schooling resources, fun activities for
the whole family, or strategies to get your kids spending more time outdoors,
Firsthand Learning can help.
* Download FHL’s series of mini-investigations
and mini-journals.
These free resources offer focused, fun explorations in nature, right outside
your front door. Try one today, and get outside!
* The FHL
Field Journal and Young
Observer’s Notebook are two formatted, blank notebooks
that allow all ages to record observations and questions about the natural
world. Use of journals promotes skill development in writing, measuring, and
drawing. It also challenges the observer to concentrate, to take time to look
closely, to question, and to wonder.
* Using a Field Journal.
Download for free an activity sheet that provides instructions for using journals
effectively with children.
* Outdoor Inquiries
shows you how to investigate your backyard and beyond. A kit of cool tools
and a resource guide give you the materials and the tips to make outdoor explorations
fun and educational.
* Object Lessons™.
These kits, designed for formal classrooms, offer students engaging mysteries,
authentic objects, and hands-on activities designed to teach science inquiry
processes. Each focuses on a different natural history subject: mammals, birds,
insects, and archaeology.
* Check out the FHL
Catalog for a complete list of products.
What do you need? What do you think? Contact us at inquiries@firsthandlearning.org.