OutsideIN is the River Institute’s virtual education programming – whether you need downloadable lessons and activities for your kids or virtual Teams workshops for your students, we’ve got you covered. Check out our learning content below.

Crafts

Our quarantine crafts were designed with parents and teachers in mind. Each of our science based crafts are made with materials you can find lying around the house – so kids can learn and play at the same time!

Ode to Our Planet – Make an Earth Craft

Celebrate Earth Day week with us! We show you how to
weave your own Earth, and other planet craft ideas.

Bird is the Word – Recycled Bottle Bird Feeder

If you want to bring birds to your yard what better way
than a bird feeder, you can even make one with things
you find lying around your house!

UnbeLEAFable – Leaf Printing Craft

Learn about leaves and do some DIY
printmaking in this video.

Something’s Fishy – Make an Fish Craft

Use the skills you’ve learned this week to recreate your
favourite fish, or make your own!

Creepy Crawlies – Make
an Insect Craft

What makes an insect an insect? Is a spider an insect?
Make this insect craft with us and find out!

Wild About Wildlife –
Make an Insect Hotel

This is a project that’s great for budding
gardeners, it helps bring pollinators and pest
control to your garden. The best part is, that you
can make it from things you find on the ground!

Layers of the Earth Craft
– No Bake Playdoh

Learn about the layers of the earth through this
fun hands on craft!

Interactive Activities

We have interactive activities for all grade levels on a variety of topics – from flower anatomy to invertebrate ID. It’s as easy as downloading and printing them out!

Amphibians

Learn all about amphibians, and now to identify local frog species by sight and sound.

 

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Twinkle Twinkle Little Star

Learn about some of the constellations we see in the night sky, and the myths behind them. Make a star map projector to see stars on your ceiling.

 

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Petal Pusher

Learn about the life cycle of plants, parts of a flower and how to write a floral formula.

 

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Beans Beans the Musical Fruit

What is a fruit? Learn all about the different types of fruit and how to identify them.

 

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Build a Bird

Learn about bird anatomy and how it’s related to diet and habitat, then build your own bird!

 

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Do You Know Your Soil?

Learn about the different sizes of soil, the different textures and how to identify them with this hands-on activity. Don’t be afraid to get dirty!

 

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Match that Track

Match the track to the animal that made it.

 

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Fish Finder

Identify the fish in this colour by number, and unscramble the names of different fish species we find in the St Lawrence.

 

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What is an Aquatic Invertebrate?

Learn all about aquatic invertebrates, their anatomy and how to identify them. Then try some examples for yourself.

 

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What a Wast

Learn about the garbage and recycling system in Cornwall – what can you put where?

 

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Bird Maze

Help the momma bird find her nest by tracing a path through the maze.

 

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Love Birds

Which two birds are the same? Help them find their mate.

 

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The Geological Timescale

Learn about the geologic timescale and do some geologic math!

 

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What Comes Next?

Use the animal images to figure out what comes next in the pattern.

 

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Insect Parts Puzzle

Colour in and assemble your own insect while learning about insect anatomy.

 

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Insect Crossword

Test your insect knowledge with this crossword puzzle.

 

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Planet Mnemonic

Complete the planet colouring page, learn the order of the planets and do some planet math

 

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Winter is Coming

Sort these animals based on whether they hibernate or migrate.

 

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Print & Play

Younger students can learn new scientific terms while practicing their writing or completing a word search.

Word Search

Things that go Bump in the Night

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Bird is the Word

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UnbeLEAFable

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Geology Rocks

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Wild about Wildlife

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Ode to our Planet

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Something's Fishy

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Creepy Crawlies

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Writing Practice

Nocturnal

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Bird

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Photosynthesis

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Geology

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Earth Day

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Invertebrate

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Fish

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Wildlife

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