With students attending school from home due to COVID-19 and many outdoor activities on hold as we enter the cold and rainy season, we’ve refreshed our list of activities to help keep kids engaged and learning.
Below is a variety of worksheets, videos, games, coloring pages and other activities for students of all ages, informed by our partnership with Portland Public Schools as we continue to develop the first ever fully-integrated K-12 Climate Literacy curriculum.
Some of these activities will require a printer but many can be completed using a smartphone or laptop. Many of these options can be used to support learning taking place in the online classroom, while others are just for fun. Check out the table below for grade level-appropriate options.
Kindergarten to Fifth Grade
Activity: Healthy or Harmful? 
Life Science:Â Parents and their Offspring Materials:Â Access to a computer and printer
Activity: Recipe for Hydropower
Physical Science:Â Pushes and Pulls Materials:Â Access to a computer and printer
Video: Virtual tour of Pelton Round Butte hydropower project and Q&A with a biologist 
Life Science:Â Animals, Plants & Their Environment Materials:Â Access to a computer, tablet or smartphone
Video: Virtual tour of Pelton Round Butte hydropower project (without biologist Q&A)
Life Science:Â Animals, Plants & Their Environment Materials:Â Access to a computer, tablet or smartphone
Video: Harborton Habitat Restoration
Life Science:Â Animals, Plants & Their Environment Materials:Â Access to a computer, tablet or smartphone
Virtual Speaker Request (min. of 10 children): Host a conversation with a fish biologist or wildlife expert
Life Science Materials:Â Access to a computer, tablet or smartphone
Deeper Dive: Become a Junior Ranger
Life Science Materials:Â Access to a computer, tablet or smartphone
Middle School
Activity: Restore Your River
Life Science: Ecology Materials:Â Access to a computer and printer
Virtual Speaker Request (min of 10 children): Host a conversation with a fish biologist
Life Science Materials:Â Access to a computer, tablet or smartphone
Video: Virtual tour of downstream fish passage on the Clackamas
Life Science: Ecology Materials:Â Access to a computer, tablet or smartphone
Video: Acoustic Telemetry study behind the scenes
Life Science: Ecology Materials:Â Access to a computer, tablet or smartphone
Activity: Deschutes Activities Packet
Just for fun Materials:Â Access to a computer and printer
Activity: Camp-in campout activity card
Just for fun Materials:Â Access to a computer and printer
High School
Video: Drone on the Range
Next Generation Science Standards 11.1 Eco-diversity and Biodiversity Materials:Â Access to a computer, tablet or smartphone
Activity: Juniper, Fire and Wildlife
Next Generation Science Standards 11.1 Eco-diversity and Biodiversity Materials:Â Access to a computer and printer
Video: Mini Sharma-Ogle: What is my role?
Portland Public Schools 11/12 Climate Elective, Unit 1: Intro to Climate Change and Climate Justice Materials:Â Access to a computer, tablet or smartphone
Video: Gonzalo Mendez: What is my role?
Portland Public Schools 11/12 Climate Elective Unit 2: Climate Science and Climate Resilience Materials:Â Access to a computer, tablet or smartphone
Video: Elysia Treanor & Elaine Hart: What is my role?
Portland Public Schools 11/12 Climate Elective Unit 3: Climate Change Effects, Impacts and Solutions Materials:Â Access to a computer, tablet or smartphone
Video: Caitlin Horsley: What is my role?
Portland Public Schools 11/12 Climate Elective Unit 3: Climate Change Effects, Impacts and Solutions Materials:Â Access to a computer, tablet or smartphone
Video: Geoff Moore: What is my role?
Portland Public Schools 11/12 Climate Elective Unit 3: Climate Change Effects, Impacts and Solutions Materials:Â Access to a computer, tablet or smartphone
Video: McKena Miyashiro & Cristian Salgado: What is my role?
Portland Public Schools 11/12 Climate Elective Unit 4: Climate Justice Politics and Economics Materials: Access to a computer, tablet or smartphone
Virtual Speaker Request (min of 10 students): Host a conversation with a terrestrial biologist
Next Generation Science Standards 11.1 Eco-diversity and Biodiversity Materials:Â Access to a computer, tablet or smartphone
Virtual Speaker Request (min of 10 students): Host a conversation with a water quality specialist
Next Generation Science Standards 10.3 Elements and Periodic Table Materials:Â Access to a computer, tablet or smartphone
Safety, savings and energy
Worksheet: Clean Energy Word Search
Clean Energy Materials:Â Access to a computer and printer
Worksheet: Clean Energy Word Game
Clean Energy Materials:Â Access to a computer and printer
Worksheet: Energy-Saving Coloring Page - Kitchen
Energy Saving Materials:Â Access to a computer and printer
Worksheet: Energy-Saving Coloring Page - Living Room
Energy Saving Materials:Â Access to a computer and printer
Video: Steer Clear of Electric Sockets
Electrical Safety Materials:Â Access to a computer, tablet or smartphone
Video: Don’t Touch Downed Power Lines
Electrical Safety Materials:Â Access to a computer, tablet or smartphone
Video: Look Up Before You Play
Electrical Safety Materials:Â Access to a computer, tablet or smartphone
Video: Electricity and Water Don’t Mix
Electrical Safety Materials:Â Access to a computer, tablet or smartphone