Learning Resources for Kids - Activities and Science Experiment
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Learning Resources for Kids - Activities and Science Experiment
Learning Resources for Kids
Our learning resources let you bring the WOW moments home after a visit to
The Bishop.
Here, you can use these printable PDFs and watch videos with simple activities that families and classrooms can do together. These activities can be adapted using a variety of materials and age groups, so use the materials you have on hand to make them your own!
Activities for Early Learners Through Grade 2
Woodland Animal Play
Use your imagination to become two of our favorite fluffy animals, a red fox and a raccoon. These animals like to live in the woods, places with lots of trees, but are often found near humans too.
Activity Guide PDF
Mask Templates PDF
Matter Bingo
Solid, liquid or gas? Matter or non matter? In this bingo game, players look at what is around them as they explore states of matter.
Matter Bingo PDF
Scratch-and-Sniff Paint
Add a sensory twist to your art with home-made scratch-and-sniff paint. This fun craft will bring your art to a whole new level!
Scratch-and-Sniff PDF
Fun Constellations
Create star patterns from the night sky right inside your own home! You can also use your imagination to create your own unique constellations!
Fun With Constellations PDF
Squirrels!
Backyard Butterflies
Tales Under the Tree
Gather the kiddos and settle in for a story to spark their curiosity about science and nature! Join us at
The Bishop
at 3pm every Saturday and Sunday for a special story time.
Tales Under the Tree
takes place under the Ralph S. French Charitable Foundation Mighty Oak in the
Mosaic Backyard Universe
and features a different science or nature-themed book each month, followed by a craft, game, or fun facts related to the story. At the end of each month, a video of the book reading will also be featured on
The Bishop’s
Facebook page
Learn More about Tales Under the Tree.
Activities for Grades 3 Through 5
Bottle Octopus Craft
Build an octopus out of a recycled water bottle. This craft makes a great washable string puppet or an ornament to hang.
Bottle Octopus Craft PDF
Archaeology Cookie Dig
Discover how archaeologists excavate to uncover mysteries about people who lived in the past. The best part? You get to eat the results!
Archaeology Cookie Dig PDF
Fruit Taste Test
Use your senses to carefully compare any fruits you have on hand. You can choose different varieties of the same kind of fruit (like apples!) or pick all different fruits.
Fruit Taste Test PDF
Florida Food Webs
All living things — even you! — must take in energy to survive and thrive. In this activity, learn how energy flows among Florida plants and animals.
Florida Food Webs PDF
Riverine Food Web Cards & Key PDF
For 4th Graders
Companion activities for 4th Grade Core:
Planetarium/Astronomy Activity Page
Manatee Activity Page
General Tour Activity Page
Science Experiment:
Vinegar & Baking Soda, Part 1
Science Experiment:
Vinegar & Baking Soda, Part 2
Will It Flush?
Howard’s Chicks
Activities for Middle Schoolers
Mythical Mysteries
Cultures around the world tell stories of fantastic creatures with otherworldly powers. One of these mythical creatures, the mermaid, is said to have been inspired by one of our favorite animals, the manatee! Using information you have about the world today, try to guess what these people from long ago may have actually seen.
Mythical Mysteries PDF
Who’s That Mythical Creature PDF
What's Your Bird Name?
What’s in a name? The common names of animals often tell us key information about them. Using bits of real bird names and information about yourself, create a brand-new bird name unique to you. Use this name to inspire a scientific illustration of your imaginary bird species.
What’s Your Bird Name PDF
What’s Your Bird Name Key
Where Are We?
Let’s explore our solar system and the components within. Use resources — books, interviews of other people, and internet websites like NASA’s — to answer questions about space and learn something new. Then, use the activity guide and the information provided to replicate your own solar system to scale.
Where Are We PDF
Wegener's Puzzling Evidence
Plate Tectonics is a theory about the movement of continental plates across the earth. It states that the earth’s crust is divided into several plates which slowly move over time as they glide over the hotter rock of the mantle. Alfred Wegener’s evidence led to the acceptance of these gradual but inevitable changes to our earth. In this activity, you will study evidence and come up with your own conclusions about plate tectonics.
Wegener’s Puzzling Evidence PDF
Answer Key
Save the Cube!
Learn how heat energy transfers using materials found inside your home to create an insulation layer to prevent an ice cube from melting outside.
Save the Cube PDF
Scott’s Marshy Backyard
Tiffany and Sultana
Activities for High Schoolers
Plate Tectonics Tennis Ball Globe
Envisioning continental movements occurring in the theory of plate tectonics can be difficult, especially if it is portrayed only in two dimensions. In this activity, you will create a model to visualize the continental plates in their true orientation, on a 3-dimensional globe.
Plate Tectonics PDF
Dissolving Shells
As our oceans absorb more carbon dioxide, they become more acidic. In this experiment, you will explore how extended exposure to acid affects calcium carbonate shells.
Dissolving Shells PDF
Deciphering Diets
As we look into our planet’s past, we piece together whatever evidence we can find to create a picture of lands and living things lost to time. Use clues from Columbian mammoth and American mastodon fossils and preserved dung to recreate the diets of these animals tens of thousands of years in the past.
Deciphering Diets PDF
Deciphering Diets Clues & Clueboards
Microphotography with Scott
Howard’s Backyard
Pine Island Sound with
Kevin & Nadine
Florida’s Fantasic Fossils
Family Fun: Learning and Games
Earth Day Scavenger Hunt
Solve Earth-related challenges as you learn how to keep our planet healthy on Earth Day.
Earth Day Scavenger Hunt PDF
Fractions Hopscotch
Grab some sidewalk chalk and practice fractions with family and friends!
Fractions Hopscotch PDF
Manatee Migration Game
During this game, players pretend they’re manatees migrating to their warm-water refuges.
Manatee Migration Game PDF
Museum Display Case
Learn how to be a museum exhibitor by designing and building your own museum display case to showcase your favorite rock, shell, toy, or other treasure!
Museum Display Case PDF
Display Case Template
Sound Bingo
Car horn, dog barking or water dripping? What kinds of sounds do you hear around your house and yard? In this bingo game, players listen for what is around them.
Sound Bingo PDF
Additional Recommended Resources
Smithsonian Learning Lab
has a plethora of videos and pictures, with resources specifically geared to distance learning.
Don’t miss
WEDU PBS At-Home Learning
for resources suitable for kids of all ages.
WEDU Kids
has events, games, activities and more.
Be sure to check out Manatee County’s
Soar in 4 Manatee Community
.
For earth science, physics, and space:
Try the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s
education page
and the U.S. Geological Survey’s
resources for teachers
page.
For more out-of-this-world science, check out NASA’s
astronomy pages
, its
site for middle-schoolers
and, for younger kids,
space place
. Sleepoplis also has a neat infographic about
constellations.
For engineering and math challenges, try the
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
.
For animals and the outdoors:
Florida’s Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission
(FWC) has plenty of good info and downloadable activities on Florida wildlife.
Audubon has some great
outdoor activities
The Florida Museum Natural History has a
whole suite of resources
— from coloring pages and videos to keys and identification guides.
10am—5pm Tuesday—Saturday | Noon—5pm Sunday | Closed Monday
In Celebration of the Grand Parade, The Bishop will be closing at 4pm on Saturday, April 25, 2026.
For information on the Hernando De Soto Historical Society Grand Parade road closures, visit
desotohq.com/grand-parade.
Learning Resources for Kids
Our learning resources let you bring the WOW moments home after a visit to
The Bishop.
Here, you can use these printable PDFs and watch videos with simple activities that families and classrooms can do together. These activities can be adapted using a variety of materials and age groups, so use the materials you have on hand to make them your own!
Activities for Early Learners Through Grade 2
Woodland Animal Play
Use your imagination to become two of our favorite fluffy animals, a red fox and a raccoon. These animals like to live in the woods, places with lots of trees, but are often found near humans too.
Activity Guide PDF
Mask Templates PDF
Matter Bingo
Solid, liquid or gas? Matter or non matter? In this bingo game, players look at what is around them as they explore states of matter.
Matter Bingo PDF
Scratch-and-Sniff Paint
Add a sensory twist to your art with home-made scratch-and-sniff paint. This fun craft will bring your art to a whole new level!
Scratch-and-Sniff PDF
Fun Constellations
Create star patterns from the night sky right inside your own home! You can also use your imagination to create your own unique constellations!
Fun With Constellations PDF
Squirrels!
Backyard Butterflies
Tales Under the Tree
Gather the kiddos and settle in for a story to spark their curiosity about science and nature! Join us at
The Bishop
at 3pm every Saturday and Sunday for a special story time.
Tales Under the Tree
takes place under the Ralph S. French Charitable Foundation Mighty Oak in the
Mosaic Backyard Universe
and features a different science or nature-themed book each month, followed by a craft, game, or fun facts related to the story. At the end of each month, a video of the book reading will also be featured on
The Bishop’s
Facebook page
Learn More about Tales Under the Tree.
Activities for Grades 3 Through 5
Bottle Octopus Craft
Build an octopus out of a recycled water bottle. This craft makes a great washable string puppet or an ornament to hang.
Bottle Octopus Craft PDF
Archaeology Cookie Dig
Discover how archaeologists excavate to uncover mysteries about people who lived in the past. The best part? You get to eat the results!
Archaeology Cookie Dig PDF
Fruit Taste Test
Use your senses to carefully compare any fruits you have on hand. You can choose different varieties of the same kind of fruit (like apples!) or pick all different fruits.
Fruit Taste Test PDF
Florida Food Webs
All living things — even you! — must take in energy to survive and thrive. In this activity, learn how energy flows among Florida plants and animals.
Florida Food Webs PDF
Riverine Food Web Cards & Key PDF
For 4th Graders
Companion activities for 4th Grade Core:
Planetarium/Astronomy Activity Page
Manatee Activity Page
General Tour Activity Page
Science Experiment:
Vinegar & Baking Soda, Part 1
Science Experiment:
Vinegar & Baking Soda, Part 2
Will It Flush?
Howard’s Chicks
Activities for Middle Schoolers
Mythical Mysteries
Cultures around the world tell stories of fantastic creatures with otherworldly powers. One of these mythical creatures, the mermaid, is said to have been inspired by one of our favorite animals, the manatee! Using information you have about the world today, try to guess what these people from long ago may have actually seen.
Mythical Mysteries PDF
Who’s That Mythical Creature PDF
What's Your Bird Name?
What’s in a name? The common names of animals often tell us key information about them. Using bits of real bird names and information about yourself, create a brand-new bird name unique to you. Use this name to inspire a scientific illustration of your imaginary bird species.
What’s Your Bird Name PDF
What’s Your Bird Name Key
Where Are We?
Let’s explore our solar system and the components within. Use resources — books, interviews of other people, and internet websites like NASA’s — to answer questions about space and learn something new. Then, use the activity guide and the information provided to replicate your own solar system to scale.
Where Are We PDF
Wegener's Puzzling Evidence
Plate Tectonics is a theory about the movement of continental plates across the earth. It states that the earth’s crust is divided into several plates which slowly move over time as they glide over the hotter rock of the mantle. Alfred Wegener’s evidence led to the acceptance of these gradual but inevitable changes to our earth. In this activity, you will study evidence and come up with your own conclusions about plate tectonics.
Wegener’s Puzzling Evidence PDF
Answer Key
Save the Cube!
Learn how heat energy transfers using materials found inside your home to create an insulation layer to prevent an ice cube from melting outside.
Save the Cube PDF
Scott’s Marshy Backyard
Tiffany and Sultana
Activities for High Schoolers
Plate Tectonics Tennis Ball Globe
Envisioning continental movements occurring in the theory of plate tectonics can be difficult, especially if it is portrayed only in two dimensions. In this activity, you will create a model to visualize the continental plates in their true orientation, on a 3-dimensional globe.
Plate Tectonics PDF
Dissolving Shells
As our oceans absorb more carbon dioxide, they become more acidic. In this experiment, you will explore how extended exposure to acid affects calcium carbonate shells.
Dissolving Shells PDF
Deciphering Diets
As we look into our planet’s past, we piece together whatever evidence we can find to create a picture of lands and living things lost to time. Use clues from Columbian mammoth and American mastodon fossils and preserved dung to recreate the diets of these animals tens of thousands of years in the past.
Deciphering Diets PDF
Deciphering Diets Clues & Clueboards
Microphotography with Scott
Howard’s Backyard
Pine Island Sound with
Kevin & Nadine
Florida’s Fantasic Fossils
Family Fun: Learning and Games
Earth Day Scavenger Hunt
Solve Earth-related challenges as you learn how to keep our planet healthy on Earth Day.
Earth Day Scavenger Hunt PDF
Fractions Hopscotch
Grab some sidewalk chalk and practice fractions with family and friends!
Fractions Hopscotch PDF
Manatee Migration Game
During this game, players pretend they’re manatees migrating to their warm-water refuges.
Manatee Migration Game PDF
Museum Display Case
Learn how to be a museum exhibitor by designing and building your own museum display case to showcase your favorite rock, shell, toy, or other treasure!
Museum Display Case PDF
Display Case Template
Sound Bingo
Car horn, dog barking or water dripping? What kinds of sounds do you hear around your house and yard? In this bingo game, players listen for what is around them.
Sound Bingo PDF
Additional Recommended Resources
Smithsonian Learning Lab
has a plethora of videos and pictures, with resources specifically geared to distance learning.
Don’t miss
WEDU PBS At-Home Learning
for resources suitable for kids of all ages.
WEDU Kids
has events, games, activities and more.
Be sure to check out Manatee County’s
Soar in 4 Manatee Community
.
For earth science, physics, and space:
Try the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s
education page
and the U.S. Geological Survey’s
resources for teachers
page.
For more out-of-this-world science, check out NASA’s
astronomy pages
, its
site for middle-schoolers
and, for younger kids,
space place
. Sleepoplis also has a neat infographic about
constellations.
For engineering and math challenges, try the
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
.
For animals and the outdoors:
Florida’s Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission
(FWC) has plenty of good info and downloadable activities on Florida wildlife.
Audubon has some great
outdoor activities
The Florida Museum Natural History has a
whole suite of resources
— from coloring pages and videos to keys and identification guides.
10am—5pm Tuesday—Saturday | Noon—5pm Sunday | Closed Monday
In Celebration of the Grand Parade, The Bishop will be closing at 4pm on Saturday, April 25, 2026.
For information on the Hernando De Soto Historical Society Grand Parade road closures, visit
desotohq.com/grand-parade.