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Experiments, Games and Activities

There are lots of things you can do on your own to learn about plants other than just reading about them.  We have just a few ideas to get you started, but you can probably make up some on your own too!

WCROC Children's GardenExperiments

My First Garden
EPA for Kids 
Creating a Butterfly Garden 
Plant a Pizza Garden
Planting a Prairie Garden
Pizza Box Solar Oven
Prairie Treasure Scavenger Hunt
Biome in a Baggie
Monarchs and Migration 
Environmental Kids Club 

WCROC Children's Garden, Spitting FrogsGames

Bird Nest Game
Bird Migration Game
Butterfly Matching Game
Nutrition Sleuth

Activities

  • Make a Bird Feeder (pdf)
  • National Geographic Kids Activities
  • Button Flowers (pdf)
  • Make your own recycled paper (pdf)
  • Bird Songs
  • Build a Nest
  • Make a rain stick
  • Mud painting
  • Bird coloring pages

Our Public Gardens

  • Children's Garden
  • Gardens and Collections
  • Give to the Garden
  • Pomme de Terre Overlook
  • Stay Connected

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West Central Research and Outreach Center
46352 State Hwy 329 | Morris, MN 56267
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Phone: (320) 589-1711 | Fax: (320) 589-4870

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