SAC Kits for OST Programs

Bug Safari explores small creatures with big environmental impacts. On local field expeditions, youth search for bugs, collect specimens, and post photographs to iNaturalist—a citizen science project and online social network for nature research. Working with scientists and other students, youth identify arthropod species and document habitat conditions that influence our planet’s health.

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• Engineer an Arthropod
• Tools of the Trade
• Bug Safari Kit & Refill Materials
• NGSS Connections

Bird Scouts explores feathers, flight, and the features that make birds unique. Using tools and technology, youth identify local species and investigate environmental changes that impact bird behavior. The checklists youth submit to eBird—a citizen science project from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology—help scientists track changes in bird distribution and abundance across the globe.

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• Build a Bird
• Bird Counts
• Bird Scouts Kit & Refill Materials
• NGSS Connections

Cloud Quest explores the impact of clouds on weather and climate. Using the GLOBE Observer citizen science platform, youth identify sky conditions and report their discoveries to NASA. Researchers map these observations against satellite image data to study how clouds influence the flow of energy through Earth’s atmosphere.

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• Build a Satellite
• Connect to NASA
• Cloud Quest Kit & Refill Materials
• NGSS Connections