Outdoor Learning Activities, or OLAs, are educator-validated activities that teach students environmental concepts in a quick, fun, and engaging way.
We use OLAs during conservation projects and events, and offer them as an open-source tool for other environmental groups to use in their work.
Average duration: 10 minutes // Aimed at grades K-8 // Designed by students, for educators // Made in 2022
Importance of Planting Native Plants
Food Webs
Carbon Footprint
Water Management
Importance of Waste Disposal
E-waste
Island Biogeography
Acid Rain
The Tragedy of the Commons
Adaptations
10% Rule
Carrying Capacity
Greenwashing
Plastic Pollution
Fishing and Hunting
Invasive and Endangered Species
Herbicides and Pesticides
Net Zero
Ethics of the Meat Industry
Noise Pollution
Fire Ecology/Forest Fires
Coral reefs and Ocean Acidification
Ozone Depletion
Age Structure Diagrams
Competition in Ecosystems
Land Desertification
Clearcutting
K-selected and r-selected species
Irrigation Methods
Renewable Energy
Overfishing
Light Pollution
Ecological Succession
Solar Power Generation
The Green Revolution
Nuclear Energy
Wind Power Generation
Hydroelectric Power Generation
The Future of Climate Change
Effects of Common Pollutants
Eutrophication and Hypoxia
Human Chemical Disturbance
Ethanol
Landfills
Vegan/Vegetarian for the Environment
Urban Planning and Environmental Justice
Ecological Tolerance
Limnology

