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
