What is a Coast Kit?
Thanks to a generous grant from the Community Foundation of the Eastern Shore, Coast Kids will be able to send you Coast Kit boxes instead of doing indoor in-person events throughout the winter. Coast Kits are fun-filled activity packages with all the materials and instructions needed to do Coast Kids events at your home. For example, you can learn about soil chemistry and soil critters, help native pollinators by building a nesting box for solitary bees, or make prints of real animal tracks and start a track journal! All Coast Kits will also have a fun online component and a zoom meeting for questions and show and tell.
Coast Kits will be sent out at a first come, first serve basis as long as the supplies last!
Thanks to a generous grant from the Community Foundation of the Eastern Shore, Coast Kids will be able to send you Coast Kit boxes instead of doing indoor in-person events throughout the winter. Coast Kits are fun-filled activity packages with all the materials and instructions needed to do Coast Kids events at your home. For example, you can learn about soil chemistry and soil critters, help native pollinators by building a nesting box for solitary bees, or make prints of real animal tracks and start a track journal! All Coast Kits will also have a fun online component and a zoom meeting for questions and show and tell.
Coast Kits will be sent out at a first come, first serve basis as long as the supplies last!
Renewable Energy
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Click on the interactive image to learn how to cook s'mores in a solar oven, build an updraft tower, make a model of a water turbine, and create a pinwheel to catch wind energy. |
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How to make a solar oven and a solar updraft tower
How to make a model of a water turbine
How to make a pinwheel
How to make a solar oven and a solar updraft tower
How to make a model of a water turbine
How to make a pinwheel
Chick Shelters
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Click on the interactive image to learn about Black Skimmers, Royal Terns, and Common Terns. Watch the video about the projects background and make a fun camouflage quiz. |
Homemade Birdfood
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Click on the image to learn how to make your own birdfood at home. You'll also find information about 100 common feeder birds, a citizen science project called FeederWatch, beak adaptations, and which other animals enjoy snacking on your bird feeder. |
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List of Ingredients
How to make bird seed cupcakes (video)
How to make bird seed cupcakes (print)
How to make coconut stars for birds (video)
How to make coconut stars for birds (print)
How to make fruit garlands for birds (video)
How to make fruit garlands for birds (print)
List of Ingredients
How to make bird seed cupcakes (video)
How to make bird seed cupcakes (print)
How to make coconut stars for birds (video)
How to make coconut stars for birds (print)
How to make fruit garlands for birds (video)
How to make fruit garlands for birds (print)
Wildlife Signs
Click on the picture to learn how to make a cast of an animal track, dissect an owl pellet, and find lots of different signs of wildlife.
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How to make a cast of an animal track (video)
How to make a cast of an animal track (print)
How to dissect an owl pellet (video)
How to dissect an owl pellet (print)
How to make a cast of an animal track (video)
How to make a cast of an animal track (print)
How to dissect an owl pellet (video)
How to dissect an owl pellet (print)
Native Bees
Click on the image to look inside a native bee nest, learn about native bee species, bee stings, the difference between bees and wasps, and how to help the solitary bees in your yard.
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How to build a nesting box for native bees (video)
How to build a nesting box for native bees (print)
Installing and maintaining your bee box (print)
How to build a nesting box for native bees (video)
How to build a nesting box for native bees (print)
Installing and maintaining your bee box (print)
Soil Science
Click on the picture to learn about soil types, soil chemistry, earthworms and other critters, and decomposers.
Click here to download Life in the Leaf Litter by Elisabeth A. Johnson and Kefyn M Catley
Click here for the soil testing video and the soil testing instructions
Click here for the soil testing video and the soil testing instructions
Make a Flower and Plant Collection
Click on the image to learn how to make a plant press, and for plant field guides, plant ID apps, beautiful craft ideas, science experiments and more.
