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Science and nature

The lessons in teaching order, youngest first. Led mostly by Oodle, with friends joining in.

Ages 3 to 4

  1. My Five Senses with Oodle

    With Oodle About 2 min

    Teaches: five senses

  2. Textures with Oodle

    With Oodle About 1 min

    Teaches: textures (properties)

    Builds on: My Five Senses with Oodle

  3. Sounds Around Us with Oodle

    With Oodle About 1 min

    Teaches: sounds around us (hearing)

    Builds on: Textures with Oodle

  4. Tastes with Oodle

    With Oodle Under 1 min

    Teaches: tastes

    Builds on: Sounds Around Us with Oodle

  5. Animal Homes with Oodle

    With Oodle About 1 min

    Teaches: animal homes

    Builds on: Tastes with Oodle

  6. Day Sky, Night Sky with Boo

    With Boo

    Teaches: space: day sky and night sky

    Builds on: Morning, Noon and Night with Loo

    Coming soon
  7. Who Lives on the Reef? with Finn

    With Finn

    Teaches: life science: ocean animals and their homes

    Builds on: Animal Homes with Oodle

    Coming soon
  8. Fur, Feathers and Scales with Oodle

    With Oodle

    Teaches: life science: animal coverings

    Builds on: Textures with Oodle, Animal Homes with Oodle

    Coming soon
  9. Rocks in My Garden with Pokey

    With Pokey

    Teaches: earth science: rocks (hard, big and small, smooth and rough, colors)

    Builds on: Textures with Oodle

    Coming soon
  10. Baby Animals Grow Up with Rory

    With Rory

    Teaches: life science: young animals grow and look like their parents

    Builds on: Animal Homes with Oodle

    Coming soon
  11. What's in the Dirt? with Zip

    With Zip

    Teaches: earth science: what soil is made of

    Builds on: My Five Senses with Oodle, Textures with Oodle

    Coming soon

Ages 4 to 5

  1. The Four Seasons with Petal

    With Petal About 2 min

    Teaches: seasons

    Builds on: Mixing Colors with Petal

  2. Weather Words with Petal

    With Petal

    Teaches: weather

    Builds on: The Four Seasons with Petal

    Coming soon
  3. Push and Pull with Oodle

    With Oodle

    Teaches: forces: push and pull

    Builds on: Opposites with Oodle

    Coming soon
  4. What Plants Need with Petal

    With Petal

    Teaches: what plants need

    Builds on: The Four Seasons with Petal, Weather Words with Petal, Waiting and Patience with Pokey

    Coming soon
  5. Sink or Float with Oodle

    With Oodle

    Teaches: matter: sink or float

    Builds on: Textures with Oodle, Push and Pull with Oodle

    Coming soon
  6. Night Animals with Boo

    With Boo

    Teaches: night animals

    Builds on: Near and Far with Boo, Animal Homes with Oodle, Morning, Noon and Night with Loo

    Coming soon
  7. What Animals Need with Oodle

    With Oodle

    Teaches: what animals need

    Builds on: What Plants Need with Petal, Animal Homes with Oodle

    Coming soon
  8. Light and Shadow with Petal

    With Petal

    Teaches: sunlight and shadow

    Builds on: What Plants Need with Petal

    Coming soon
  9. Butterfly Life Cycle with Pokey

    With Pokey

    Teaches: butterfly life cycle

    Builds on: Waiting and Patience with Pokey, Healthy Habits with Pokey

    Coming soon
  10. Ice and Water with Oodle

    With Oodle

    Teaches: matter: melt and freeze

    Builds on: Sink or Float with Oodle

    Coming soon
  11. The Moon's Shapes with Boo

    With Boo

    Teaches: space: moon shapes (phases observed)

    Builds on: Day Sky, Night Sky with Boo

    Coming soon
  12. From Egg to Hen with Clover

    With Clover

    Teaches: life science: chicken life cycle

    Builds on: Butterfly Life Cycle with Pokey, First, Second, Third with Clover

    Coming soon
  13. How Many Legs? with Dot

    With Dot

    Teaches: life science: counting legs across animal groups

    Builds on: Counting 6 to 10 with Clover, Quick Look with Dot

    Coming soon
  14. Sounds Are Wiggles with Hazel

    With Hazel

    Teaches: physical science: sound is vibration

    Builds on: Loud and Quiet with Hazel, Shake, Tap, Strum and Blow with Hazel, Sounds Around Us with Oodle

    Coming soon
  15. Where Pebbles Come From with Oodle

    With Oodle

    Teaches: earth science: rocks become pebbles and sand

    Builds on: Rocks in My Garden with Pokey, Textures with Oodle

    Coming soon
  16. Where Does the Rain Go? with Petal

    With Petal

    Teaches: earth science: water cycle (rain, puddles, clouds)

    Builds on: Weather Words with Petal, Ice and Water with Oodle

    Coming soon
  17. Cloud Watching with Pearl

    With Pearl

    Teaches: earth science: clouds and weather

    Builds on: Weather Words with Petal, Where Does the Rain Go? with Petal

    Coming soon
  18. Kind to Wild Animals with Pom

    With Pom

    Teaches: life science and earth care: caring for wildlife

    Builds on: What Animals Need with Oodle, Gentle Hands and Personal Space with Pom

    Coming soon
  19. Ramps and Rolling with Zip

    With Zip

    Teaches: physical science: ramps, rolling and sliding

    Builds on: Push and Pull with Oodle, Fast and Slow with Zip

    Coming soon

Ages 5 to 6

  1. Living or Not Living with Oodle

    With Oodle

    Teaches: living and nonliving

    Builds on: Ice and Water with Oodle, What Animals Need with Oodle

    Coming soon
  2. Parts of a Plant with Petal

    With Petal

    Teaches: parts of a plant

    Builds on: What Plants Need with Petal, Light and Shadow with Petal

    Coming soon
  3. Reduce, Reuse, Recycle with Oodle

    With Oodle

    Teaches: reduce, reuse, recycle

    Builds on: Living or Not Living with Oodle

    Coming soon
  4. Colors That Hide with Petal

    With Petal

    Teaches: camouflage

    Builds on: Parts of a Plant with Petal, Light and Dark with Petal

    Coming soon
  5. Why We Have Day and Night with Boo

    With Boo

    Teaches: space: Earth spins, day and night

    Builds on: Day Sky, Night Sky with Boo, Morning, Noon and Night with Loo

    Coming soon
  6. Stars in the Sky with Clover

    With Clover

    Teaches: space: stars are faraway suns

    Builds on: Day Sky, Night Sky with Boo

    Coming soon
  7. Sand and Clay with Dot

    With Dot

    Teaches: earth science: properties of sand, clay and soil (water test)

    Builds on: What's in the Dirt? with Zip, Where Pebbles Come From with Oodle, Sorting with Dot

    Coming soon
  8. Living in the Desert with Dot

    With Dot

    Teaches: life science: habitat and adaptations (desert)

    Builds on: What Animals Need with Oodle, What Plants Need with Petal, Night Animals with Boo, How Many Legs? with Dot

    Coming soon
  9. Reef Builders with Finn

    With Finn

    Teaches: earth and life science: animals change their environment (coral, parrotfish)

    Builds on: Who Lives on the Reef? with Finn, Living or Not Living with Oodle

    Coming soon
  10. Thunder and Lightning with Hazel

    With Hazel

    Teaches: earth and physical science: storms, light travels faster than sound, storm safety

    Builds on: Sounds Are Wiggles with Hazel, Weather Words with Petal, Cloud Watching with Pearl

    Coming soon
  11. The Sun Across the Sky with Loo

    With Loo

    Teaches: space: the sun's daily path and shadows (east, west, sundial)

    Builds on: Morning, Noon and Night with Loo, Light and Shadow with Petal, What Time Is It? with Loo, Why We Have Day and Night with Boo

    Coming soon
  12. From Acorn to Oak with Loo

    With Loo

    Teaches: life science: plant life cycle (acorn to oak)

    Builds on: What Plants Need with Petal, Parts of a Plant with Petal, Butterfly Life Cycle with Pokey

    Coming soon
  13. Animal Groups with Oodle

    With Oodle

    Teaches: life science: animal groups (mammals, birds, fish, reptiles, amphibians, insects)

    Builds on: Fur, Feathers and Scales with Oodle, How Many Legs? with Dot, Living or Not Living with Oodle

    Coming soon
  14. Magnets with Oodle

    With Oodle

    Teaches: physical science: magnets attract iron and steel, push and pull

    Builds on: Push and Pull with Oodle, Living or Not Living with Oodle

    Coming soon
  15. From Tadpole to Frog with Pearl

    With Pearl

    Teaches: life science: frog life cycle

    Builds on: Butterfly Life Cycle with Pokey, From Egg to Hen with Clover

    Coming soon
  16. Where Rainbows Come From with Petal

    With Petal

    Teaches: physical science: sunlight holds all colors (rainbows)

    Builds on: Rainbow Order with Petal, Light and Shadow with Petal, Where Does the Rain Go? with Petal

    Coming soon

Ages 6 to 8

  1. Why the Moon Changes with Boo

    With Boo

    Teaches: space: moon phases explained (reflect, orbit, waxing, waning)

    Builds on: The Moon's Shapes with Boo, Why We Have Day and Night with Boo

    Coming soon
  2. The Eight Planets with Clover

    With Clover

    Teaches: space: the eight planets and orbits

    Builds on: Stars in the Sky with Clover, Why We Have Day and Night with Boo

    Coming soon
  3. Water's Big Trip with Finn

    With Finn

    Teaches: earth science: the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)

    Builds on: Where Does the Rain Go? with Petal, Cloud Watching with Pearl, Ice and Water with Oodle

    Coming soon
  4. Backbones in the Reef with Finn

    With Finn

    Teaches: life science: vertebrates and invertebrates

    Builds on: Animal Groups with Oodle, Who Lives on the Reef? with Finn

    Coming soon
  5. Weather Watchers with Loo

    With Loo

    Teaches: earth science: measuring weather (thermometer, rain gauge, wind sock, chart)

    Builds on: Weather Words with Petal, Measure It with Loo, Where Does the Rain Go? with Petal

    Coming soon
  6. Why Boats Float with Oodle

    With Oodle

    Teaches: physical science: shape and buoyancy

    Builds on: Sink or Float with Oodle, Push and Pull with Oodle

    Coming soon
  7. Light on My Pond with Pearl

    With Pearl

    Teaches: physical science: reflection, transparent, translucent, opaque, bending light

    Builds on: Light and Shadow with Petal, Why the Moon Changes with Boo

    Coming soon
  8. Long Days, Short Days with Petal

    With Petal

    Teaches: space: daylight and sun height change with the seasons

    Builds on: The Four Seasons with Petal, Light and Shadow with Petal, The Sun Across the Sky with Loo, Why We Have Day and Night with Boo

    Coming soon
  9. Pollinators with Petal

    With Petal

    Teaches: life science: pollination and caring for pollinators

    Builds on: Parts of a Plant with Petal, What Plants Need with Petal

    Coming soon
  10. How Land Changes Slowly with Pokey

    With Pokey

    Teaches: earth science: weathering and erosion

    Builds on: Rocks in My Garden with Pokey, Where Pebbles Come From with Oodle, Sand and Clay with Dot

    Coming soon
  11. Life Cycles Compared with Pokey

    With Pokey

    Teaches: life science: comparing life cycles (metamorphosis or not)

    Builds on: Butterfly Life Cycle with Pokey, From Egg to Hen with Clover, From Tadpole to Frog with Pearl, From Acorn to Oak with Loo

    Coming soon
  12. Slippery or Grippy? with Rory

    With Rory

    Teaches: physical science: friction

    Builds on: Ramps and Rolling with Zip, Push and Pull with Oodle

    Coming soon
  13. Think Like a Scientist with Oodle

    With Oodle

    Teaches: science practice: question, prediction, fair test, observe, conclusion

    Builds on: Why Boats Float with Oodle, Sink or Float with Oodle

    Coming soon
  14. Solid, Liquid, Gas with Oodle

    With Oodle

    Teaches: states of matter: solid, liquid, gas; water as all three

    Builds on: Ice and Water with Oodle, Think Like a Scientist with Oodle

    Coming soon