100 Things To Study In Your Backyard

Looking for inspiration for a new study or something to spark new interest? Look no further than your own backyard! No matter what the size, your yard holds tons of opportunities to study nature, physics, chemistry, art and more. Use this list of 100 things to study in your backyard for ideas to get you started and go from there.

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Plants

Fall Leaves Study

Fall Leaf Hunt

Leaf Study

How Do Leaves Breathe

Square Foot Garden

Flower Dissection

Seed Study

Wildflower Identification

Wildflower Study

Bark

Pinecones

Measuring Plant Growth

Animals

Birds

Bird Nests

American Robin

Winter Foods For Birds

Animal Tracks

Animal Tracks ID

Squirrels

Bats

Tadpoles

Owl Pellets

 Owls

Toads

Observing Worms

Insects And Spiders

Butterflies

Bees

Honey Bees

Benefits Of Insects

Spiders

Spider Webs

Bug Activities

Build A Ladybug House

Tell the temperature with crickets

Ants

Pill Bugs

Weather

Using Clouds To Predict The Weather

Storms

DIY Weather Station

Make A Weather Vane

Evaporation Experiment

Frozen Bubbles

Measuring Snow

Snowflake Science

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Sun and Stars

Learn Summer Constellations

Solar Magnification

Solar System

Human Sun Dial

Make A Solar Oven 

Solar Prints

Use the sun’s energy to heat water

Astronomy events

Rocks And Dirt

10 Ways To Study Rocks

Dirt Experiment

Make A Compost Bin

Soil Science

Rocks and mineral testing

Sandbox Science

Citizen Science

Backyard Bark Beetles

Great Sunflower Project

Urban Buzz – cicada project

Great Backyard Bird Count

Squirrel Mapper

Monarch SOS

eBird

Bugs In Our Backyard

Dark Sky Meter

Big Butterfly Count

eButterfly

Native Buzz – Bees

Bumblebee Watch

American Kestrel Partnership

Butterflies And Moths Of North America

Yard Map

Project Noah

Nest Watch

Nature’s Notebook

S’COOL – Students Cloud Observations Online

Bud Burst

Fire Fly Watch

Discovery

Square Foot Nature Study

Life Under A Log

Patterns In Nature

Physics

Kite Science

Make A Balance

Chemistry

DIY Backyard Bubbles

Bubble Science Experiments 

Bottle Rockets

Safe “explosion” experiments

Exploding Sidewalk Chalk

Mentos And Soda

Alka Seltzer Rockets

Snow Volcano