This long-waited revision of a popular book provides information and activities to assit educators and parents in exploring the local environment with children.

Fact-filled essays introduce each subject. Field-tested, experiential activities encourage exploration and discovery. Beautiful, scientifically accurate drawings illustrate each topic. Hands on Nature includes more than 40 natural science units grouped around five themes: Adaptations, Cycles, Designs of Nature, Habitats, and Earth and Sky.

This up-to-date, easy-to-use environmental education handbook both enables novice leaders to teach subjects successfully and offers creative new approaches for experienced educators.