Kids Games & Activities

In this virtual rainforest visit you will learn about biodiversity and community livelihoods in El Salvador. Teachers can access the slide show script here [PDF].

In this virtual rainforest visit you will learn about the people and wildlife of Honduras.

Make your own terrarium out of a plastic bottle. 

Aztecs and Mayans first created xocolatl, a hot chocolate drink often mixed with vanilla or chili peppers. Cocoa beans were so highly valued, they were used as money until the 1800s. Ecuador was once the primary producer of cocoa, but today about 80 percent is grown in the West African nations of Côte d’Ivoire and […]

Make a paper bromeliad! What you will need: A 10-ounce plastic or paper cup Green and red construction paper Scissors Glue Colored markers or crayons Water What to do: Cut out Pattern A, leaving Pattern B inside it. Trace around Pattern A on red paper. Then cut out Pattern B (the green pattern). Trace around […]

Popular around the globe for their beauty and variety, orchids are the largest family of plants in the entire world. There are 25,000-30,000 different species of orchid, at least 10,000 of which can be found in the tropics. Orchid species can differ greatly from one another, with extreme variations in size, weight and color.