Nature Explorers Zine

Hello parents!  Check below to browse and download our free seasonal zines (mini-magazines) made by local Tacoma artists!  Each one is optimized for print and require assembly.  They focus on science and provide kids with creative activities and information that will help them grow to understand and love nature even more! 


Nature Explorers is a project of Tacoma Tree Foundation.


Trees and Me

Print this mini-zine and activity book. Click here to learn how to put this together once printed.

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How Trees Talk Through the Soil

Learn how fungi and trees are connected! Learn how to bind this once printed here and here

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Watching the Weather

Learn about the water cycle and local weather!

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Winter Time is Rest Time

Download this coloring book for winter!

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How Bees Find Flowers

Find out how bees navigate the world with their unique senses!

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Meet a Moth

Meet your local moths!

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How to Plant a Tree

A simple guide to planting a tree!

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Why do Nettles Sting?

Learn a bit more about this local legend!

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Garry Oaks

Garry Oaks are an important species that thrives in our cities and prairies, and have so many special relationships with different creatures, including the birds that help plant them!

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Super Salamanders

Let's learn about these little critters that call our forests home!

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Spider Season

Fall in the Pacific Northwest means spiders! Let's learn about these little creatures we share our gardens and homes with.

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Bats 

Fall in the Pacific Northwest means spiders! Let's learn about these little creatures we share our gardens and homes with.

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How to identify a Sword Fern

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