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Photo courtesy of Lisa DeRado Lisa DeRado is the Director of the Cortland County Teacher Center and Co-Director of the NYS Southern Tier Teacher Center Network where she coordinates local and regional learning and training opportunities for teachers. Prior to that Lisa…

Beginning birding with your students? Use these helpful tips to discover bird id with your students! By teaching your students how to identify some birds, you can help make them more aware of your local biological diversity and more attentive to your local environment in general.

Standardized tests… crowded classrooms… too many things to do in a 6-hour school day.  What can you do? Take your students out for a walk! Our world is full of technology that helps us communicate, learn, and play. Recently, Common…

Find our most popular resources by themes. For resources by grade level, please visit  Lessons and Activities. Habitat Owl Pellet Investigation helps students understand ecological roles and food webs. (Grades 3-8) Feathered Friends provides ways to understand habitat through local birds. (Grades…

Students from Eldoret Polytechnic practiced their skills in birdwatching at biodiversity-rich sites.

The educational program Detectave teaches the public to analyze social and environmental issues as well as value the importance of conserving biodiversity.

Mrs. Hoidal, a teacher in Chebeague Island,engages her students in migratory bird studies by having them take flight! Together, they produced a video of common birds found on the island year-round. In another video, the Pre-K – 2nd grade students…

Since 2009, students at Sidwell Friends Middle School have been recording wildlife sightings which have included hawks and owls.

Thanks to a grant from Alaska Fertilizer and The Cornell Lab students in Yonkers, NY built a garden to learn about the natural world.