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    Building Literacy Through Nature

    Online resources and links for the K-2 eBird Kit. Find all the digital tools you need to accompany your kit.

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    By Science Theme

    Find our most popular resources by themes. For resources by grade level, please visit  Lessons and Activities.

    Habitat Connections is a kit that engages kids with their local environment. (Grades 3-8)

    Owl Pellet Investigation helps students understand ecological roles and food webs. (Grades 3-8)

    Feathered Friends…

  • Career Day: Education and Outreach Blog

    If you missed the Education and Outreach session of our Conservation Career Day, read on! Our very own Jennifer Fee, Manager of K-12 Education, facilitated the panel. She began by describing how she pursued a career in environmental education since…

  • Career Day: Engineering & Technology Session

    The Engineering and Technology session of The Earth is My Boss: Conservation Career Day had a panel of four talented professionals who shared their experiences using technology and engineering to protect the Earth. Our very own Susan Licher, Project Assistant…

  • Career Day: Science and Conservation Biology

    The Cornell Lab of Ornithology K-12 Team hosted an awesome Conservation Career Day called The Earth is my Boss! We had speakers from all over the world talk about their careers in environmental conservation. The first session, Science and Conservation…

  • Career Day: Wildlife Veterinary & Rehabilitation Session

    The Wildlife Veterinary & Rehabilitation session, facilitated by Kayla Shelley, gave incredible insight into the amazing careers you can pursue when you make Earth your boss! Kayla, a member of the K-12 Team, is a senior studying animal science and…

  • Celestron Binocular Grant

    Our friends at Celestron are supporting 12 classrooms who engage in participatory science or nature-based inquiry projects that could benefit from having high-quality optics. Whether you’re watching a bird feeder, going out on regular bird walks, or participating in a bio blitz,…

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    Citizen Science in a Backyard Wetland Environment

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

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    Citizen-Science Projects

    Citizen-science projects connect students to the environment through hands-on activities. Students are transformed into scientists as they make observations, establish hypotheses, and collect information about the world around them all while meeting Next Generation Science Standards!  Click on the article…