Draw a tree from memory. Use focused observation to closely examine a schoolyard tree and to look for signs of animal life. Finally, draw the tree again.

Forest Ecology Program: Discussion, exploration and simulation activities will help students see for themselves that forests are much more than trees, and ...

Ask the question “How many living things interact with an acorn?” and develop a surprisingly long list. Next, take a role in an ecosystem. Using a ball of yarn, realize just how interconnected the world is.

Biodiversity Program: Massachusetts is home to many types of plants and animals. Learn about ...

Participants create a working model of a watershed to explore watershed issues.

Watersheds: Watersheds are everywhere! Discover what they are, where they are, and why they are important. ...

Lessons of land use and watersheds are provided through a hands-on planning activity.

Watersheds: Watersheds are everywhere! Discover what they are, where they are, and why they are important. ...

Participants learn about competition and other forest concepts as they become trees in the forest. Examine tree rings to observe patterns of growth.

Forest Ecology Program: Discussion, exploration and simulation activities will help students see for themselves that forests are much more than trees, and there’s more to trees ...

Sturdy plastic boxes bring the forest floor into the classroom. Working in groups, students explore this often-overlooked environment and its variety of life.

Biodiversity Program: Massachusetts is home to many types of plants and animals. Learn about some of them, their interactions with one another; discover what biodiversity is, ...

Hands-on demonstration of valley and hilltown land forms. Reviews igneous, metamorphic and sedimentary rocks, plate tectonics, glaciation, and implications for land use. ...

Observe trees using both touch and vision. Observe trees at different stages in their lives. Look carefully for examples of seedling, sapling, mature, and dying trees. Are “dead” trees really dead?

Forest Ecology Program: Discussion, exploration and simulation activities will help students see for themselves that forests are ...

Succession is the change from one type of living thing to another type of living thing in a system over time. Using Jasperson's book, How the Forest Grew, students will learn about how a Massachusetts forests may change over the course of it's life. Students are read and show illustrations ...

Students move through different stations in the water cycle. Includes a short story for grades K-2

Watersheds: Watersheds are everywhere! Discover what they are, where they are, and why they are important. ...