Jr Conservation Club Updates
Jr Conservation Club Updates
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Conservation Club (formerly known as Nature Club) is ready to kick off the 2024-25 school year! Activities will be held in the Habitat Discovery Garden, weather permitting, and will cover a variety of hands-on nature related topics, including garden maintenance, environmental issues, careers, crafts, guest speakers, and more!
Jr Conservation Club is open to 4th and 5th grade students only and will be held after school from 3:50-5:00pm. Since meetings will be held outside as often as weather allows, students may choose to bring a change of comfortable clothes or shoes, and an optional personal snack (snacks will not be provided). In case of inclement weather, meetings will be moved to the art room or library.
If your student would like to participate, please complete the permission slip that was sent home and return to Mrs Dutter no later than Friday October 4th. While we do our best to schedule meetings around other school functions, we understand that scheduling conflicts sometimes still happen- students are not required to attend every meeting to be considered “active” and can simply join us once again the following month!
STUDENTS MUST HAVE THEIR PERMISSION SLIP SIGNED AND RETURNED BY OCTOBER 4TH IN ORDER TO PARTICIPATE.
Questions? Advisor: Erica Dutter edutter@norwayne.net
Assistant: Patty Murphy pamurphy@norwayne.net
**Note to Parents: Please arrange for your child to be picked up promptly at 5 PM. While we will never leave a student unattended, due to other building activities it is difficult for staff to supervise students that remain after 5 PM. We appreciate your understanding and cooperation with student pick up. **
Meeting Dates (Third Thursday of the month)
Meeting Dates (Third Thursday of the month)
October 17 November 21 December 19 January 16
February 20 March 20 April 17 May 15
FREE BACKYARD WILDLIFE GUIDEBOOKS from the Ohio Department of Natural Resources
FREE BACKYARD WILDLIFE GUIDEBOOKS from the Ohio Department of Natural Resources
CLICK HERE to download the PDF field guides
Happy Earth Day!
Happy Earth Day!
April 22
April 22
Ways to celebrate Earth Day:
Ways to celebrate Earth Day:
Take a nature walk and admire the beauty around you
Make a pledge (to begin composting, to recycle more...whatever you choose) and plan out the steps on how to stick to it!
Use sidewalk chalk, make signs, a video, or other presentation to remind others how to be kind to the environment (throwing away trash, reduce/reuse/recycle, turning off lights, preserving habitats for bees, bats, and butterflies, etc) for your home or post for others to see. Educate others how they can help take action!
Plant trees, flowers, or vegetables.
Collect trash you find in parks and fields and along roadsides (with parent help, of course!)
Upcycle items into something new (old cans for plant pots, broken pottery into garden markers or decorations, new uses for old clothing, etc) Check out some of these FUN CRAFT IDEAS
77 Simple STEM Activities for Families: Nature Edition
77 Simple STEM Activities for Families: Nature Edition
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Things To Do While on Spring Break:
Things To Do While on Spring Break:
There are TONS of great activities to do at Nuhop's At-Home Outdoor Education
Take a tour of a National Park!
Start planning the family garden.
Go for a hike or a walk through the park.
Go birdwatching. (Click here to see a list of species with sounds!)
Make art with items found outside: leaves, sticks, rocks, flowers, etc.
Paint rocks to hide or give away.
Build a fort.
Go fishing, or looking for frogs, toads, and salamanders.
Look up at the nighttime sky. What stars and planets can you see? (Learn more on constellations)
Visit a farm- virtually! Click here
THANK YOU
THANK YOU
to all students and NES families that have volunteered to help keep our garden beautiful this summer! We appreciate your time and dedication!
to all students and NES families that have volunteered to help keep our garden beautiful this summer! We appreciate your time and dedication!
"The more high-tech our lives become, the more nature we need,"
"The more high-tech our lives become, the more nature we need,"
- Richard Louv
- Richard Louv
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