March Blog Entries

You don’t have to be an expert to join in FrogWatch and help contribute valuable information to scientists studying amphibians! This citizen science program provides individuals, groups and families the opportunity to learn about wetlands in their communities and report data on the calls of local frogs and toads. Check out John Ball Zoo's pre-recorded training and work with your students to practice identifying frog calls they might hear!

Get your students up and moving while teaching them the importance of species and habitats in the Wild Classroom's Work Out Your Wild Side Challenge!

Enjoy daily exercises tied to fun facts about species found in each of our five habitat-themed weeks. Pick and choose your exercises or complete all five weeks in full. Follow up the challenge by having your students complete the reflective writing assignment.

Help students keep a nature journal by using this resource from The Smithsonian. With a subject as great as all outdoors, nature journals lend themselves to a wide range of expression. Sketches are often the most immediate way to capture the way things look. Deeper, written observations can be the basis for all kinds of creative writing.

With spring and in-person learning just around the corner, it's the perfect time to think about taking your classroom outside! Action For Healthy Kids provides a simple outline for how to start bringing your classroom outdoors.