Seek out a local protected area to complete this month’s challenge!
What are your hopes for the future? What do you hope for your home, your community, and your city? What do you hope for our planet?
Seek out plants, animals, and fungi in and around your home!
Seek by iNaturalist is a cool app that can help you learn about your local plants, animals, and fungi. Check it out!
Do you know what a mammal is? It’s time to find out! Use this activity as a guide.
Which type of ecosystem acts like a sponge, filters water, protects people from floods, stores carbon, AND is home to an astonishing array of plants and animals?
Record your observations of the natural world and describe how nature makes you feel.
World Soil Day is 5 December. Why is soil important? Without soil there would not be many ecosystems on land. Earth would be a much more boring place without soil. Thank you, soil! More learning resources for parents/educators FAO: https://www.fao.org/world-soil-day/en/United Nations: https://www.un.org/en/observances/world-soil-dayPenn State Extension: https://extension.psu.edu/managing-soil-health-concepts-and-practices…
Read the article to learn more.
Learn about a little bird called the grey wagtail and the school kids who celebrate its yearly visits.
Learn some ways that roads affect forest biodiversity and discuss this topic with classmates, family, or friends.
Scientists estimate that only 10% of all species on the planet have been described, leaving many more species of plants to be discovered.