Wednesday Nature School

This Wednesday’s nature school we met at the serene Riverside Preserve. Our theme for the day was Wildlife Observations and boy did nature deliver.

We discussed the biggest threat to our native wildlife: habitat destruction. Then we talked about some of our native animals: official state wildlife:

• Bird: Cardinal

• Insect: Tiger Swallowtail

• Snake: Eastern Garter

• Bat: Big-Eared Bat

I’m sorry for the delayed recap, technical difficulties.

Last week, we had our first STEAM nature school of this semester at Whitney State Forest. Our subject of study for the day was Seeds! We enjoyed a hike where I tasked the students to collect seeds along the way.

The 321 challenge: collect seeds that travel 3 different ways (wind, water, hitchhikers, gravity, and everyone’s favorite…poop), identify 2 areas for potential planting and finally as suggested by Olivia, 1 cool thing.

Once we reached the halfway point to our hike, we sat around and snacked or ate lunch. While we congregated we shared our finds with our friends then took our finds to create mandalas. We took our hike back to where we started finished lunches, wrapped things up and decided to rejoin each other at Rady Park for a little free play.

Welcome to our group Wednesday Nature School! A space for us to connect and share with each other. Start by posting your thoughts, sharing media, or creating a poll.