From all my years of teaching, I have gathered lots of resources. These are just some I thought you might find interesting: (From Karen)
Whole Earth Nature School- Local to Eugene! These are friends who often come out to Alvord Farm!
www.wholeearthnatureschool.com
Learn about bugs!
The Bug Chicks!
http://thebugchicks.com/
whatsthatbug.com
Fantastic and fun site! See great videos: http://thebugchicks.com/
Great Nature Blog!
http://www.thenatureblog.com
Live Camera on Bald Eagle Nest:
http://www.fs.fed.us/outdoors/naturewatch/eaglecam.html
Live camera on an barn owl nest:
http://www.ustream.tv/theowlbox
Mountain Hearth blog by Lara Colley- our Activity Coordinator. Check out entry on March 24th, 2010 about local museums to visit:
http://www.mountainhearth.blogspot.com/
Butterflies and gardens:
http://www.loghouseplants.com/news/Article_WelcomingButterflies.html
Monarch Butterfly migratory routes and more!
http://monarch.pwnet.org/mom/kick_off.php
Monarch Waystations- Help protect monarch butterflies! http://www.monarchwatch.org/waystations/
Skeletons like you’ve never seen them!
(Thank you Dr. pat O’Grady for showing this to me!)
http://www.theboneman.com/BBB.html
Linnea’s guide to Monarch Caterpillar hatching! (pdf)
North American Butterfly Association Web site:
www.naba.org
West Eugene Wetlands Web site:
www.wewetlands.org
Mount Pisgah Arboretum Web site:
www.mountpisgaharboretum.org
Nearby Nature Web site:
www.nearbynature.org
Walama Restoration Project Web site:
www.walamarestoration.org
Museum of Natural and Cultural History (U of O):
www.uoregon.edu/~mnh
The Nature Conservancy Web site:
www.nature.org
Acorn Naturalists Store site:
www.acornnaturalists.com
Tin Man Press (local!) kids educational books:
www.tinmanpress.com
Cascades Raptor Center Web site:
www.eraptors.org
Dancing Sol (local!) outdoor education Web site:
www.dancingsol.com
Herbs For Kids Web site:
www.herbsforkids.com
“The Story of Stuff” video- fascinating!:
www.storyofstuff.com
Enchanted Learning Web site:
www.enchantedlearning.com/Home.html
“Leave No Trace” Program Web site:
www.lnt.org/programs/peak/PackingwithPEAKFund.html
“Wildcraft” board game about herbs:
www.learningherbs.com/wildcraft_bonuses.html
Wildwood Survival Web site:
www.wildwoodsurvival.com
Recipe to make Dandelion fritters on nature skills.com:
www.natureskills.com/dandelion_recipe.html
Nature Net Web site:
www.naturenet.net
Oregon Archaeology Society Web site:
www.oregonarchaeological.org
Woodcut of a Kalapuya Indian man:
content.lib.washington.edu/
North American Aboriginal Games Web site:
mathcentral.uregina.ca/RR/database
Legacies, Kalapuya page for 4J teachers:
www.lane.k12.or.us/CSD/ushistory/
Native Foods Web site:
food.oregonstate.edu/native/
“Green Teacher” Magazine:
www.greenteacher.com
Association for Environmental and Outdoor Education:
www.aeoe.org
All about lichen from NW nature site:
www.nwnature.net/lichens/index.htm
Bird Feathers info:
www.earthlife.net/birds/feathers.html
Educational resources for teachers:
streaming.discoveryeducation.com/index.cfm
