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What makes a bug a bug and an insect an insect? In this program, students discover the answer and search the sanctuary or schoolyard for these diverse critters. Through observation and games, students learn about camouflage, body structures, and much more!

Students examine skulls, bones, pelts, and feathers to learn about the adaptations of our native animals. Then, students participate in a few fun and interactive activities to discover what it takes for animals to survive here in New England.

By taking a closer look at the natural landscape, students will discover the basics of forest succession. Students will collect data to map out the special ecology of the forest ecosystem and learn how indicator species define the specific forest type.

On this naturalist-led walk, students investigate the life cycles of plants and discover what they need to survive and thrive. Students learn the basic parts of a plant and closely examine seeds to see how wind, water, and animals help move them around.

It's easy to find wonders of the natural world, even in your own schoolyard! Students will go outdoors and search for organisms found around your school and then discuss the connections between living things. Students will be surprised at how much they find!

Join Mass Audubon educators as we learn how energy from the sun powers life on Earth, both living processes and the technologies we use to power our communities. Each lesson explores one aspect of the energy cycle within biotic and abiotic systems; including photosynthesis, consumers, decomposers, renewable, and non-renewable energies.

Trees provide much more than shade or pretty additions to city streets and neighborhood parks. This unit explores habitats, adaptations, and life cycles, with trees as a unifying theme. With accessibility to all learners as a priority, lessons highlight the diversity of trees across various Massachusetts habitats, including suburban, urban and rural areas. Nature journaling assignments highlight observation and other science skills and encourage students to choose a tree near their home or school to chronicle throughout the unit.

Are trees the solution to climate change? Through place-based, inquiry driven investigation, students will study the role of trees in the carbon cycle, and expand their investigation to find out whether forest sequestration, or indeed any one nature-based solution, is enough to fight climate change. Finally, students will explore their own role as a changemaker by planning a collective, climate-positive action.

In this unit we will explore different types of "minibeasts", or invertebrates, like worms, pill bugs, and more. Students will engage in outdoor investigations to find out where the best place is for a minibeast to live. Students will document their observations in field journals as they explore different habitats in their schoolyard and use models to explain how these habitats may or may not support the needs of invertebrates. Finally, students will expand their investigation to explore the role invertebrates play to enrich the soil, and understand how humans can learn from them to reduce their footprint and protect their local environment.

In this unit, students will get outside and investigate the ways stronger storms impact their communities, specifically through rain and snow. They will identify places of vulnerability and places of resilience in their schoolyard or neighborhood. As a culminating project, they will design solutions to help reduce the impacts of stronger storms in their area and communicate it with members of their community.

Students use their senses of sight, smell, and hearing to gather clues about the changing seasons. On a walk in the outdoors, students discover the small signs that let us know what part of the year we are in. We're sure to discover some fascinating plants and animals along the way.

Students take a journey through the senses as they learn about how their senses of sight, taste, smell, touch, and hearing stack up against the rest of the animal kingdom. Through fun and interactive activities, students learn about the importance of the senses working together.

On this naturalist-led walk, students will learn to read the natural landscape. Students discover signs of life left behind by humans and animals. Tracks, scat, and natural formations will help us become aware of the wildlife around us as well as the changing landscape.

A tree is one of the most sophisticated organisms on the planet, able to transport large amounts of water and nutrients up from the soil and to the leaves every day. In this program, students will learn about tree structure, classification, and identification and how to tell the difference between trees and other plants.