Growing Together: Open Forum

Thank you so much for sharing! These are great resources

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Linden Pearsall
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Original Message:
Sent: 03-03-2022 01:43:50 PM
From: Michelle Zupan
Subject: Citizen Science in the School Garden

Hello all,

Whether your school is gardening for food or gardening for pollinators, I want to encourage you to consider engaging in Citizen Science opportunities.  There are some great ones that kids of all ages can do. 

Journey North is one of the most famous with its Monarch Butterfly observations, but they also want you to report sighting of the American Robin, earthworms, and frogs, among lots of other species! In the fall, I really encourage you to involve your students in the Symbolic Migration -- it's a wonderful program   https://journeynorth.org/

The Great Sunflower Project asks that you plant Lemon Queen sunflowers that will be looking fabulous when schools reopen in the fall. Kids will count pollinators on the sunflowers.   https://www.greatsunflower.org/

The Audubon Society and the Cornell Lab for Ornithology have wonderful BIRD counts. 

https://celebrateurbanbirds.org/

https://www.birdcount.org/

Project Budburst looks at plant lifecycles.   https://budburst.org/

There are a TON more opportunities that you can search here: 

 https://www.citizenscience.gov/#

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Michelle Zupan

Curator 

Hickory Hill & the Tom Watson Birthplace

502 Hickory Hill Drive

Thomson, GA  30824

706-595-7777

FAX: 706-595-7177

Visit us at www.hickory-hill.org or on Facebook.

Follow us on Twitter: HHEducation

Historic homes of the Watson-Brown Foundation, Inc. 

Hi! I work with Budburst! If anyone ever has any questions about using it in a classroom or beyond please feel free to reach out.

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Taran Lichtenberger
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Original Message:
Sent: 03-03-2022 01:43:50 PM
From: Michelle Zupan
Subject: Citizen Science in the School Garden

Hello all,

Whether your school is gardening for food or gardening for pollinators, I want to encourage you to consider engaging in Citizen Science opportunities.  There are some great ones that kids of all ages can do. 

Journey North is one of the most famous with its Monarch Butterfly observations, but they also want you to report sighting of the American Robin, earthworms, and frogs, among lots of other species! In the fall, I really encourage you to involve your students in the Symbolic Migration -- it's a wonderful program   https://journeynorth.org/

The Great Sunflower Project asks that you plant Lemon Queen sunflowers that will be looking fabulous when schools reopen in the fall. Kids will count pollinators on the sunflowers.   https://www.greatsunflower.org/

The Audubon Society and the Cornell Lab for Ornithology have wonderful BIRD counts. 

https://celebrateurbanbirds.org/

https://www.birdcount.org/

Project Budburst looks at plant lifecycles.   https://budburst.org/

There are a TON more opportunities that you can search here: 

 https://www.citizenscience.gov/#

--

Michelle Zupan

Curator 

Hickory Hill & the Tom Watson Birthplace

502 Hickory Hill Drive

Thomson, GA  30824

706-595-7777

FAX: 706-595-7177

Visit us at www.hickory-hill.org or on Facebook.

Follow us on Twitter: HHEducation

Historic homes of the Watson-Brown Foundation, Inc.