Educators

BEETLES Science and Teaching for Field Instructors - Resources for student-centered, nature-centered science programs.

Environmental Education Resources on the Internet - Provides Math and Science support for educators

Fireworks Program - FireWorks is an educational program that focuses on fire ecology and the physics of fire designed for students in grades 1-12. 

Hummingbird Society - Teaching and learning all about hummingbirds and working internationally to protect them

North American Association for Environmental Education  - Broad resources for natural sciences

Project BudBurst - A national phenology network that collects phenological data for plant species nationwide.

Project Learning Tree is an environmental education program for indoor and outdoor classrooms from preschool through grade 12.

Project WILD's provides wildlife-based conservation and environmental education that fosters responsible actions toward wildlife and related natural resources.

Project WET educates people about water resources and management. It provides water resource materials, teacher training, and community water events.

Student Conservation Association - The largest provider of hands-on programs for youth and young adults

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A special day set aside for tree planting; Arbor Day was first observed in Nebraska in 1872 with the planting of more than a million trees. It expanded to the rest of the country in 1882 and since then communities around the U.S. have celebrated trees on the last Friday in April.

Tree City USA is a popular program in the Intermountain Region with 87 communities achieving this status in Utah, 11 communities in Nevada, 68 communities in Idaho, and 41 communities in Wyoming.

If your community has a special Arbor Day celebration, it may be a Tree City USA. In cooperation with the U.S. Forest Service and National Association of State Foresters, the Arbor Day Foundation provides the framework necessary for communities to manage and expand their public trees through the Tree City USA program.

Arbor Day Fun Activites for Kids:

• Coloring page - Arbor Day
• Coloring page - Woodsy planting a tree
• Help Woodsy find the Forest (maze)
• Match the tree to its correct shadow

BatsLIVE is a Distance Learning Adventure brings bat conservation to life through webcasts, webinars, and online education resources.

Smokey Bear has essential wildfire prevention information, wildfire science and the history of Smokey Bear.

Tree City USA program provides communities with a four-step framework to maintain and grow their tree cover. It also gives them an avenue to celebrate their work, showing residents, visitors, and the entire country that they’re committed to the mission of environmental change.

Woodsy Owl has inspired kids to care for the natural world. Woodsy's familiar slogan was first "Give a hoot, don't pollute" but now Woodsy would like youth to "Lend a Hand, Care for the Land".

Citizen science partners scientists with citizens to study science and conservation. Data collected by citizens, school children to senior citizens, is used in real science research projects. Data collection tasks are suitable for groups, individuals, or families.

Budburst & - Project BudBurst is a national campaign enlisting people to collect climate change data based on the timing of leafing and flowering of trees and flowers.

iNaturalist - Practice your observational skills by recording different plants and animals in habitats around your home and across the world. See what others nearby have shared. Connect with experts to help identify your observations.

USA National Phenology Network - Engaging citizens to monitor the impacts of climate change on plants and animals in the U.S. and harnessing the power of people to collect and share information.