In 1950, the NH Big Tree Program began in an effort to find, record and recognize our magnificent individual trees. The list of recorded trees now includes over 1,000 county, state and national champions.The NH Big Tree Program has compiled a map of some of NH’s biggest trees that can be viewed by the public. This map, located at https://arcg.is/0D1X4K, contains information on tree locations, including latitude and longitude, as well as champion status (i.e. the largest of its kind in the county, in the state, or the nation).
Big Tree Road Trip???
From the Cornell Lab: Join families from around the world exploring nature through fun, hands on Quests! Choose between outdoor or indoor quests, or mix it up. See HERE
New resource from the ALA Council Committee on Sustainability.
Four Winds Nature Institute is a non-profit organization advancing the understanding, appreciation, and protection of the environment through community-based natural science education and research.
Learn how to join the CREW team and become a community hub.
New Hampshire Fish and Game has an exciting and free Watershed Education Program (WEP) that will put your students where the action is in their own watershed. Students will become Citizen Scientists, studying and working with local community partners to improve and maintain healthy aquatic ecosystems for fish and wildlife. Contact Watershed Education Specialist Kayla Croteau at kayla.a.croteau@wildlife.nh.gov for a July training.
https://wildlife.state.nh.us/education/watershed.html
Short films and curriculum for teaching the next generation about the urgency of climate change. Please see the attached press release for more information and view the trailer here, and the full films at https://feedbackloopsclimate.com/.The five short films, ranging in length from 8-14 minutes, identify the effects of various human derived climate feedback loops, including forests, permafrost, the atmosphere, and the albedo effect.
The series was turned into a one-hour film for broadcast television called Earth Emergency, which aired on PBS in December 2021 and April 2022. This film was featured at the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Glasgow under the aegis of HRH the Prince of Wales. Earth Emergency was also presented to the U.K. House of Commons with Caroline Lucas, former head of the Green Party, and was featured in a series of webinars by the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History.
Homelands is an augmented reality application which brings Abenaki lifeways of the past, present, and future into the world around you.
DOWNLOAD THE APP
Homelands launched in March 2023 and is available for free on the App Store and Google Play.
This educational resource is brought to you by the Cowasuck Band of the Pennacook-Abenaki People, Indigenous New Hampshire Collaborative Collective, Film Unbound, and the UNH Center for the Humanities.
The project is funded by the National Trust for Historic Preservation and generous donations from individuals.
Current partner sites are Odiorne Point State Park and Seacoast Science Center, Strawbery Banke Museum, and the Star Island Corporation.
The Natural Start Alliance teamed up with the Evanston Public Library to shine a spotlight on the Blueberry Awards, a new literary award that honors books about nature. Find out what makes a children’s book about nature stand out, how books written for young children are exploring nature connection, sustainability, and environmental stewardship, and why that matters, especially now. You’ll walk away with new ideas about the power of story and a list of books to add to your classroom library!
Climate Change and wildlife in NH: https://www.wildlife.state.nh.us/climate/index.html
Looking Closely Outdoor Learning Class Kit
This kit was curated and created by teachers Megan Zeni, Sarah Regan and Lauren MacLean. Megan and Sarah are job share partners teaching entirely outdoors in a K-7 garden classroom. Megan shares these experiences of outdoor play and learning on Instagram and Twitter at @roomtoplay. Lauren is a K-7 mentoring support teacher who has a love for playing, learning, and teaching outdoors. She is the host of the Mentoring Nature Connections podcast and author of Me and My Sit Spot.
Each kit includes book specific lesson sparks, guiding questions, and curricular connections for looking closely outdoors. Spend less time planning and more time exploring outdoors with your learners!
This kit includes:
All of this comes in a backpack made from recycled pop bottles:
https://www.nhclimatehealth.org/
7/5/23 Just another program recommendation- last week we had a program on Climate and Health presented by two doctors from Dartmouth- they are members of an organization called NH Healthcare Workers for Climate Action, and I believe they have other programs as well. (One of the doctors was Dr. Seddon Savage, who many might remember from the Covid ECHO from a few years ago)
If you want to set up an event, or more info, here are contacts:
bobdewey@nhclimatehealth.org or ethompson@nhclimatehealth.org
Best,
Lea McBain
Director
Newbury Public Library
See map of NH Walks: https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/1/edit?mid=1ryPUTMwFiN5AbMTX1ZuMTkkSmoAj0krO&usp=sharing
To add your walk or books you have to share: https://forms.gle/wrCx9fwLKi73xxiX6
To see what books others have to borrow
They also have a logo and other print materials available for use at: https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://bit.ly/LM_BES22__;!!Oai6dtTQULp8Sw!XsOuFHhThrIuqJbH48gjyNCFudTYWV3GphzW42Y6cBfR0QMfQPPCFRiKwQfy9_kYFpu5jiqYXhiqGWyhcPhOCFrIOJQ_waEw3aYyuTw6zglJ08M$
https://www.startwithabook.org/summer-science/bug-buddies-book-based-steam-adventure
From startwithabook.org a STEAM-focused summer and out-of-school-time program that is all about the amazing world of bugs — in your community and around the world. Download the toolkit that includes 5 topics for exploration through fiction and nonfiction books, hands-on activities, new vocabulary, and fun writing prompts. Each topic also includes recommendations for kid-friendly digital media — websites, podcasts, apps, and video. In the Appendix you'll find a list of bug words, and printable templates for Bug Buddies name tags, journal covers, and certificates.
Explore the website for more toolkits and program ideas with books on topics like birds and the weather.
This project was made possible in part by the Institute of Museum and Library Services and the New Hampshire State Library.
CURRICULUM KITS TO BORROW