Saturday, September 20, 2025

Outdoor Groups Supporting & Celebrating Diversity

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I am a firm believer of "representation matters."  I ran across this Field Mag article on the Children & Nature Facebook page,...
Saturday, September 13, 2025

Plastic-Eating Microbes to the Rescue!

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Not all heroes wear capes... nor are they all "larger than life."  They may in fact be microscopic... and they maybe bit-sized bac...
Saturday, September 6, 2025

Animal Habitats Matching Game

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Canva is my go-to place for making all things beautiful: presentations, class signs, image creation, graphic organizers, and more. I've...
Saturday, August 30, 2025

Rick Steves Classroom

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I ran across this gem on Rick Steves' Facebook Page .  Seeing it, I knew it was something I needed to check out. The Rick Steves Classro...
Saturday, August 23, 2025

YouTube: A Teacher's Best Friend

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As an educator, I'm always looking for go-to resources. I happened on this graphic about the bounty of teaching channels on YouTube at E...
Saturday, August 16, 2025

New Year, New Mindset: A Garden of Ideas

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Summer always feels like an invitation to breathe differently. It's a good respite after 10 long months of teaching. It's a time and...
Saturday, August 9, 2025

Unpacked: Summer's Travel Souvenirs

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This summer I've been very fortunate. I've been able to see.... The beach & waves of the Atlantic Ocean The small towns ...
Saturday, August 2, 2025

Coral In Crisis

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Right now, coral reefs across the globe are undergoing the most severe bleaching event in recorded history . Warming oceans are to blame for...
Saturday, July 26, 2025

Easy Actions You Can Do To Tend Our Planet

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"What can one person do?" An environmental question for the ages. If you find yourself asking these same questions, here's a c...
Saturday, July 19, 2025

Wonderful Ways to Embrace the Summer

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The heat and humidity are here, and we are knee deep in the middle of summer. I've already mentioned how this is my time to rebalance my...
Saturday, July 12, 2025

Plastic Free July

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Stop. 🛑  Set a timer for 60 seconds.  Watch that minute count down.  In that minute (not to mention every other minute), the equivalent of ...
Friday, July 4, 2025

Independence Day & The Declaration of Interdependence

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The summer is clipping along and the 4th of July is here. Our nation's birthday. Next year on this date, it will be our country's 25...
Saturday, June 28, 2025

The Environmental Cost of AI

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I have been embracing AI and trying out a multitude of platforms: ChatGPT, Microsoft CoPilot, Claude, Google Gemini, Canva's "Magic...
Saturday, June 21, 2025

Pride Month: Out In the Wild

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June. Pride Month. A time to honor our  right to joy,  resilience, and a reminder that we all have the  right to be free  and to be our own ...
Saturday, June 14, 2025

The Invisible Rights That Hold Us: Flag Day 2025

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Today is Flag Day, 2025. There's a lot of fanfare going on in and around Washington, D.C. today to honor that and the 250th anniversary ...
Saturday, June 7, 2025

Ahhhh, Summer! The Glory Days for Teachers!

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I don't think I can fully put into words what it means to be a teacher who reaches summer vacation. No matter how much we love our job, ...
Saturday, May 31, 2025

Reading Season Is Here

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Memorial Day weekend has come and gone, college kids are home, graduations caps & gowns have been donned, and many of us just have a cou...
Saturday, May 24, 2025

Black Birder Week 2025: May 25--May 31

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It might seem odd that "Black Birders Week"  is "a thing."  It is.  It is an annual even that takes place the last week ...
Saturday, May 17, 2025

Yay or Nay to "No Mow May"?

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I’m sitting outside, observing nature, weekend chillaxing, and pondering my words—not an unusual approach to my weekends here at this time o...