Upcoming Events

Onondaga County public libraries are currently closed due to COVID-19. Until they reopen, Young Naturalists will be online on ZOOM every Tuesday at 1pm. There is no cost, but registration is required.

See the Fayetteville Free Library Facebook page to register:

https://www.facebook.com/events/142854977143755/

Nature Journal Club Information Packet PDF

Nature Journal Club Information Packet Word Document

Past Online Programs - SPRING 2020

3/31: Salamander Secrets

4/7: Fun with Fungi

4/14: Eggs

4/21: Earth Day

4/28: Urban Ecosystems

5/5: Nature Observation and Sketching

5/12: Is the Stream Clean? - Macroinvertebrate sampling

5/19: Plants Around Us

5/26: Forest Karaoke (Birdsong)

6/2: Down to Earth (Caves)

6/9: Racism & Environmental Justice

6/16: Soil & Compost

6/23: Food is Nature

Click here for Nature Journaling Prompts and Resources

Resources for Learning about Nature from home while social distancing

The National Wildlife Federation is offering free access to the digital version of Ranger Rick and its other magazines during the shutdown, until June 30

https://www.nwf.org/Latest-News/Press-Releases/2020/03-17-20-Free-Ranger-Rick?fbclid=IwAR2pszbcSXb5gfqWv9SH5C2r4iVgM4ritaUJN8yvXlUGDKFKc2Pa2hP8Qn0

Every National Park Junior Ranger Badge You Can Earn by Mail

http://craftknife.blogspot.com/2018/06/heres-every-national-park-junior-ranger.html

Resources from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, including Live Bird Cams, videos, quizzes, games, learning tools, K-12 educational materials, citizen science projects, and more

https://www.allaboutbirds.org/news/how-to-make-these-next-few-weeks-a-little-easier-courtesy-of-birds/?fbclid=IwAR1j22Sf44hesJs2ETlKE4TTgCZXgDca9x4qBMxAxTjIxKdqOTAvrvns1SI

Audubon for Kids

https://www.audubon.org/get-outside/activities/audubon-for-kids?ms=digital-eng-social-facebook-x-20200300_fb_link_-_audubon_for_kids&utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=20200300_fb_link_-_audubon_for_kids&fbclid=IwAR0BBti27-dUB433w1DShX930m2QyNdMt0eyvHbvv9ZpIW9_rqq4XZ85tFE

You can help the DEC with the 2020 Breeding Bird Atlas

http://www.dec.ny.gov/press/119949.html?fbclid=IwAR1pT_X-5UMPIXj_uJHMG85pn-nemwcL3eGFVZaIr1uXsjETQNzRvI9hZ_U

10 Nature Activities for Children and Families during the pandemic, by Richard Louv (Author of "Last Child in the Woods") on the Children and Nature Network

https://www.childrenandnature.org/2020/03/16/10-nature-activities-to-help-get-your-family-through-the-pandemic/?fbclid=IwAR2F2_cyxhHzvYaGY0iSynhONSJy0-V5Awxe8aH5rk0gVHZPBss3GDVmJLE

Smithsonian Animal Webcam Activities for Kids

https://nationalzoo.si.edu/sites/default/files/documents/animal_webcam_activity_packet_2.pdf

Zooniverse: Research projects you can help with online https://www.zooniverse.org/

iNaturalist Half-Earth Project

https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/contribute-to-a-half-earth-future?fbclid=IwAR0ZkCkPULKnZBylFraM3CT36s969hzdn-eu4_gbmnUobY5xw2kxfLleGwQ

Smithsonian Channel has released 68 free 'Aerial America' episodes

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/smithsonian-channel-has-released-68-free-aerial-america-episodes-your-quarantine-viewing-180974523/?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=socialmedia&fbclid=IwAR09NY_RLkKcsn5T6TmqVBj3K9A-utenqGwMdiLM898RVyvz-q59kIMxDvI

https://nationalzoo.si.edu/sites/default/files/documents/animal_webcam_activity_packet_2.pdf

Craft: make an Icthyosaur

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1IuecPyfZjdFGXtzox3gyQbP1lYdwJXBJ/view?fbclid=IwAR0WEfH-KmsRkzY9A49b4V34lrsH2wwTWxxWXuHxZGa9KV8awqJ8Z_4qWJM