Tag: education
This week’s blog post is written by Peter, a monthly blog correspondent and Bucktails and Ursids alumni. He shares with us lots of great info about a diminutive little woodland creature – who has a way of “keeping its cool” throughout the harrowing winter months!
Category: Youth Blog Tags: Bucktails, education, habitat, nature observation, outdoors, Pennsylvania, reports from the field, spring, Ursids, wildlife, winter, youth
This week’s post comes to us from Peter, a monthly blog correspondent, as well as a Drummers and Ursids alumni. He writes about identifying trees in the winter when there are no leaves to rely on. This is not only a useful skill to have, it is also a fun way to spend time outdoors or on hikes!
Category: Youth Blog Tags: bark, Common Pennsylvania Trees, drummers, education, forest, habitat, hiking, lichens, tree I.D., trees, Ursids, winter, youth
This blog post is written by Gabi, a Drummer’s alumni and monthly blog correspondent. She details different kinds of “green” energy, giving a deeper understanding of “going green”. Gabi focuses on solar power as an option when making a choice for your energy source.
Category: Youth Blog Tags: clean energy, coal, drummers, education, electricity, environment, green, outdoors, Pennsylvania, solar, wind power
This week, Hannah, a monthly blog correspondent and alumni of the Bucktails, Drummers, and Brookies field schools, writes about considering our more “showy” pollinators in the garden. She takes us deeper into the world of butterflies, and why they are key players on the pollinator field.
This week’s blog post is written by Wulfgar, a Drummers alumni, who muses about how trees make it through the long, harsh winter months. His curiosity piqued, Wulfgar dug deeper into the mystery of what happens to trees during winter, and found out what special adaptations they have developed to survive.
Tag: education
The Wood Frog
Posted: March 8, 2017 by Katie Cassidy
This week’s blog post is written by Peter, a monthly blog correspondent and Bucktails and Ursids alumni. He shares with us lots of great info about a diminutive little woodland creature – who has a way of “keeping its cool” throughout the harrowing winter months!
Category: Youth Blog Tags: Bucktails, education, habitat, nature observation, outdoors, Pennsylvania, reports from the field, spring, Ursids, wildlife, winter, youth
Wintertime I.D. For Common Pennsylvania Trees
Posted: March 7, 2017 by Matt Vira
This week’s post comes to us from Peter, a monthly blog correspondent, as well as a Drummers and Ursids alumni. He writes about identifying trees in the winter when there are no leaves to rely on. This is not only a useful skill to have, it is also a fun way to spend time outdoors or on hikes!
Category: Youth Blog Tags: bark, Common Pennsylvania Trees, drummers, education, forest, habitat, hiking, lichens, tree I.D., trees, Ursids, winter, youth
Go Green
Posted: February 27, 2017 by Matt Vira
This blog post is written by Gabi, a Drummer’s alumni and monthly blog correspondent. She details different kinds of “green” energy, giving a deeper understanding of “going green”. Gabi focuses on solar power as an option when making a choice for your energy source.
Category: Youth Blog Tags: clean energy, coal, drummers, education, electricity, environment, green, outdoors, Pennsylvania, solar, wind power
Beneficials in the Garden
Posted: February 14, 2017 by Katie Cassidy
This week, Hannah, a monthly blog correspondent and alumni of the Bucktails, Drummers, and Brookies field schools, writes about considering our more “showy” pollinators in the garden. She takes us deeper into the world of butterflies, and why they are key players on the pollinator field.
Category: Youth Blog Tags: Brookies, Bucktails, drummers, education, habitat, monarch butterflies, outdoors, youth
A Mid-winter Mystery
Posted: February 7, 2017 by Katie Cassidy
This week’s blog post is written by Wulfgar, a Drummers alumni, who muses about how trees make it through the long, harsh winter months. His curiosity piqued, Wulfgar dug deeper into the mystery of what happens to trees during winter, and found out what special adaptations they have developed to survive.
Category: Youth Blog Tags: drummers, education, journaling, nature observation, outdoors, trees, winter