Resources for Students, Parents, and Educators

• 10+ Backyard Birds Science Projects - Exciting science projects you can do with students of all ages to encourage interest in birds.
• Audubon Adventures: Student Adventures - Student lessons for educators from the Audubon Adventures program.
• Audubon Adventures: Standards Correlations - Correlations to the Common Core Standards for grades 3-5.
• Beetles Project: Science and Teaching for Field Instructors - Resources for Outdoor Science Programs.
• Bird Academy Play Lab - Games powered by birds, from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology.
• Bird Identification - Advice from authors Kenn Kaufman and David Sibley on how to identify birds.
• Bird Migration Types - The four basic types of bird migration from P. Allen Smith.
• Bird Watching in Florida - Introduction to Bird Watching in Florida from Bird Watcher's Digest.
• Education | Audubon - Education programs and resources from Audubon.
• Education Programs - Education programs from the Duval Soil & Water Conservation District.
• Educational Resources - Educational resources from Woodlink.
• Experiments - Science and nature experiments from Science Journal.
• FeederWatch in the Classroom - Sparking a love for birds through class participation in Project FeederWatch.
• FWC Outreach - Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission Events Calendar.
• Florida Friendly Landscaping - Learn how to make your yard Florida Friendly.
• Florida Invasive Plant Assessment - Assessment of Non-Native Plants in Florida's Natural Areas.
• Fun Florida Fieldtrips - Fieldtrip resources for teachers from the Florida Department of Education.
• Gardening for Grades - Guide for Florida teachers to help plan, fund, create and learn with a school garden.
• Gardening for Nutrition - From Florida Agriculture in the Classroom.
• Great Backyard Bird Count - Bird watchers of all ages count birds to create a real-time snapshot of where birds are.
• K-12 Education - Resources that build science skills while inspiring young people to connect to local habitats, explore biodiversity, and engage in citizen-science projects.
• League of Environmental Educators in Florida (LEEF) - Professional organization for environmental education in Florida - advancing environmental literacy and promoting stewardship.
• Lighting Cost Calcluator - Hosted by the Dark Sky Society.
• Lights Out | Audubon - Audubon’s Lights Out program is a national effort to reduce bird fatalities by convincing building owners and managers to turn off excess lighting during the months migrating birds are flying overhead.
• Lights Out Atlanta - Lights Out Atlanta participants pledge to take bird-friendly steps during spring and fall migration between the hours of 12:00 midnight and sunrise to create safe passage for migrating birds.
• Lights Out for Birds - A voluntary program where building owners, managers and tenants work together to ensure that any and all unnecessary lighting is turned off during Lights Out dates and times.
• Migratory birds bumped off schedule as climate change shifts spring - Article published by the Florida Museum May 15, 2017.
• NAAEE | North American Association for Environmental Education - Dedicated to strengthening the field of environmental education and increasing the visibility and efficacy of the profession.
• National Audubon Society - Protecting birds and the places they need, today and tomorrow, throughout the Americas using science, advocacy, education, and on-the-ground conservation.
• Recycling Recognition Program - Website allows organizations to track different types of recycling efforts and produce reports on how those efforts are helping to shrink their carbon footprint.
• Sawmill Slough Preserve - Site is designed to be a scientific, cultural, and historical archive of the UNF Sawmill Slough Preserve.
• Scenic Conservation | Project Green Schools - Project Green Schools/Scenic America lesson plans for educators.
• School Field Trips | Florida Youth Conservation Centers Network - Statewide listing of conservation field trips in Florida for educators.
• St. Johns RIVERKEEPER - Offering science-based education programs designed to connect students and educators to the magnificent St. Johns River.
• Video Project: Straws - Link to educational license for Straws film for students and educators.
• Ranger Guided: Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve - List of ranger-guided tours provided by the Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve.
• UNF Environmental Center: Volunteers - List of volunteer opportunites through the UNF Environmental Center.
• Virtual Field Trips | Longwood Gardens - Through live interactive video, educators from Longwood Gardens bring the Gardens directly to your classrooms.
• Wall of Birds Project - Describes a mural at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology featuring 270 species from all surviving bird families accompanied by a ghostly parade of extinct ancestors.
• What Seeds Do Birds Prefer to Eat? - Article from Science Buddies.