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.
- Birding for Beginners - Tips on how to start birdwatching from the National Park Service.
- Education | Audubon - Education programs and resources from Audubon.
- Education Programs - Education programs from the Duval Soil & Water Conservation District.
- 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.
- 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 Northeast Florida - Local Lights Out initiative to encourage building managers and homeowners to reduce and turn off artificial lighting at night to ensure birds safe passage during their migration.
- 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.