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Backyard Biology: Exploring Plants and Animals Around You - Online after-school class


*The event has already taken place on this date: Wed, 02/09/2022
By the end of class: Students will have created a map on the iNaturalist app, including all the local wildlife they've discovered.

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  • Would you like to discover the hidden worlds of life around you, right in your neighborhood?
  • Course objectives:
    • Learn about social insects and local plant life
    • Improve your plant and animal identification skills
    • Learn how to do research and data gathering through citizen science projects
    • Discover how plants and animals are all connected in the living world  
  • Skills developed: Global awareness, research, collaboration, photography, plant and animal identification
  • By the end of class: Students will have created a map on the iNaturalist app, including all the local wildlife they've discovered.
  • Materials needed: Writing materials, access to a camera and the iNaturalist app, coloring materials, ruler, paper
  • About the class: Classes meet once a week for five weeks. Each class meeting will last 75 minutes.
  • This course is open to all students ages 6-14. Students will be separated into smaller age groups post-registration so students will be in a class with students of a similar age. Content is adjusted per age group.

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Location:

ONLINE ONLY
Contact name: 
Ivy Camps USA Team
Email address: 
The event has already taken place on this date: 
02/09/2022
Time: 
Classes available at 10:00 AM EST, 5:00 PM EST, and 8:00 PM EST