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Habitat Project Resources
IntroductionThe following chart identifies themes (found in the top row) relating to schoolyard habitat,
corresponding to books, videos, periodicals, and websites. The chart and the subsequent descriptions
of each book, video, periodical and website is to be used as an easy to follow clearinghouse of
information.
Schoolyard Discovery
Habitat Project Resources
Includes
activities
for use
with
students
Includes
gardening
info,
especially
on native
plants or
attracting
wildlife
Includes
research,
technical
info, or
case
studies
Inclu
info
build
a sch
grou
proj
BOOKSBirdscaping Your Garden: A Practical Guide to Backyard
Birds and the Plants That Attract Them
Worms Eat My Garbage Worms Eat Our Garbage: Classroom Activities for a Better
Environment
Blueprint for a Green School
Sowing the Seeds of Success: How to Start and Sustain A
Kids Gardening Project in Your Community
Taylors Weekend Gardening Guides: Attracting Birds and
Butterflies; How to plant a backyard habitat to attract
hummingbirds and other winged wildlife
All Hands in the Dirt: A Guide to Designing and CreatingNatural School Grounds
Greening School Grounds: Creating Habitats for Learning
Chesapeake Bay Community Action Guide: A Step-by-Step
Guide to Improving the Environment in your Neighborhood
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Schoolyard Discovery
Habitat Project Resources
Includes
activities
for use
with
students
Includes
gardening
info,
especially
on native
plants or
attractingwildlife
Includes
research,
technical
info, or
case
studies
Inclu
info
build
a sch
grou
proj
Green Cross Easy-Step Books: Vegetables; How to Grow the
Best Vegetables
English in the School Grounds
Digging Deeper: Integrating Youth Gardens Into Schools &
Communities; A Comprehensive Guide
Closing the Achievement Gap: Using the Environment as an
Integrating Context for Learning
Urban Challenge: The Challenge of the Urban School Site
Conserving and Enhancing the Natural Environment: A
Guide for Planning, Design, Construction, and Maintenance
on New & Existing School Sites
Schoolyard Habitat Project Guide
Attracting Backyard Wildlife: A Guide For Nature-Lovers
Steps to a Bountiful Kids Garden
Planting An Oasis For Wildlife
Access Nature
Nature Nurtures: Investigating the Potential of School
Grounds
Beyond the Classroom: Exploration of Schoolground &
Backyard
Mapmaking with Children
A Guide to the Management and Maintenance of School
Grounds
Homes for Wildlife: A Planning Guide for Habitat
Enhancement on School Grounds
VIDEOS
Grounds for Change: An Introduction to School GroundNaturalization
Schoolyard Habitats: Make Your School Grounds Come
Alive
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Schoolyard Discovery
Habitat Project Resources
Includes
activities
for use
with
students
Includes
gardening
info,
especially
on native
plants or
attractingwildlife
Includes
research,
technical
info, or
case
studies
Inclu
info
build
a sch
grou
proj
PERIODICALSGardening with Kids: Products from the National
Gardening Association
Green Teacher: Education for Planet Earth
INTERNET (Examples & Information)*National Wildlife Federations Schoolyard Habitat
ListServe
http://www.nwf.org/Get-Outside/Be-Out-There/Educators/Schoolyard-Habitats/Certify-Your-
Schoolyard.aspx
D.C. Schoolyard Greening
http://www.dcschoolyardgreening.org/
Boston Schoolyard Initiative
www.schoolyards.org
National Environmental Education Foundation
http://eeweek.org/resources/garden_curricula.htm
Marylands Green Schools Program
www.maeoe.org
Chesapeake Bay Foundations Education Resources
http://www.cbf.org/Page.aspx?pid=328
National Wildlife Federations Schoolyard Habitat
Programwww.nwf.org/schoolyardhabitats/
Smithsonian Education
(Search garden under Science and Technology lesson
plans)
http://www.smithsonianeducation.org/educators/
The Evergreen Foundations Learning GroundsProgram
www.evergreen.ca/en/lg/lg.html
A Thousand Friends of Frogs
http://cgee.hamline.edu/frogs/
Butterflies of North America
http://www.nwf.org/Get-Outside/Be-Out-There/Educators/Schoolyard-Habitats/Certify-Your-Schoolyard.aspxhttp://www.nwf.org/Get-Outside/Be-Out-There/Educators/Schoolyard-Habitats/Certify-Your-Schoolyard.aspxhttp://www.nwf.org/Get-Outside/Be-Out-There/Educators/Schoolyard-Habitats/Certify-Your-Schoolyard.aspxhttp://www.nwf.org/Get-Outside/Be-Out-There/Educators/Schoolyard-Habitats/Certify-Your-Schoolyard.aspxhttp://www.dcschoolyardgreening.org/http://www.dcschoolyardgreening.org/http://www.schoolyards.org/http://www.schoolyards.org/http://www.maeoe.org/http://www.maeoe.org/http://www.cbf.org/Page.aspx?pid=328http://www.cbf.org/Page.aspx?pid=328http://www.nwf.org/schoolyardhabitats/http://www.nwf.org/schoolyardhabitats/http://www.nwf.org/schoolyardhabitats/http://www.smithsonianeducation.org/educators/http://www.smithsonianeducation.org/educators/http://www.evergreen.ca/http://www.evergreen.ca/http://cgee.hamline.edu/frogs/http://cgee.hamline.edu/frogs/http://cgee.hamline.edu/frogs/http://www.evergreen.ca/http://www.smithsonianeducation.org/educators/http://www.nwf.org/schoolyardhabitats/http://www.cbf.org/Page.aspx?pid=328http://www.maeoe.org/http://www.schoolyards.org/http://www.dcschoolyardgreening.org/http://www.nwf.org/Get-Outside/Be-Out-There/Educators/Schoolyard-Habitats/Certify-Your-Schoolyard.aspxhttp://www.nwf.org/Get-Outside/Be-Out-There/Educators/Schoolyard-Habitats/Certify-Your-Schoolyard.aspxhttp://www.nwf.org/Get-Outside/Be-Out-There/Educators/Schoolyard-Habitats/Certify-Your-Schoolyard.aspx7/31/2019 Schoolyard Habitats Guide Sheet - MCC
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http://butterflywebsite.com/Articles/
npwc/butterflychecklist.htm
Maryland Native Plant Society
www.mdflora.org
North American Bluebird Society
www.nabluebirdsociety.org
American Horticultural Societyhttp://www.ahs.org/
National Environmental Education Foundation
http://eeweek.org/resources/garden_curricula.htm
http://www.mdflora.org/http://www.mdflora.org/http://www.nabluebirdsociety.org/http://www.nabluebirdsociety.org/http://www.ahs.org/http://www.ahs.org/http://eeweek.org/resources/garden_curricula.htmhttp://eeweek.org/resources/garden_curricula.htmhttp://eeweek.org/resources/garden_curricula.htmhttp://www.ahs.org/http://www.nabluebirdsociety.org/http://www.mdflora.org/7/31/2019 Schoolyard Habitats Guide Sheet - MCC
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Schoolyard Discovery
Habitat Project Resources
Includes
activities
for use
with
students
Includes
gardening
info,
especially
on native
plants or
attractingwildlife
Includes
research,
technical
info, or
case
studies
Inclu
info
build
a sch
grou
proj
San Fransisco Green Schoolyardshttp://www.sfgreenschools.org/
California School Garden Networkhttp://www.csgn.org/page.php?id=120#3
Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Centerhttp://www.wildflower.org/
Wild Ones Landscapers
http://www.for-wild.org
Learning Through Landscapes
http://www.ltl.org.uk/
Journey North
http://www.learner.org/jnorth/
Monarch Watch
http://www.monarchwatch.org/
Bat Conservation International
http://www.batcon.org/home/default.asp
Starting a School Gardenhttp://aggie-
horticulture.tamu.edu/kindergarden/child/school/sgintr
o.htm
Environmental Protection Agency Educationhttp://www.epa.gov/teachers/teachresources.htm
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Servicehttp://www.fws.gov/ChesapeakeBay/schoolyd.html
National Wildlife Foundation Eco-schools
http://www.nwf.org/At-School.aspx
INTERNET(Grant Programs)*Chesapeake Bay Trust
www.chesapeakebaytrust.org
National Fish and Wildlife Foundation
www.nfwf.org
School Grants
http://www.sfgreenschools.org/http://www.sfgreenschools.org/http://www.csgn.org/page.php?id=120#3http://www.csgn.org/page.php?id=120#3http://www.wildflower.org/http://www.wildflower.org/http://www.for-wild.org/http://www.for-wild.org/http://www.ltl.org.uk/http://www.ltl.org.uk/http://www.learner.org/jnorth/http://www.learner.org/jnorth/http://www.monarchwatch.org/http://www.monarchwatch.org/http://www.batcon.org/home/default.asphttp://www.batcon.org/home/default.asphttp://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/kindergarden/child/school/sgintro.htmhttp://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/kindergarden/child/school/sgintro.htmhttp://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/kindergarden/child/school/sgintro.htmhttp://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/kindergarden/child/school/sgintro.htmhttp://www.epa.gov/teachers/teachresources.htmhttp://www.epa.gov/teachers/teachresources.htmhttp://www.fws.gov/ChesapeakeBay/schoolyd.htmlhttp://www.fws.gov/ChesapeakeBay/schoolyd.htmlhttp://www.nwf.org/At-School.aspxhttp://www.nwf.org/At-School.aspxhttp://www.chesapeakebaytrust.org/http://www.chesapeakebaytrust.org/http://www.nfwf.org/http://www.nfwf.org/http://www.nfwf.org/http://www.chesapeakebaytrust.org/http://www.nwf.org/At-School.aspxhttp://www.fws.gov/ChesapeakeBay/schoolyd.htmlhttp://www.epa.gov/teachers/teachresources.htmhttp://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/kindergarden/child/school/sgintro.htmhttp://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/kindergarden/child/school/sgintro.htmhttp://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/kindergarden/child/school/sgintro.htmhttp://www.batcon.org/home/default.asphttp://www.monarchwatch.org/http://www.learner.org/jnorth/http://www.ltl.org.uk/http://www.for-wild.org/http://www.wildflower.org/http://www.csgn.org/page.php?id=120#3http://www.sfgreenschools.org/7/31/2019 Schoolyard Habitats Guide Sheet - MCC
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www.schoolgrants.org
Environmental Protection Agency
http://www.epa.gov/teachers/
National Wildlife Foundation
www.nwf.org
Hidden Valley School Garden Grants
http://loveyourveggies.com/school_grants.php D.C. Schoolyard Greening
http://www.dcschoolyardgreening.org/funding/grantwr
iting.html
Books
Adams, George. Birdscaping Your Garden: A Practical Guide to Backyard Birds and the Plants that Attract
Them. Sydney, Australia: Rodale Press, Inc., by arrangement with Lansdowne Publishing
Limited, 1998.This book is a beautiful as well as informative guide to many of the backyard birds in North America. Youll
have a hard time taking your eyes away from the intimate hand-drawn and photographed portraits of the birds,
but you should make the effort. Next to all the pictures are well-documented natural histories of the birds and
their habitat preferences.
Appelhof, Mary. Worms Eat My Garbage. Kalamazoo, MI: Flower Press, 1997. This is the classic text on composting using worms as a decomposer. If a garden and compost pile is in your
schools future, this book provides a practical and educational approach to the subject of worm composting.
Appelhof, Mary; Fenton, Mary Frances and Barbara Loss Harris. Worms Eat Our Garbage: ClassroomActivities for a Better Environment. Kalamazoo, MI: Flower Press, 1993.
If she convinced you composting with worms was a good idea in Worms Eat My Garbage, then using this
classroom-related activity guide based on vermicomposting will be an easy and educational decision.Chase, Jayni. Blueprint for a Green School. Foreword by Thomas E. Lovejoy. New York, NY:
Scholastic, Inc., 1995.
A textbook outlining the many environmental considerations of operating a school, from the nutrition in the
cafeteria, to possible chemical sensitivities in the art room, to recycling and conserving water and electricity.
This schools environmental encyclopedia will make it possible for all schools to reduce their impact on theenvironment.
Eames-Sheavly, Marcia and the National Gardening Association. Sowing the Seeds of Success: How to
Start and Sustain A Kids Gardening Project in Your Community. Burlington, VT: National
Gardening Association, 1999.
A very compact and informative booklet that gives all the basic details that need to be considered when
creating and maintaining a garden project with schools, students and the community.
http://www.schoolgrants.org/http://www.schoolgrants.org/http://www.epa.gov/teachers/http://www.epa.gov/teachers/http://www.nwf.org/http://www.nwf.org/http://loveyourveggies.com/school_grants.phphttp://loveyourveggies.com/school_grants.phphttp://www.dcschoolyardgreening.org/funding/grantwriting.htmlhttp://www.dcschoolyardgreening.org/funding/grantwriting.htmlhttp://www.dcschoolyardgreening.org/funding/grantwriting.htmlhttp://www.dcschoolyardgreening.org/funding/grantwriting.htmlhttp://www.dcschoolyardgreening.org/funding/grantwriting.htmlhttp://loveyourveggies.com/school_grants.phphttp://www.nwf.org/http://www.epa.gov/teachers/http://www.schoolgrants.org/7/31/2019 Schoolyard Habitats Guide Sheet - MCC
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Ellis, Barbara. Taylors Weekend Gardening Guides: Attracting Birds and Butterflies; How to plant a backyard
habitat to attract hummingbirds and other winged wildlife. New York, NY: Houghton Mifflin
Company, 1997.
Ms. Ellis describes in detail the different plants and actions you can take to provide a great habitat for
local species of birds and butterflies.
Evergreen Foundation, The. All Hands in the Dirt: A Guide to Designing and Creating Natural School
Grounds. The Learning Grounds Program: www.evergreen.ca
A schoolyard project guide that is process-oriented, this booklet promotes the active engagement of all
participants, including students, teachers and community members. The ecology of the land is the main focus
behind the planning and design of the project, according to the authors of this guidebook.
Grant, Tim and Gail Littlejohn, eds. Greening School Grounds: Creating Habitats for Learning. Gabriola
Island, BC: New Society Publishers, 2001.
This text is a collaboration of several authors whose collective experience is valuable to the reader beginning aschool grounds greening project. From the pedagogy to volunteer partners and possible projects, this book is
easy to read and full of useful information on creating habitats for learning.
Greenfeld, Jennifer and Brian M. Le Couteur. Chesapeake Bay Community Action Guide: A Step-by-Step
Guide to Improving the Environment in Your Neighborhood. Metropolitan Washington Council of
Governments, Department of Environmental Programs, 1994.
This guide will help you lead urban communities through environmental restoration projects, including
storm drain stenciling, stream cleaning and reforestation. Also includes a regional resource guide and native
plant list for planting along streams or ponds.
Haas, Cathy. Green Cross Easy-Step Books: Vegetables; How to Grow the Best Vegetables. San Ramon, CA
Ortho Books, 1996.
This book is a no-nonsense guide to planting and harvesting vegetables year-round. It includes great
information from planning a site all the way to listing the best conditions for storing fresh vegetables after
theyve been harvested.
Keaney, Brian. English in the School Grounds. Crediton, Devon, UK: Southgate Publishers Ltd, 2001.
From across the pond comes a booklet detailing many activities related to the classroom subjects of English,Reading and Writing that are specific to being completed using the school grounds. Activities include games,
writing poetry, researching and reporting a local history, creating a school grounds newsletter, and much more.
Kiefer, Joseph and Martin Kemple. Digging Deeper: Integrating Youth Gardens Into Schools &
Communities; A Comprehensive Guide. Forward by Alice Waters. Vermont: Food Works and the
Common Roots Press, 1998.
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When they say A Comprehensive Guide, thats what they mean. This book includes: essays, tips, casestudies, lesson plans, design plans, sample meeting agendas, student and adult activities, and more. The entire
book was written with an evident passion for youth and gardening projects.
Lieberman, Gerald A., Ph.D. and Linda L. Hoody, M.A. Closing the Achievement Gap: Using the
Environment as an Integrating Context for Learning. Poway, CA: Science Wizards, 1998.
This is the groundbreaking document that put the first research-based evidence to the success behindenvironmental education on a national scale. It gives those who use the environment as a teaching tool the
proof they need to push for similar methods in all courses of study from language arts to social studies, not just
science.
Martin, Deborah; Lucas, Bill; Titman, Wendy and Siobhan Hayward. Urban Challenge: The Challenge of
the Urban School Site. Winchester, UK: Optimum Litho Ltd, 1996.
From Learning Through Landscapes, the group in Great Britain that has formalized school grounds greening
projects for over ten years, this guide focuses on the issues faced by urban schools: small spaces, hard surfaces,
vandalism, creative multi-use areas, and long-term maintenance. By using detailed case studies and the
knowledge gained from their years of experience, this book offers a lot of advice for those beginning urban schoolgrounds habitat projects.
Maryland State Department of Education. Conserving and Enhancing the Natural Environment: A Guide
for Planning, Design, Construction, and Maintenance on New & Existing School Sites. Baltimore,
MD: MSDE, 1999.
The Green Book is a guide to school grounds projects for Marylands educators. Although not as pretty assome of the other guides, this is a great resource for project plans and case studies specific to Maryland.
Written in part by the U.S. Fish and Wildlifes Rich Mason (Marylands own schoolyard habitat guru), you
know the information will be perfect for your schools project.
Mason, Rich and U.S. Fish & Wildlife Services Chesapeake Bay Field Office. Schoolyard Habitat
Project Guide. U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service.
This is a project guide with planning tips and development activities for student participation in the projectplanning. The information in this basic guide will give you a good start on your schools project.
Merilees, Bill. Attracting Backyard Wildlife: A Guide For Nature-Lovers. Stillwater, MN: Voyageur Press,
1989.
No matter what your property size, this book offers simple ideas for, as the title says, attracting backyardwildlife. Mr. Merilees speaks about plants, housing and water features for a variety of backyard wildlife, while
focusing most specifically on birds.
National Gardening Association. Steps to a Bountiful Kids Garden. South Burlington, VT: National
Gardening Association, 2001.
This guide will give you all the information you need to get a kids garden off the ground and be successful.
You dont need any extensive gardening skills, just a willingness to make gardening part of your students
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experience. This is a complete guide with a variety of information, including fundraising, planting indoors and
composting.
National Wildlife Federation. Planting An Oasis For Wildlife. National Wildlife Federation, 1986.
This is a general habitat creation guide, with a very detailed section on suitable backyard habitat plants.
Most importantly, the book notes plants that are native to the United States and the specific region in which
they can be found.
National Wildlife Federation. Access Nature. National Wildlife Federation, 2001.
Focusing on wildlife habitat, this holistic and experiential outdoor education curriculum includes activity
variations for disabled students.
Raffan, James, Ph.D. Nature Nurtures: Investigating the Potential of School Grounds. Toronto, Ontario:
Evergreen, 2000.
This resource summarizes much of the data that has been collected with regards to school grounds projects.It works as a perfect complement to Closing the Achievement Gap. These are the first texts devoted to collecting
the research that has occurred on these projects and it is very important in promoting them for future success.
Roth, Charles E.; Cervoni, Cleti; Wellnitz, Thomas and Elizabeth Arms. Beyond the Classroom:
Exploration of Schoolground & Backyard. Lincoln, MA: The Massachusetts Audubon Society,
1991.
This booklet offers life science and physical science activities for the outdoor spaces around your school.Different activities are appropriate and available for grades K-9 and vary in length from twenty minutes to
several class periods.
Sobel, David. Mapmaking with Children. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann, 1998. This book is the result of the authors work with children in England, Costa Rica and New England. He
stresses the importance of making maps in a childs development and the different techniques and activities that
are best used at different age and grade levels. If mapmaking is a strategy you want to use in your own
schoolyard habitat project, this book is a fantastic resource.
Wood, Joan and Michael Littlewood. A Guide to the Management and Maintenance of School Grounds.
Winchester, Hampshire, UK: Optimum Litho, 1996.
The authors have put together a very detailed look at all aspects of school grounds maintenance. Althoughthe components speaking directly to specific contract laws between a maintenance company and a school may
not apply to our schools in the United States, the concepts, charts and details are very applicable to problems we
encounter in project maintenance.
Wyzga, Marilyn C. Homes for Wildlife: A Planning Guide for Habitat Enhancement on School Grounds.
Concord, NH: New Hampshire Fish and Game Department, 1998.
This considerable guide explains the process that students and teachers need to grow an outdoor classroomby enhancing their school grounds.
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Videos
Evergreen Foundation, The. Grounds for Change: An Introduction to School Ground Naturalization.
Introductory video from Canadas premier national organization working to create more schoolyard habitats.
National Wildlife Foundation. Schoolyard Habitats: Make Your School Grounds Come Alive Introductory video from the premier national organization working to certify schoolyard habitats in the
United States.
Periodicals
Gardening with Kids: Products from the National Gardening Association
This catalog offers a wide variety of backyard and schoolyard gardening as well as indoor gardening tools,
ranging from seeds to greenhouses to tools, including kid-sized garden tools. To receive a catalog, call 800-538-
7476 or check outwww.kidsgardening.com.
Green Teacher: Education for Planet Earth
Green Teacher magazine is a wonderful periodical addressing environmental education from a classroom
teachers point of view. Each issue focuses on an environmental issue or theme and offers case studies from
around the United States, Canada and beyond. Useful tips for using environmental education in the classroom
and activities to try are also presented. Internet Resources (Project Examples & Information)
National Wildlife Federations Schoolyard Habitat ListServe
Send a blank email to:[email protected] Subscribing to this listserve will allow you to
automatically be in touch with teachers who are creating and using schoolyard habitats around the country.
Use this forum to ask questions or to get ideas from other teachers and experts at the National Wildlife
Federation.
Boston Schoolyard Initiativewww.schoolyards.org
This website describes a citywide program of school grounds enhancement in Boston, Massachusetts.
Marylands Green Schools Programwww.maeoe.org Follow the link to Green Schools Program to find information on how your school can become one of the
Governors Green Schools.
Chesapeake Bay Foundations Student Baysaverwww.bayschools.org/students/index.php3
This is a web site for students on how to join and be active as a Student Baysaver.
http://www.kidsgardening.com/http://www.kidsgardening.com/http://www.kidsgardening.com/mailto:[email protected]:[email protected]:[email protected]://www.schoolyards.org/http://www.schoolyards.org/http://www.schoolyards.org/http://www.maeoe.org/http://www.maeoe.org/http://www.maeoe.org/http://www.bayschools.org/students/index.php3http://www.bayschools.org/students/index.php3http://www.bayschools.org/students/index.php3http://www.bayschools.org/students/index.php3http://www.maeoe.org/http://www.schoolyards.org/mailto:[email protected]://www.kidsgardening.com/7/31/2019 Schoolyard Habitats Guide Sheet - MCC
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Chesapeake Bay Foundations Bay School Projectwww.bayschools.org/educators/bsp/index.php3
Use the Chesapeake Bay and its watershed as educational tools in teaching your students and turn your
school into a Bay School!
Education Organizations and Projectshttp://eelink.umich.edu
This web site offers classroom and professional resources in environmental education as well as grant
information.
National Wildlife Federations Schoolyard Habitat Programwww.nwf.org/schoolyardhabitats/
This is an excellent site!!!
The Evergreen Foundations Learning Grounds Programwww.evergreen.ca/en/lg/lg.html
This program helps schools create outdoor classrooms to provide students with a healthy place to play, learn
and develop a genuine respect for nature.
A Thousand Friends of Frogshttp://cgee.hamline.edu/frogs/
This web site is a great resource if you are interested in including frogs in your schoolyard project.
Butterflies of North Americahttp://butterflywebsite.com/Articles/npwc/butterflychecklist.htm
An electronic field guide with listings by state including photographs and species accounts of all butterflies
in the United States.
Maryland Native Plant Societywww.mdflora.org
Provides a list of Maryland native plants by habitat as well as a nursery list, techniques to control invasive
plants and much more.
North American Bluebird Societywww.nabluebirdsociety.org
Useful information about blue birds if a bluebird trail is a project that interests your school.
American Horticultural Societyhttp://www.ahs.org/
Plant related information and links to the Growing Connections program and to a national list of childrens
gardens (under the youth gardening section.)
Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Centerhttp://www.wildflower.org/
Regional native plant lists, as well as educator kits, which contain plant info and posters for use in the
classroom.
Wild Ones Landscapers http://www.for-wild.org This site is dedicated to the importance of landscaping with native plants. Includes an excellent how -to
handbook that guides you through habitat projects.
http://www.bayschools.org/educators/bsp/index.php3http://www.bayschools.org/educators/bsp/index.php3http://www.bayschools.org/educators/bsp/index.php3http://eelink.umich.edu/http://eelink.umich.edu/http://eelink.umich.edu/http://www.nwf.org/schoolyardhabitats/http://www.nwf.org/schoolyardhabitats/http://www.nwf.org/schoolyardhabitats/http://www.evergreen.ca/http://www.evergreen.ca/http://www.evergreen.ca/http://cgee.hamline.edu/frogs/http://cgee.hamline.edu/frogs/http://cgee.hamline.edu/frogs/http://butterflywebsite.com/Articles/npwc/butterflychecklist.htmhttp://butterflywebsite.com/Articles/npwc/butterflychecklist.htmhttp://butterflywebsite.com/Articles/npwc/butterflychecklist.htmhttp://www.mdflora.org/http://www.mdflora.org/http://www.mdflora.org/http://www.nabluebirdsociety.org/http://www.nabluebirdsociety.org/http://www.nabluebirdsociety.org/http://www.ahs.org/http://www.ahs.org/http://www.ahs.org/http://www.wildflower.org/http://www.wildflower.org/http://www.wildflower.org/http://www.for-wild.org/http://www.for-wild.org/http://www.for-wild.org/http://www.for-wild.org/http://www.wildflower.org/http://www.ahs.org/http://www.nabluebirdsociety.org/http://www.mdflora.org/http://butterflywebsite.com/Articles/npwc/butterflychecklist.htmhttp://cgee.hamline.edu/frogs/http://www.evergreen.ca/http://www.nwf.org/schoolyardhabitats/http://eelink.umich.edu/http://www.bayschools.org/educators/bsp/index.php37/31/2019 Schoolyard Habitats Guide Sheet - MCC
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Learning Through Landscapeshttp://www.ltl.org.uk/
This site is a good source for schoolyard curriculum integration. Also a good site for info on maintenance and
fundraising for a habitat project.
Journey North http://www.learner.org/jnorth/ This site is a good resource for curriculum integration especially when talking about habitat for migrating
species.
Monarch Watchhttp://www.monarchwatch.org/
This site is great for curriculum integration discussing butterfly gardens and habitat for Monarchs.
Bat Conservation Internationalhttp://www.batcon.org/home/default.asp This site is great curriculum integration relating to bat habitats.
Internet Resources (Grant Programs)
Chesapeake Bay Trustwww.chesapeakebaytrust.org
This organization gives out money for all types of projects. Let the students write as much of the grant as
possible.
National Fish and Wildlife Foundationwww.nfwf.org
Follow link to Grant Programs.
SchoolGrantswww.schoolgrants.org
A web site that lists grant opportunities throughout the nation and by state.
Environmental Protection Agencywww.epa.gov
Go to web site and search for grants.
National Wildlife Foundations Schoolyard Habitats Programwww.nwf.org
Go to web site and search for grants and more specifically Wild Seed Fund Mini -Grant.
* If any of the Internet resources interest you, please contact Irvines Schoolyard Habitat Coordinator (410-484-
2413, extension 22 [email protected]) so that we can obtain more information for you and so that
you can further explore a projects feasibility for your schoolyard and its adaptability to your curriculum.
* These are just a few of the Internet resources and grant opportunities available. We encourage you to do your
own searches as well. As you know, information and grant opportunities are always changing on the web.
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