Students and teachers in participating schools have the opportunity to actively and significantly participate in a real-world rare species conservation programs. Join us in our work to protect these amazing species here in Massachusetts!
At each participating school, our biologist-educators provide high quality classroom presentations and field trips built around the students’ participation in the Blanding’s turtle and snapping turtle headstarting programs. Together, we learn about wildlife conservation, wetland ecology, and landscape history, focusing on inquiry-based skills at the center of the Next Generation Science Standards. All of our instructors have extensive experience working as field biologists with these turtles as well as experience at leading educational enrichment programs for students from elementary grades through high school.
At each participating school, our biologist-educators provide high quality classroom presentations and field trips built around the students’ participation in the eastern spadefoot toad or wood frog headstarting program. Together, we learn about wildlife conservation, vernal pool ecology, and landscape history, focusing on inquiry-based skills at the center of the Next Generation Science Standards. All of our instructors have extensive experience working as field biologists with vernal pool ecology and spadefoot toads, as well as experience at leading educational enrichment programs for students from elementary grades through high school.
If you're interested in possibly caring for native tadpoles, whether wood frog or eastern spadefoot toads, in your classroom, please fill out our Classroom Information Request Form.
Fill out our Classroom Information Request Form to learn more about our programs!
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