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These nature-inspired hands-on activities help participants connect with their environment, build their observational skills, and celebrate the biodiversity of our planet.
Help your library create a space for nature to recover! This activity can be done in an outdoor space or indoors using planter containers. Learn about "rewilding" and work with your community to let a piece of land restore itself as an ecosystem supporting plant and animal life. 0
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This seven-step guide walks through how to let a plot of land "rewild" by being left alone to re-establish itself as an ecosystem supporting plant and animal life. This guide can be given directly to patrons to take home. 0
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Esta guía de siete pasos explica cómo dejar que una parcela de tierra "recupere su estado salvaje" dejándola sola para que se restablezca como un ecosistema que sustenta la vida vegetal y animal. Esta guía se puede entregar directamente a los usuarios para que la lleven a casa. 0
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Rewilding is the process of letting nature reclaim its natural space. Creating a sign for your patch of land is a great way to let others know how you are restoring nature. Libraries can create a sign for a spot on their grounds or host a program for community members to build a sign for their own patches of land at home or around the community! 0
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Invite your community on a walk around the library’s outdoor spaces to record observations of the plants and animals. Turn this into a community science project by submitting the observations to the free app, iNaturalist. The data will be used to inform biologists how to best protect and restore an ecosystem. 0
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Patrons design and build a hanging planter out of recycled materials 0
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Patrons learn about what animals need to survive, and then design and build a habitat model for their favorite animal! 0
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Children create a wind streamer out of common materials and use it to determine the wind’s direction. 5493
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Patrons learn about phenophases (changes of the seasons) by observing ecosystems and recording their observations in naturalist journals 0
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Go outside and investigate different types of plants using a magnifying glass, camera, notebook, and (optional) app, then see if you can classify them. 0
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Children observe Earth clouds and discover that there are different kinds of clouds at the upper, middle, and lower levels of our atmosphere. 1330
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Patrons learn about how different types of soil have different capacities for retaining water, and some can result in flooding problems, by testing three different soil samples (sand, potting soil, and clay) 0
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