LTER Schoolyard Program at LTER Schoolyard Program at Harvard ForestHarvard Forest

Funded by NSF LTER Schoolyard and the Massachusetts Environmental Trust

Photos contributed by Schoolyard program staff, coaches and teachers

A Look BackA Look Backby Pamela Snow,by Pamela Snow,

Harvard Forest LTER Schoolyard CoordinatorHarvard Forest LTER Schoolyard Coordinator

Copyright Copyright ©© Harvard University 2007Harvard University 2007

CollaborationCollaboration

Harvard Forest Harvard Forest Schoolyard Long Term Ecological Research Schoolyard Long Term Ecological Research program, National Science Foundationprogram, National Science FoundationMillers River Environmental CenterMillers River Environmental CenterNashua River Watershed AssociationNashua River Watershed AssociationMassachusetts Audubon SocietyMassachusetts Audubon SocietySchool Districts:School Districts: AmherstAmherst--Pelham, Ashburnham, Pelham, Ashburnham, Framingham, Warwick, Athol, Tewksbury, Franklin Framingham, Warwick, Athol, Tewksbury, Franklin County Technical School, Essex County Agricultural County Technical School, Essex County Agricultural School, Greenfield, Petersham, Austin Prep., Shady School, Greenfield, Petersham, Austin Prep., Shady Hill, AshlandHill, Ashland

Harvard Forest Schoolyard LTER staff

Mary Marro, Nashua River Watershed

Liz Duff, Massachusetts Audubon Society

Ivan Ussach, Millers River Environmental Center

Dr. John O'Keefe, Forest Ecologist

Dr. Betsy Colburn, Aquatic Ecologist

Dr. David Orwig, Forest Ecologist

AutumnAutumn Field StudiesField Studies

Every experience is a moving Every experience is a moving force. Its value can be force. Its value can be judged only on the ground of judged only on the ground of what it moves toward and what it moves toward and into.into.

John DeweyJohn Dewey

Wildwood Elementary School, Amherst

Buds, Leaves, and Global WarmingBuds, Leaves, and Global Warming

Athol-Royalston Middle School

Franklin County Technical School

Fuller Middle School, Framingham

J.R. Briggs Elementary School, Ashburnham

Freshwater Ecology: Vernal PoolFreshwater Ecology: Vernal Pool

If a child is to keep his inborn If a child is to keep his inborn sense of wonder, he needs the sense of wonder, he needs the companionship of at least one companionship of at least one

adult who can share it, adult who can share it, rediscovering with him the joy, rediscovering with him the joy, excitement and mystery of the excitement and mystery of the

world we live in. world we live in.

--Rachel Carson. Rachel Carson.

Petersham

When one tugs at asingle thing in nature,he finds it attachedto the restof the world.

John Muir

Field Trips to Harvard ForestField Trips to Harvard Forest

Data SeminarData Seminar

Observation alone is not Observation alone is not enough. We have to enough. We have to understand the understand the significance significance of what we see, hear, and of what we see, hear, and touch.touch. ––

John DeweyJohn Dewey

Dr. Emery Boose, Harvard Forest Information Manager

Winter Field WorkWinter Field Work

Petersham

Ashburnham

Hemlock Trees and the Pesky Pest, Hemlock Trees and the Pesky Pest, the Woolly Adelgidthe Woolly Adelgid

Ashburnham

Greenfield High School

In the end we will conserve In the end we will conserve only what we love; only what we love;

We will love only what we We will love only what we understand;understand;

We will understand only what We will understand only what we have been taught. we have been taught.

--Baba DioumBaba Dioum

Spring SeminarSpring Seminar

JR Briggs Elementary School, Ashburnham, Ma.Massachusetts Office of Environmental Affairs

Secretary’s Award for Excellence in Environmental Education

Petersham Center School Massachusetts Office of Environmental Affairs

Secretary’s Award for Excellence in Environmental Education

Thanks for all you do!Thanks for all you do!

Schoolyard Teachers and StudentsSchoolyard Teachers and StudentsMillers River Environmental CenterMillers River Environmental Center

The Nashua River Watershed AssociationThe Nashua River Watershed AssociationMassachusetts Audubon SocietyMassachusetts Audubon Society

Harvard Forest Scientists and StaffHarvard Forest Scientists and StaffNational Science Foundation, Schoolyard LTER National Science Foundation, Schoolyard LTER

and Ed En Venture fund.and Ed En Venture fund.Massachusetts Environmental TrustMassachusetts Environmental Trust