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11 Tips for Parents to Connect Kids to the Outdoors Get children interested and excited about nature in their own backyard or around the neighborhood with these 11 tips for parents to connect kids to nature.

Happy 50th anniversary, ! In celebration of today, we're sharing our Understanding Food and Climate Change Interactive Guide. It's a rich resource that can be used for those engaged in distance learning and offers essential climate change education - wherever you are!

Download the free guide here: https://www.ecoliteracy.org/download/understanding-food-and-climate-change-interactive-guide

Earth Day 2020 - Project Learning Tree Amid the recent COVID-19 global pandemic, the 50th anniversary of Earth Day has gone digital. We've teamed up with Earth Day Network, Project WET, and Project WILD to share our available education resources to advance climate education.

"How does a watershed work — and why are these natural filters critical for clean drinking water? This video explores how watersheds benefit people and nature. It also explains how a student-built water garden can demonstrate the filtering power of a watershed."

Nature Lab made this great 4 minute video all about clean water and the importance of a healthy watershed. Watch this to learn why we here at Stormwater SMART do what we do!

watch the video at: vimeo.com/77811268
Download the teacher guide on nature.org/naturelab

If you are watching at home with a middle schooler, you can use this video to go over these vocabulary words!

-Finite: Limited, not endless

-Impervious: Unable to pass through, as it relates to a surface or material

-Pollution: Unwanted chemicals that impact water quality

-Resource: A limited quantity of useful substance or material

-Run-off: Water that drains into streams and rivers following rainfall

-Watershed: An area of land where all the water that is under it, or drains off of it, flows to the same river, basin or sea.

NASA offers tons of at-home activities for children home from school NASA is offering educational resources to keep children engaged with science while away from school.