Slice of Life Tuesday: That’s Called Hope!
Last Friday, I did something today I hadn’t planned to do. After receiving an email, I ordered instructional materials for lessons on some conservation topics! Why I did this, I…
Category: Life Science – Garden Club Lessons
Slice of Life Tuesday: Enrichment Learning through Experiential Lessons
When I started Evergreen Garden Club in the fall of 2004, its main purpose was to provide student enrichment through hands-on activities using an outdoor environment such as the school…
Monarch Primer & Update: Mid-August 2020
It’s mid-August! This means that it is time to start tagging monarch butterflies! The monarch’s life cycle is amazing! Monarchs undergo what is referred to as a complete metamorphosis, or…
A Plant Game: Do You Know?
Do you know the common name for this plant? Where does it grow? Does it have any significance for conservation? Why or why not? When might you find…
Monarchs in Space?! Ten Years Ago Today!
Ten years ago I had my Evergreen Garden Club students participate in a large Citizen Science Project. It was co-hosted by Monarch Watch and NASA (yes, that NASA). Monarch larvae…
Going Out with Hope
Yesterday was my last day of work at a job I’ve only had a little more than 8 months. It was a job I wanted, a job I was given…
Monarch Update, Mid-August
It’s been a little over two weeks since I made my last monarch update. We are just starting the time of year when the super generation is being born! This…
Quick Monarch Update #3
Today, I provide another monarch update for you. My current counts are as follows: Releases: 5 – 3 female, 1 male, 1 unknown sex Chrysalises: 2 Larva – 5th instar…
