The Bailey-Matthews Shell Museum is the only professional museum in the country dedicated entirely to shells. The museum opened in
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Butterflies
Zebra longwing butterfly photo by Tammy Powers / Wikipedia Florida’s State butterfly is the Zebra Longwing butterfly. Have your students
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Make your own Owl Calendar 2011
Does your Young Naturalist have a thing for owls? Allow them to design their own owl calendar using illustrations from
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Barn Owl Web Cam
Live Streaming by Ustream.TV This is a unique opportunity to observe a pair of Barn Owls and their owlets.via live
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Birds of Prey
“Birds of prey—powerful eagles, hawks, and owls—have very different lifestyles from Florida’s backyard songbirds. Also known as raptors, they are
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Introduction to Florida State Symbols
Activities:Print out the Florida State Symbols PDF and include in your notebook Suggested Reading:Florida Facts and Symbols by Emily McAuliffe
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Ten Thousand Islands: An estuary field trip
For part one of our study on the Everglades we went on a field trip just outside of Everglades National
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Bird Beaks
Lesson PlansEduplace.com Bird Beak LabRanger Rick Naturescope: Birds, Birds, Birds lesson plan Online Resources:Backyard Nature Bird Beaks PageTeacher’s Domain Bird
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Handbook of Nature Study
If you do not have your own copy of the Handbook of Nature Study you can use this online version
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State Marine Mammal: West Indian Manatee
“In 1975, Florida chose the West Indian Manatee to be the state’s Marine Mammal.”The Young Naturalist’s Guide to Florida; page
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Florida’s Native Plants: Native and Exotic plants
Lesson PlanRead page 85 (Some of Florida’s native plants) to page87 Read pages 131-133 (stop before the section on birds).
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Everglades
Surrounded on three sides by the warm tropical seas of the Atlantic Ocean, Florida Bay, and the Gulf of Mexico,
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Blackpoint Wildlife Drive at Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge
Blackpoint Wildlife Drive is a 7-mile auto tour through one of the best wildlife viewing areas within Merritt Island National
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Birds: The fun of watching birds
You may have thought that you have to be an expert to identify birds, but birding can be enjoyed by
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Jonathan Dickinson State Park
This 11,500-acre park is named for Jonathan Dickinson, a Quaker merchant whose vessel shipwrecked nearby in 1696. Jonathan Dickinson State
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Loxahatchee River
Loxahatchee means “river of the turtle,” which is a fitting name for the Loxahatchee River which is one of the
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