Young Florida Naturalists

The Bailey-Matthews Shell Museum

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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Owl Pellet Dissection

It was inevitable that we would get to the part in our nature study where we dissect owl pellets. It
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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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Forever Florida Field Trip

We took a recent field trip to Forever Florida in St. Cloud, Florida. As soon as we arrived, we felt
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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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