Project WEB
The Project WEB newsletter... A resource for teachers, connecting Projects WILD, WET and Learning Tree in New Hampshire. Download back issues below!
In every issue of the Project WEB newsletter: Upcoming educational events and workshops, announcements from the field, classroom activities, schoolyard habitats update.
To receive the Project WEB newsletter in the mail, you must participate in a Project WILD, Project WET, Project Learning Tree or Project HOME workshop. For more information on these programs, see our "For Teachers" page (click here).
Click on a date to download (pdf files).
Spring 2011 -- New Hampshire Schools Go Green!
Winter 2011 -- Watersheds: Gilmanton 7th graders explore watersheds; Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest; Lebanon Student Watershed Congress; Nashua 5th graders study water and watersheds; Project HOME: Landscaping for wildlife.
Fall 2010 - Exploring Ecosystems: Great Bay Estuary; Wildlife Action Plan; Disappearing Agricultural Fields; NH Habitat Brochure Series; Home for Woodcock;Taking an Ecosystems Approach to Schoolyard Landscaping.
Spring 2010 - Inquiry-based Science for All: "Inquirize" your hands-on science; N.H. Education and Environment Team; Become a learner - Engage your students; Incorporating inquiry every day; Using N.H. data sets and field investigations; Incorporating process skills; "Kids for Karners" dives into inquiry.
Winter 2010 - Vernal Pools: Habitat value; Join the salamander brigade; Protected wetland resource; Safe passage for vernal pool creatures; Schoolyards in winter
Fall 2009 - Outdoor Classrooms: Growing plants, harvesting knowledge (Conant School); Bicentennial School's outdoor classroom; Classroom without borders; Kids for Karners; Add water to your schoolyard!
Spring 2009 - Maintaining Biodiversity in our own Back Yards: Invasive Species in N.H.; Battling Exotic Forest Pests; Invasive Plants on the White Mountain National Forest; Invasive plants in the School Yard.
Winter 2009 (pdf, 747 KB) Climate Change - N.H.'s changing forests; Fish and Wildlife at risk; Challenges to our waters; Saving energy - how you can help!
Fall 2008 (PDF, 897 KB) Extreme Weather - Suncook River Avulsion/Forecasting Floods; N.H. Tornado!; After the Ice Storm. Data and science applications in real-life stories.
Spring 2008 (PDF, 786 KB) Integrating Math and Science; Math applications in forestry, fisheries, hydrology, and more; Inquiry-based high school science that's out of this world.
Winter 2008 (PDF, 883 KB) Connecting Science and Literacy; Nature Journaling; Outdoor Stories; Literacy in the Outdoor Classroom; Water You Reading?
Fall 2007 (PDF, 906 KB) Reconnecting kids with nature; Children benefit from outdoor play; GLOBE Earth System Science resources for K-4 teachers; The Great Park Pursuit; Leave No Child Inside; On the H.O.M.E. front; Get kids outside with Let’s Go Fishing!
Spring 2007 (PDF, 862 KB) Stories of NH written in the forests; Reading...while hiking; 1-minute forest mysteries!;Bear Brook State Park; Stories in stone; Who goes there?
Winter 2007 (PDF, 987 KB) Resources go round; Oil and transportation; Nuclear energy/Seabrook Station; Spotlight on PSNH; Electricity from coal; Natural gas; Living with carbon.
Fall 2006(PDF, 912 KB) Sustaining life on Earth; Wildlife - A resource rebounds; Renewable resources; Soils; Focus on SPNHF; Forest sustainability; Hydro, solar, and wind power.
Spring 2006 (PDF, 960 KB) The natural classroom; outdoor learning experiences offer great rewards -- tips on being prepared to minimize risk. Spotlight on hikeSafe.
Winter 2006 (PDF, 268 KB) Global climate change; AMC's Mountain Watch program; UNH Climate Change Research Center; DataStreme Atmosphere Course for Teachers.
Fall 2005 (PDF, 259 KB) Make way for winter in New Hampshire; Energy conservation key to deer survival; Trees adapt to winter, too; Mt. Washington Observatory; How do reptiles and amphibians survive winter?
Spring 2005 (PDF, 601 KB) Meeting teachers' professional development needs in NH; Curriculum connections through schoolyard investigations; Educational support centers.
Winter 2005 (PDF, 591 KB) Pollution; Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest; Trees and stress; Household hazardous waste; Climate change; Mercury in toys.
Fall 2004 (PDF, 345 KB) Digging into data!; Student data - Is it good enough?; The Globe Program; Students help document winter deer survival.
Spring 2004 (PDF, 257 KB) Water, water everywhere!; Wetland waders; RAARP; David Carroll, naturalist/artist; What is NH doing for wetlands?
Winter 2004 (PDF, 350 KB) Habitat is where it's at for wildlife; Fisher "myth-conceptions"; Habitat managers' toolbox; Rare habitats in N.H.
Fall 2003 (PDF, 293 KB) Geology: Still shaping New Hampshire; National natural landmarks in N.H.; new kids' website www.wildnewengland.org.
Winter 2003 (PDF, 248 KB): Environmental books for children; Linking students with literature and the land; Teaching science (and language arts); Integrated study units.
Fall 2002 (PDF, 784 KB): Hurray for environmental laws; Timeline of environmental legislation; The federal role in environmental education; How a bill becomes a law, Happy 30th birthday to the Clean Water Act.
Spring 2002 (PDF, 786 KB): Get out and explore, Keying across the curriculum; Choosing and using a field guide; Nature journaling and observation.
Spring 2001 (PDF, 676 KB): New Hampshire's changing landscape; Sprawl and water quality; What is a watershed?
Spring 2000 (PDF, 387 KB): Fun with phenology, What's happening to the frogs?; Why do birds sing?; Amphibians and reptiles in the classroom; UNH Environmental Education M.A. program.
