Summer Nature Study & Unit Study Resources

10 curated resources, 10 of them free or with a free tier. Year-round resources are on the home page.

Free unit studies, lapbooks and printables, browsable by topic (animals, plants, weather, space) and season.

Barb McCoy's nature study membership and guides, based on the Handbook of Nature Study, with seasonal lessons and follow-up activities.

Slow, seasonal, Charlotte Mason-inspired nature study, with free nature journal pages and seasonal guides.

Monarch butterfly education and a large-scale tagging program that follows the fall migration.

Plant-observation science projects: record when plants leaf, flower and fruit, and how pollinators use them.

Challenge to spend 1000 hours outside in a year, with free trackers, an app and a podcast.

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Resources for educators and caregivers bringing gardening to kids.

Cornell Lab citizen science: find and monitor bird nests and report data that tracks breeding birds.

Learn frog and toad calls, then monitor a local wetland and report what you hear each season.

Upload photos of bumble bees; experts verify them and the data tracks where each species lives.

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