Pollinator Gardens

Creating pollinator gardens in the outdoor classroom is a fun and STEAM inspired activity that students will love. Butterflies gardens are just the start.

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Pollinator Gardens

Butterfly Inspired STEAM

Butterflies are essential pollinator friends in our ecosystem that add to the biodiversity of any garden. When it comes to butterfly STEAM, this paper project

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Pollinator Gardens

How To Plant A Butterfly Garden

Butterfly gardens are rich in educational opportunities and aesthetic functionality. Depending on where you live, you can attract and support butterfly migration corridors with selected

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SD #38 Transition to teaching outdoors

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