Harvard LTER Schoolyard Program
Learn about and initiate ecology research in your classroom and schoolyard. Your students can learn to collect data on important long-term ecological issues and processes. Their data will be used to enhance scientific research being done at Harvard Forest. Students' data will be posted on the Harvard Forest website and used by citizen scientists studying long-term ecological phenomena.
You don't need to be a science expert to get a real life, important research project started in your school. Our schoolyard coordinator will provide you with the materials and classroom/field assistance needed to get going. She can also facilitate communication with scientists at Harvard Forest who are studying related concepts.
Schoolyard Research Topics:
- Buds, Leaves, and Global Warming (SY001)
- Hemlock Trees and the Pesky Pest, The Woolly Adelgid (SY002)
- Water in the Landscape: Vernal Pools (SY003)
- Water in the Landscape: Streams (SY004)
Slide shows:
- 2006-2007 Season (pdf 9.7 mb)
- 2007-2008 Season (pdf 12.2 mb)
Contact Pamela Snow, Schoolyard Coordinator at (978) 724-3302 x246 or email- hfkto12@fas.harvard.edu to begin a hands-on, long term, ecological research project.
Participating Schools: Names Locations Map
Partners for the Harvard LTER Schoolyard Program include: Hitchcock Center for the Environment, Millers River Environmental Center, Nashua River Watershed Association, and SCA Massachusetts Parks AmeriCorps.
LTER Network resources include its Education and Schoolyard web pages.