K-12 Schoolyard Ecology
Since 2004, the Harvard Forest Schoolyard Ecology program has supported classrooms in collecting authentic ecological field data in their own local schoolyards.
Real Science, Real Scientists, Real Issues
- Explore Research Projects that help students students address important, current environmental issues
- Learn from Professional Development Workshops and Online Resources (including field trip resources)
- Browse the Schoolyard Database to download and graph student data online.
- See how HF Schoolyard projects connect to 2013 Mass. Science Frameworks incorporating NGSS.
- Educator spotlights: Meet some of our star educators!
- Sign up for the Schoolyard Scientists e-news!
- Read our NEW student publication-Observations to see how students in our program use their data. (You can download the pdf of the journal here).
Contact hf-edu@fas.harvard.edu or Katharine Hinkle (katharinehinkle@fas.harvard.edu) for more information on these programs.
This work is supported by the Long-Term Ecological Research Program of the National Science Foundation and private donors.