Schoolyard Ecology Supports After-School Nature Club

With a new grant from the Greater Worcester Community Foundation, educators from the Harvard Forest Schoolyard Ecology Program are supporting a free after-school Science and Nature Club for students grades 3-6 at the Petersham Center School.

For 6 weeks in the autumn and 6 weeks in the spring, student participants collect phenology data from trees outside, explore the wild plant and animal species in their schoolyard, and graph their data on posters.

The program complements a range of programs the Forest offers at the Center School throughout the year, including programming for Arbor Day, and a field trip for every grade in the spring.