Online Resources for Scholars & Educators

Harvard Forest has developed an ever-growing list of online resources for students, educators, and researchers.

Explore:

• a virtual tour of Harvard Forest's French Road Trail
• canopy web-cams and real-time data from the field
• a digital catalog of our entire Archive, including more than a century of photos, stand records, and more
• curated playlists of Harvard Forest films and video dispatches from the field
• an in-depth look at the ants of central Massachusetts
• a multimedia exploration of the 17th-century clash between colonial settlers and the Nipmuck people, by filmmaker Roberto Mighty
• 600 digitized historic and modern maps of Harvard Forest and surrounding areas
• middle and high school climate change teaching tools based on Harvard Forest data (forest carbon and tree rings)
• a searchable catalog of all of our research data (yes, really)
• a virtual reality experience in the woods of Harvard Forest
• a Q&A and art-science gallery featuring Bullard Fellow David Buckley Borden
• a closer look at each of our major, long-term field research studies
• citizen science field protocols and data, with supporting teacher-developed resources from the Schoolyard Ecology Program 
• an interactive map of the island of Martha's Vineyard, from 1850 to today
• the landscape history of central Massachusetts, from 1700 to 1930, as shown in the Fisher Museum dioramas
• a guide to the science behind autumn leaf color change
• an exploration of the art of abandoned landscapes, by Bullard Fellow Debby Kaspari
• a documentary about the Hemlock Hospice project, featuring Bullard Fellow David Buckley Borden and Senior Ecologist Aaron Ellison