Rohan Woods Students Have Friendly Bird Watching Competition
Did you know that the Great Backyard Bird Count was February 17–20, 2017?
Posts by Eddie Jones, LREC Program Manager
Jan Buley To Facilitate PBL Workshop!
Jan Buley (keynote speaker at this year’s Litzsinger Teacher Conference) will be facilitating LREC’s Place-based Learning workshop this summer!
Students Create Field Guide
Smack in the middle of the city of Clayton, surrounded by brick, mortar and asphalt, created by students during class…
Partnership Has Its Privileges
A LREC Teacher Partnership is about you developing your outdoor teaching and learning skills, integrating outdoor learning experiences into your…
Nuisance Species?
What do Osage orange trees and white-tail deer have in common? They are both nuisance species—native plants and animals that…
It’s Happening This Winter at City Academy
It was quite a scene! We raised butterflies this fall as part of our study of insect life cycles and talked…
Nature’s Camo
As you may have read in our May newsletter, the Glass House Quiz is about hard-to-spot animals. We scoured our…
Volunteer Educator – Above and Beyond
Volunteer Educator, DD, discovers that she is a temporary habitat for a stink bug, much to the delight of preschool…
Orchids at LREC
According to Bill Summers’ book Missouri Orchids, there are 34 orchid species native to Missouri. Orchids tend to be fairly…
Thoughts on Language Learning
I am amazed by language. We spend a large portion of our lives learning language. In our childhood, we develop…
Preparing to Burn
As fall sets in, LREC staff are starting to think about fire. Every year, we use fire to assist in…
Seed Sowing
Seeds are a big part of our work year-round here at LREC. In the spring, summer, and fall, we are…