What Exactly does a School Nature Club look like? A school nature club is a group of students, along with a leader (usually a parent or a teacher) who meet on a regular basis to enjoy nature exploration and activities. Each nature club is unique- just like its participants! How often a nature club meets, and the kinds of activities they do, the number of children, the range of ages, where and when they meet - are all variable. You decide what works in your school community. Some nature clubs focus on projects like creating a wildlife-friendly garden, running a recycling team, reducing energy use in the school or restoring habitat in a nearby Green space. Other nature clubs focus on learning about local species through nature studies in the schoolyard, neighborhood or local parks, or by inviting guest speakers like local natural history experts. It’s up to you and your club to decide what works!
Some Types of School Nature Clubs Meet your wild neighbors – this club likes to study local birds, mammals or insects; Nature-friendly lifestyles – this type of club tackles current environmental challenges through beneficial personal actions such as reducing your carbon footprint, saving energy, walking to school, recycling etc; Digging deeper- this type of club likes to play in the dirt with school gardening projects like xeriscaping, native species gardening or wildlife gardening; Conservation Station- this type of club learns about and contributes toward the success of local conservation projects; Outdoor Exploring- this type of club likes to get outdoors exploring the school yard, neighbourhood parks and possibly beyond.