Jul 29, 2020 | Digital Challenge Grants, Educational Products, Elementary School, Experiential Education, Featured Products, High School, Middle School, Summer Camps
30-day Experiential Education Calendar This 30-day Challenge Calendar was created to get students of all ages outside to explore, observe, and critically think about the ecosystems in Tampa Bay. Each challenge has follow-up questions that foster further...
Jul 10, 2020 | Digital Challenge Grants, Educational Products, Middle School, Reptiles
Gopher Tortoise Activity Book An illustrated guide by Anna Maria Island teen Zander Srodes covering the biology and ecology of the gopher tortoise, a protected species in Florida. Chapters explore various aspects of tortoise ecology and conservation with associated...
Jul 10, 2020 | Digital Challenge Grant, Digital Challenge Grants, Educational Products, Estuarine Habitats, Fertilizer Runoff, Middle School, Sea Creatures, Stormwater
Exploring Tampa Bay: A Teachers Guide to Florida’s Largest Estuary Designed for students at the middle-school level, this guide assists teachers and parents in educating pupils about the bay’s outstanding natural resources, and its most pressing...
Jul 8, 2020 | Bay Mini Grant, Invasive Species, Middle School
Invasive Species Teaching Guide Designed for middle-school students, “Intruders in Paradise” contains 12 classroom activities, website references, a master vocabulary list, 29 Fact Sheets about individual invasive plants and animals, and additional...
Apr 29, 2020 | Be Floridian, Behavior Change, Boating and Fishing, Educational Products, Featured Products, Fertilizer Runoff, High School, Middle School, Stormwater, Water Quality
In Florida, summer rains don’t water fertilizer in — they wash it off our lawns and into our lakes, bays and oceans. The excess nitrogen and phosphorus in the water feeds algae blooms that use up oxygen, kill fish and turn the water the color of pea soup. As more and...