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August 13th: 4-6 pm at the Fisher Museum!

After our Research Experience for Teachers workshop on Tuesday, August 13th, please stay or come join us for a celebration of 20 years of the Schoolyard Ecology program at Harvard Forest. We will be paying tribute to the amazing research that teachers and students have done throughout the two decades of our

Have you been looking for ways to engage your students in authentic science practices that also brings them outside and engages them with climate science? Come join us this summer to train on a Harvard Forest Schoolyard project. Our Schoolyard Ecology program is currently in its 20th year of helping teachers get their students outside and seeing how climate

On Thursday, June 6th, four classes that participate in our Schoolyard Ecology program gathered to share their learning from the year in an interactive and creative way at our first ever "data jam!" Including vibrant displays that showcased their work with long-term data collected by students, fifth graders taught high school participants about the phenology of their trees

Harvard Forest has commenced its 31st annual Summer Research Program in Ecology (SRPE), welcoming 20 students from 13 colleges nationwide. Research inquiries are guided by 25 researchers from institutions such as Harvard Forest, UMass Amherst, and the City University of New York - Hunter.

 Four primary research projects include numerous sub-projects that interns collaboratively advance with mentors. They include:

• Hemlock, Oak,