Kid to Teen Ecomentors ... let's brave the cold (and maybe mud) to go in search of winter life. Help us look for tracks, feathers, fur or scat, check up on the beaver and sc-c-c-coop some water to see if there's anything still moving around in there!
Have your parent email MsLevy (llevy@belchertown.org) with permission to join us (and permission to be escorted from CHCS or SRE)
Thursday February 9 from 3-5pm, starting at the Belchertown Teen Center.
Thursday, January 26, 2012
Friday, January 6, 2012
We got mentioned!
There's no doubt about it ... the Belchertown Land Trust Technology Grant helped get the Toyota Tapestry grant started. Let's hear it for Spring - and some major excursions over to Lake Wallace to get lots of kids excited about exploring and sharing! You've got to know where to are in order to care about it.
We'll want some snow on the ground for the next Kid-to-Teen Ecomentors event ... start doing your snow-dance!
http://www.masslive.com/living/index.ssf/2012/01/belchertown_school_superintendent_judith_houle_plans_talk_on_lake_wallace_ecology_project_at_land_tr.html
We'll want some snow on the ground for the next Kid-to-Teen Ecomentors event ... start doing your snow-dance!
http://www.masslive.com/living/index.ssf/2012/01/belchertown_school_superintendent_judith_houle_plans_talk_on_lake_wallace_ecology_project_at_land_tr.html
Thursday, December 1, 2011
The Beauty and Biodiversity of Belchertown
Celebrate our landscapes, natural history, and the fantastic variety of life that shares this great town with us! Draw, write, share!!
The Belchertown Biodiversity project (supported by the Toyota Tapestry grant) includes getting the word out about the beauty that surrounds us ... mammals, frogs, salamanders, snakes, oaks, maples, hickories, blueberries, squirrels and those great squiggly things in the water!
Choose your favorite spot, draw, photograph, or paint a landscape and name the season. Or get up close and personal with the plants, land or water animals or fungi or algae, (even soil, stones, and fallen leaves are fair game!), get drawing and name it!
Sit in a quiet space and wait for inspiration ... it won't take long! Write a poem or 2 celebrating the beauty of this great town. Include a word or two describing the habitat, landscape, rocks, plants, or animals that make Belchertown a great place to live and explore.
We'll be looking into a great space (or two) for public display of the artwork come spring. So give it your best effort and nominate yourself as an ambassador to Belchertown ecotourism ... folks from other places would love to get to see the landscapes and critters who share your backyard with you!
Stay tuned for more information about format, subject categories and submission dates.
The Belchertown Biodiversity project (supported by the Toyota Tapestry grant) includes getting the word out about the beauty that surrounds us ... mammals, frogs, salamanders, snakes, oaks, maples, hickories, blueberries, squirrels and those great squiggly things in the water!
Choose your favorite spot, draw, photograph, or paint a landscape and name the season. Or get up close and personal with the plants, land or water animals or fungi or algae, (even soil, stones, and fallen leaves are fair game!), get drawing and name it!
Sit in a quiet space and wait for inspiration ... it won't take long! Write a poem or 2 celebrating the beauty of this great town. Include a word or two describing the habitat, landscape, rocks, plants, or animals that make Belchertown a great place to live and explore.
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| Hydra, with symbiotic algae making it green |
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| Dragonfly larva |
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| Pond plant (or tree or coral? or just a really interesting pattern?) |
We'll be looking into a great space (or two) for public display of the artwork come spring. So give it your best effort and nominate yourself as an ambassador to Belchertown ecotourism ... folks from other places would love to get to see the landscapes and critters who share your backyard with you!
Stay tuned for more information about format, subject categories and submission dates.
Last Kid to Teen Ecomentors meet Weds Dec 7th!
We had another great, wet time! The weather didn't dampen the spirits of these dedicated explorers!
Prepare for the weather and join us! We'll be launching the art project, "The Beauty and Biodiversity of Belchertown" with landscapes and "still" life's of tree bark, branching and leaves.
Contact MsLevy for info.
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| Lake Wallace in the December rain |
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| MsLevy and MrClark and the explorers |
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| Observing, sharing, drawing |
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| Elizabeth shows the high-schoolers how the sketching gets done |
Prepare for the weather and join us! We'll be launching the art project, "The Beauty and Biodiversity of Belchertown" with landscapes and "still" life's of tree bark, branching and leaves.
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| Lake Wallace in September ... What'll it look like in December?! |
Contact MsLevy for info.
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