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Chief Naturalist Anthony leads us on the hunt.

Exercise your creativity with Naturalist Kayla.

Explore your neighborhood with Naturalist Nate.

Join Residential Education Manager Jaime in the Secret Garden.

Get to know staff over a cup of coffee!


Thanks to Amanda in Vermont for suggesting these great links!

Landmarks & National Parks

Wyoming LLC Attorney

Virtual Reality Field Trips

VR.space


Download your own copy of “Birds of the Indiana Dunes,” illustrated by Melissa Washburn! This fun coloring book offers beginning birding tips and resources, along with ten local birds for you to color yourself.

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This project was made possible with support from South Shore Arts, the Indiana Arts Commission, and the National Endowment for the Arts.


Great stuff from nature centers, museums, and more!

Thanks to Stella, Nessa, and Kason for recommending this new site for virtual field trips.

Thanks to Freya for recommending this fun site, full of links to other resources.

Adventures in Learning

Wolf Ridge Environmental Learning Center

Alliance for the Great Lakes

Yellowstone Virtual Tours

National Park Service

Indiana Dunes National Park

Interactive eBooks

National Science Teachers Association

Indiana Dunes National Park Jr. Ranger Book

National Park Service

Outside Still Open

NatureBridge

Wonder At Home

Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum

Live Animal Cams

San Diego Zoo

iNaturalist

An app to help you record your nature observations

Outdoor Family Fun Ideas

Tales of a Mountain Mama

Nature Moments Videos

Bowdoin College

MSHInside

Mount St. Helens Institute

Ranger Rafi Hikes Mt. Baldy

Indiana Dunes National Park

Science From Home

The Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University

The Field at Home

The Field Museum, Chicago

Frost Science@Home

Frost Museum of Science, Miami

Nature Nuggets Videos

The Ecology School

Polar Bear Virtual Field Trip

Discovery Education

Audubon for Kids

National Audubon Society

Education at Home

National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration

Ology: Science for Kids

American Museum of Natural History

Nature Lab

The Nature Conservancy

Teaching Nature Journaling

curated collections

Coloring Pages

Mountaintrue

Chewonki @Home

Chewonki

NatGeo@Home

National Geographic Family

Roots & Shoots

The Jane Goodall Institute

Distance Learning Lab

North Carolina Coastal Federation

Ants on Parade

Association of Fish & Wildlife Agencies

Slime in Space

We Are Teachers - Nickelodeon

Jr. Ranger Activity Books

National Park Service

Nature Reads

Wilderness Inquiry

WI Online Learning

Wilderness Inquiry

Rain Clouds in a Bottle

National Geographic Kids

Wacky Animal Eyes

National Geographic Kids

Mystery Boxes

Captain Planet Foundation

The Virtual Rainforest

Virtualrainforest.org


Things to Download/Print and Crafts

Scavenger Hunt

Shadow Puppets


Videos from Dunes Learning Center

Check us out on our
YouTube channel!

Make an owl puppet with Lily and Kayla! Video above, or click HERE for written instructions.

World Frog Day

Learn about spring peepers with Chief Naturalist Anthony!