SUGGESTED RESOURCES &
LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES
May 16-29, 2020

Saturday, May 16 • Sunday, May 17
Monday, May 18 • Tuesday, May 19 • Wednesday, May 20
Thursday, May 21 • Friday, May 22

Saturday, May 23 • Sunday, May 24
Monday, May 25 • Tuesday, May 26 • Wednesday, May 27
Thursday, May 28 • Friday, May 29

FEATURED RESOURCE: DANDELIONS

DANDELION: Looking through the lens of the common dandelion, this week, we explore how wild edibles, naturalized species, and spring flowers can support self-directed and facilitated learning at home. The spring return of dandelion blossoms mark the season and inspires learning that supports interests, sparks curiosity, and connects us to the places we call home.

ACTIVITIES: Associated activities to encourage experiential learning through plant, place, and history include cooking, baking, brewing, mindful observations, journaling, sketching, photography, plant identification, data collection, plant dissection, and video viewing.

RESOURCES: And in addition to the dandelion, other community-based resources highlighted to support learning through the lens of naturalized plant species include native and ornamental plant species, untreated lawns, fields, and meadows, native animal species, grocery stores, brew supply shops, libraries, and book stores.

INTERESTS: So select an interest below to support your learning while strengthening a sense of place:

World History ♦ Social Studies ♦ Ecology ♦ Agriculture ♦ Medicine ♦ Mythology ♦ Culinary Arts ♦ Pastry Arts ♦ Baking ♦ Brewing ♦ Wild Edibles ♦ Foraging ♦ Nutrition ♦ Fermentation ♦ Botany ♦ Scientific Process ♦ Botanical Drawing ♦ Nature Photography ♦ STEM ♦ Geometry ♦ Fibonacci Sequence ♦ Physics ♦ Aerodynamics ♦ Biomimicry ♦ Folk Art ♦ Folk Music ♦ Folk Medicine ♦ Imaginative Play ♦ Creative-Free Play

FEATURED INTERESTS:
Folk Remedies ♦ Spring Cleaning ♦ Art Studies ♦ Sense of Place ♦ Animal Studies ♦ Ornithology ♦ Farm Animals ♦ Animal Welfare ♦ Veterinarian Science ♦ Animal Behavior ♦ STEM ♦ Algebra ♦ Citizen Science ♦ Physical Education ♦ Language Arts ♦ Poetry

NATURE-BASED LEARNING:
Nature-Based Learning ♦ Mindfulness ♦ Biomimicry ♦ Phenology ♦ Geology ♦ Natural History ♦ Minerals ♦ Biospheres ♦ Weather & Erosion ♦ Meteorology ♦ Galaxies ♦ Wild Edibles ♦ Forests ♦ Forest Ecology ♦ Sky

LOCAL RESOURCES:
Curly Willow ♦ Oak Meadow ♦ Nolumbeka Project ♦ Walking Tours ♦ Becket Land Trust ♦ Old Sturbridge Village ♦ Berkshire Museum ♦ Community Experts ♦ Small Businesses ♦ Northeast Organic Farming Association of Massachusetts ♦ Food Bank of Western MA ♦ Springfield Symphony Orchestra ♦ Emily Dickinson Museum ♦ Norman Rockwell Museum ♦ The Trustees ♦ New England Air Museum ♦ Ventfort Hall ♦ Historic Northampton ♦ Naumkeag ♦ Regreen Springfield ♦ Hitchcock Center ♦ Jacob’s Pillow ♦ Smith College Museum of Art ♦ Hampden Gallery ♦ The Clark ♦ IS183 Art School of the Berkshires ♦ Springfield Museums ♦ Cooley Dickinson Hospital ♦ Mass Audubon ♦ Best Buddies ♦ Common Good ♦ Veterans ♦ River Valley Co-Op ♦ Bare Roots Farm ♦ Historic Deerfield ♦ nbCC Bike Collective ♦ GreenLove Eco Cleaning ♦ Greenfield Community College ♦ Hancock Shaker Village ♦ Berkshire Humane Society ♦ Northampton Parks & Rec ♦ Enchanted Circle Theater

FOOD & FARMING:

Garden Tool Lending Library ♦ Virtual Farm Store ♦ Culinary Arts ♦ Early American Cuisine ♦ Pie Crust ♦ Scones ♦ Fermented Foods ♦ Backyard Chickens ♦ Plant Sale ♦ Organic Gardening ♦ Fruit Trees ♦ Agriculture

MUSIC, ART, THEATER, DANCE STUDIES:
Film Studies ♦ Music Studies ♦ West African Music ♦ Chorus ♦ Symphony ♦ Classical Music ♦ Art Studies ♦ Museum Tours ♦ Art History ♦ Color History ♦ Sculpture ♦ Printmaking ♦ Dr. Seuss ♦ Theater Studies ♦ Puppet Theater ♦ Shakespeare ♦ Sword Fighting ♦ Dance Studies ♦ World Folk Dances ♦ Contemporary Dance Studies ♦ Canadian Stepdance ♦ Rock Climbing ♦ Magic ♦ Waltz Music

LANGUAGE ARTS:
Language Arts ♦ Literature ♦ Children’s Literature ♦ Virtual Mapping ♦ Communication Skills

HISTORY:
History ♦ Native American Studies ♦ U.S. History ♦ Local History ♦ Food History ♦ Guilded Age ♦ Renaissance History ♦ Gender Studies ♦ Women’s History ♦ Fashion History ♦ Art History ♦ Aviation History ♦ Social Movements

ANIMALS & INSECTS:
Animal Studies ♦ Herpetology ♦ Ichthyology ♦ Ornithology ♦ American Woodcock ♦ Bobolink ♦ Frogs ♦ Bird-Watching ♦ Peregrine Falcon ♦ Marine Biology ♦ Oysters ♦ River Herring ♦ Merino Sheep ♦ Entomology ♦ Symbolic Relationships ♦ Beetles ♦ Butterflies

STEM:
Science ♦ Kitchen Science ♦ Molecular Gastronomy ♦ Zymology ♦ STE(A)M ♦ Astronomy ♦ Psychology

COMMUNITY SERVICE:
Acts of Kindness ♦ Community Service ♦ Virtual Food Drive ♦ Homelessness ♦ Sewing Masks ♦ Citizen Science ♦ Nature’s Notebook ♦ Light Pollution

EARLY CHILDHOOD:
PreK ♦ Vision Boards ♦ Creative Free-Play ♦ Play Ideas

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