Project Noah
November 5th, 2010 by Alison Wheatley in Fun Stuff
Noah (Networked Organisms and Habitats) combines nature, technology and photography with the opportunity to become a Citizen Scientist.
Upon arriving at Noah’s website, you will see a satellite imagery map with green circled numbers on it. Choose an area of our world and click on the green circle, and you will be virtual...
Tags: Citizen Scientist, nature, Noah, photography, Technology
October 15th, 2010 by Alison Wheatley in Fun Stuff
The International Rhino Foundation is involved in conservation programs both in nature and in captivity for the five species of rhino that are endangered. Th...
Tags: Conservation, crafts, deforestation, Edinburgh, International Rhino Foundation, origami, rhino, trivia, zoo
October 1st, 2010 by Susie Hill in Fun Stuff
In this age of computers, video games and television, it is more vital than ever that every child become instilled with an appreciation for the great ou...
Tags: garden, outdoor, play, Richard Louv
September 18th, 2010 by Alison Wheatley in Fun Stuff
On August 31st, the National Zoo’s African lion Shera gave birth to four lion cubs. This was the first litter for Shera, who is five years old. Th...
Tags: lions, National Zoo, webcam, YouTube
September 2nd, 2010 by Alison Wheatley in Fun Stuff
Litter on our beaches not only looks ugly - marine and land life can get entangled in plastic debris, or choke on it when they mistake it for food. Th...
Tags: cleanup, litter, Loblaw, plastic, shoreline, Vancouver Aquarium, WWF Canada
Toronto Zoo Animals Fun
August 20th, 2010 by Alison Wheatley in Fun Stuff
The Ontario Summer Fun Guide has a Farms, Zoos & Animals in the Greater Toronto Area & Surrounding region website section dedicated to people who want to view animals. Of course the Toronto Zoo is on the list with its over 5,000 animals on view and i...
Tags: animals, carousel, Conservation, Fun, games, global warming, Guide, Ontario, Toronto Zoo, videos, YouTube, zoo
Smithsonian Online Fun
August 13th, 2010 by Alison Wheatley in Fun Stuff
You would hope that our world’s largest museum and zoo has a wonderful collection of online resources, and the Smithsonian delivers. They have one of the most extensive selections of live animal web cams, e-cards, wallpaper, and other online re...
Tags: animal, e-card, Komodo dragon, Maned Wolf, National Zoo, online, photos, resources, Smithsonian, Swan, wallpaper, web cam, Wildlife
Turtle Fun
August 6th, 2010 by Alison Wheatley in Fun Stuff
Turtles have been making the news lately due to the Gulf oil spill, but today’s Friday so it’s time to have some fun.
Save the Turtles, Inc. is a California-based non-profit organization that helps protect endangered sea turtles by providing financial assistanc...
Did you know that when you visit a pharmacist, one in every four purchases will have come from a tropical forest? Or that some frogs use their eyes to help push the food down their throat. The Northwest Wildlife Preservation Society wants you to kn...
Eco-Summer Fun
July 16th, 2010 by Alison Wheatley in Fun Stuff
With children spending more time around home in the summer, it can become a challenge to keep them entertained. Since so many kids like computers, how about helping them to learn about our planet and its wildlife while they have fun?
The most compl...
Tags: children, Climate Change, computers, Earth Day Canada, EcoKids, summer, Wildlife
Bat Houses
July 12th, 2010 by Susie Hill in Fun Stuff
It is official – bats are making a comeback! Popular television shows may help make bats cool, but we can thank Mother Nature for making bats amazing by design. In recent years, bats have shed their negative reputation and are being embraced for wh...
Friendly Mascots
June 18th, 2010 by Alison Wheatley in Fun Stuff
“Mascot”, according to Wikipedia, means any person, animal, or object thought to bring luck and that represents a group with a common public identity such as a school, professional sports team, society, non profit organization, or zoo. For t...
Wildlife Trivia
June 11th, 2010 by Alison Wheatley in Fun Stuff
Considering the popularity of shows like Jeopardy, it occurred to me that you might enjoy an online wildlife trivia game.
The Oracle Education Foundation’s ThinkQuest has six online animal quizzes, with one for each continent. They’re egalitarian – they ...
Tags: animal, Oracle Foundation, quiz, ThinkQuest, trivia, Wildlife
Atlas of Global Conservation
May 21st, 2010 by Alison Wheatley in Fun Stuff
The world’s first comprehensive collection of conservation maps has been published by the Nature Conservancy. The Atlas of Global Conservation is, according to the Nature Conservancy, the first time that everything we know about nature on planet Eart...
Animal Babies
May 14th, 2010 by Alison Wheatley in Fun Stuff
Spring is here and so are a lot of new born animals. Among the exciting stories is that a scimitar-horned oryx was born in early April at the National Zoo in Virginia – adding to the world’s population of this animal that is extinct in the wild.
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