Outside Every Day With SOREEL
Digital Education and Outreach -
a new regional collaboration
SOLC is proud to be an organizing partner in the “Outside Every Day with SOREEL” initiative. Using Facebook as a platform, about 20 regional environmental education providers are working together to share daily prompts that invite kids and families to get outside to connect and learn with nature. Providers are encouraged to share equitable and approachable content, being mindful that some households don’t have access to yards or parks, some don’t have access to specialized equipment (like binoculars, field guides, etc.), and some don’t have adult supervision readily available for outside adventuring. Many of the activities are also aligned with the Next Generation Science Standards to support the development of scientific literacy beyond the classroom.
Follow SOLC on Facebook or YouTube to see our contributions each Monday, or follow Southern Oregon Regional Environmental Education Leaders (SOREEL) on Facebook to get daily updates from all of the partnering organizations.
Here are some Outside Every Day activities from SOLC to get you started!
Join SOLC's Tara Laidlaw, Jackson Soil and Water Conservation District's Karelia Ver Eecke, and Vesper Meadow's Jeanine Moy to explore the practice of sit spots.
Join SOLC's Tara Laidlaw to learn about the three typical structures that lichens take, then head outside to see if you can find them in the woods, in your yard, or even in your driveway!
Today, Tara describes how to observe microscopic bacteria without a microscope, using hydrogen peroxide instead. Give it a try and start to discover just how widespread bacteria is in the natural world!
Today on Outside Every Day with SOREEL, SOLC's Tara Laidlaw describes how to identify poison-oak when you can't rely on "leaves of three, leave it be". Be on the lookout for this itch-inspiring plant, but don't let it deter you from getting outside every day!
In this episode of #OutsideEveryDay, Tara describes how to incorporate some math and close observation skill-building into a nature journaling practice by using scale when sketching.
SOLC’s Tara Laidlaw walks you through some options for finding or making a nature journal, then offers some basic prompts to help you get started with a nature journaling practice.
Today on #OutsideEveryDay, Tara takes a walk in Oredson-Todd Woods to find examples of dead trees, both standing and fallen, and to explore what kinds of plants, animals, and fungi find food and habitat there.
Learn a simple way to engage with your surroundings, wherever you are: keep on the lookout for examples of biotic (living or once-living) and abiotic (non-living) factors that work together to shape an ecosystem. To explore how different landscapes compare, keep notes in your nature journal about what you find!
