Articles

Why I became a Conservationist

“When you know something, you want to protect it.”

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FIELD Corps at High Marq

Since 2010, High Marq Environmental Charter School has offered a project- and place-based learning alternative for students in and around the Montello School District in rural Marquette County, Wisconsin. The FIELD Corps model of learning through discovery and student inquiry has been at the root of our school’s success from the beginning.

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Urban Ecology: A Natural Way to Transform Kids, Parks, Cities, and the World

Urban Ecology is the story of how the UEC operations and programming began in a double-wide trailer at Riverside Park, Milwaukee, to expand to three elegant LEED-certified Urban Ecology Centers annually serving more than 60 schools and 200,000 children, families, and adults of all ages.

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Books to Read on a Cold Winter's Day

Check out these great books all about winter!

Staying Warm Winter Experiments

Learn why certain things keep us warmer in cold weather.

Edible Aquifer

Did you ever wonder where all of the water you use comes from? In Wisconsin, most of us get our water from under the ground. Groundwater doesn't flow like an underground river.

Build Your Own Vermicomposting Box

Get started composting with worms!

Sparks and Embers

Why I became a Conservationist

FIELD Corps at High Marq

Urban Ecology: A Natural Way to Transform Kids, Parks, Cities, and the World

Books to Read on a Cold Winter's Day

Staying Warm Winter Experiments

Edible Aquifer

Build Your Own Vermicomposting Box

Educator Spotlight