The interdisciplinary team behind The Brood X Cicada Outreach in the spring and summer of 2021 has been selected as the recipients of the Purdue Cooperative Extension Specialists’ Association (PUCESA) Team Award. The Team Award recognizes innovative Extension programming by a team of specialists and their allied partners. The cicada team, led by exotic forest […]

Welcome to the Nature of Teaching Professional Development Webinar Series: Ecotoxicology Part 1. This webinar shared by Rod Williams, a professor and extension wildlife specialist with Purdue University Extension, and Jason Hoverman, an associate professor at Purdue University and a co-author on the unit on ecotoxicology, discusses the principles of ecotoxicology, contaminants, and threats to […]

To view all FNR Extension webinars visit our Webinars YouTube Playlist. Roots of the Future: A Succession Planning Program for Sustainable Land Stewardship, Session 4 Kurt Smith – Assistant Professor of Forestry and Extension specialist at North Carolina State University   In this fourth session, Purdue Extension Succession Planning Team and Indiana Forestry & Woodland […]

Resourceful Animal Relationships is one unit in a series available from The Nature of Teaching – the place to go for teaching resources that focus on wildlife, food waste, health and wellness. In this series teachers can find free lesson plans, printables, posters, a photo library, information on upcoming workshops and more. This lesson will […]

The Nature of Teaching: Ecotoxicology and Environmental Health is one unit in a series available from The Nature of Teaching – the place to go for teaching resources that focus on wildlife, food waste, health and wellness. In this series teachers can find free lesson plans, printables, posters, a photo library, information on upcoming workshops and […]

The Nature of Teaching: Disease Ecology is one unit in a series available from The Nature of Teaching – the place to go for teaching resources that focus on wildlife, food waste, health and wellness. In this series teachers can find free lesson plans, printables, posters, a photo library, information on upcoming workshops and more. This […]

By signing up for the Indiana nongame email list, you’ll get updates on endangered species status, new projects and updates on existing projects including barn owls, bats, turtles, mussels, and countless other species. You can unsubscribe at any time, no risk, just great info right to your mailbox. Subscribe Today! Resources: Nongame & Endangered Wildlife, […]

The eastern hellbender is a large, fully aquatic salamander that requires cool, well-oxygenated rivers and streams. Because they require high-quality water and habitat, they are thought to be indicators of healthy stream ecosystems. While individuals may live up to 29 years, possibly longer, many populations of this unique salamander are in decline across their geographic […]

Find several Purdue FNR online informational resources for teachers including lesson plans, activities, and information resources targeted to younger audiences.

As teachers prepare their lessons for the fall, The Nature of Teaching is a great website to visit for science-based resources. Teachers can find free lesson plans, printable, posters, a photo library, information on upcoming workshops and more. You will find on the website tabs titled “Formal Curriculum” and “Informal Curriculum.” The Nature of Teaching also […]