Our students participated in the Federal Duck Stamp Contest by making watercolors of ducks using bird identification books and educational handouts provided by John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge.Best of luck – You are all winners in our book!
For our final week of this semester at Southwark, we finished up the duck drawings the students began last week. Most of them had the primary outline and sketching done by the end of last weeks class, so they focused on the coloring and details this week. The class learned …
For this week’s lesson, we brought in some bird artifacts such as feathers, eggs, skulls, nest, wings, etc from the John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge to teach the student at Penn Treaty how to identify different species of birds, how they migrate, their habitat, etc. We started off by seeing …
For this week’s lesson, we brought in some bird artifacts such as feathers, eggs, skulls, nest, wings, etc from the John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge to teach the student at Towey how to identify different species of birds, how they migrate, their habitat, etc. We started off by seeing what …
Every year the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service hosts an art competition. The goal is to draw and color the best duck from among other students in the same age group. Students from all over the country compete to have their duck drawing chosen, and the winner is placed on …
Students joined a long history of wildlife artists in designing their own “Federal Duck Stamp”. The class looked at past Junior Duck Stamp Art Contest winners for inspiration. We discussed the exterior anatomy of birds. Students noted the variety in colors and patterns in different waterfowl. Drawing is an excellent …
Today I had the great pleasure of being a judge in the Duck Stamp Contest at John Heinz Natural Wildlife Refuge! I would first like to start with, if you have not visited this place, then you need to get over there now! The refuge itself is obviously beautiful, but …
It always surprises me what grabs the kids’ interest and what keeps them focused. On February 25th, we did a back-to-back Duck Stamp lessons with both the middle school and the second grade classes. The middle schoolers got swept up in the spirit of competition. They enjoyed learning everything about …
