Our goal is to put a wildlife habitat on every school campus in the Valley of the Sun!

BRANSTORM WITH THE KIDS TO COME UP WITH ALL KINDS OF GREAT USES FOR A WILDLIFE HABITAT.  THIS GETS THEM INVOLVED WITH THE HABITAT RIGHT OFF THE BAT! 

SOME EXAMPLES MIGHT BE: 

1.         CREATE A JOURNAL TO MONITOR HOW THE WATER IN THE ORGANIC STREAM “COMES ALIVE” WITH TIME 

2.         JOURNAL VARIOUS BIRD, REPTILE, AND/OR MAMMAL SIGHTINGS; NOTE WHY YOU THINK THEY WERE ATTRACTED TO THE HABITAT 

3.         DRAW OR SKETCH THE PLANTS AS THEY ARE NOW AND WHAT THEY WILL LOOK LIKE AT FULL SIZE 

4.         FIGURE THE AREA AND THE QUANTITY OF ROCK THAT WENT INTO THE HABITAT 

5.         WRITE A STORY FROM AN ANIMAL’S POINT OF VIEW WHO LIVES IN OR NEAR THE HABITAT 

6.         TOUCH BOXES: BOXES OF MANIPULATIVE MATERIALS, MODELED AFTER THE DESERT BOTANICAL GARDENS, TO BE USED ON DOCENT TOUR GUIDES TO PROVIDE HANDS-ON EXAMPLES FOR TOPICS SUCH AS SAGUARO CACTUS, MEQUITE TREES, COOKING PRACTICES, MEDICINAL USES, ETC. 

7.         BUTTERFLY STATION 

8.         LEAF LEARNING STATIONS 

9.         BIRD FEEDING STATIONS 

10.      TRACK BOXES: STUDENTS OBSERVE AND RECORD ANIMAL TRACK DATA REGARDING ARIZONA SPECIES VISITING THE AREA 

11.      WEATHER CENTER 

12.      ELEVATED BIRD AND BAT BOXES 

13.      ENTYMOLOGY 

YOU GET THE IDEA!

If you have any other great ideas, please let us know at HabitatFoundation@cox.net.