Great teachers - Burt Barnes

Burt Barnes is truly a 'teacher of teachers.'


These photos are from October 2006. Thanks to Toni H. for the photos.

Great teacher - Dorothy Blanchard

Dorothy Blanchard of Ypsilanti has introduced thousands of kids to frogs, snakes, and other creatures of our Michigan woods and waters.

These photos are from a workshop in April, 2005.

Morenci High School club boosts water quality

On Earth Day, 2008, the Green Earth Club of Morenci High School (GECKOs) cleaned up a local stream and a park. They are part of Bean/Tiffin Watershed Coalition and live near Morenci, Michigan, on a tributary of the Maumee River.

See their photos at

http://www.beancreekwatershed.org/cleanup08.htm

Some of these young people have been helping the creek since 2004. See their poetry and more photos at

http://www.beancreekwatershed.org/morenci.htm

from Florida - a Middle School garden on YouTube

I've made an exception to our usual Michigan focus, to highlight a video of a butterfly garden at Lyons Creek Middle School, Coconut Creek (Broward County) Florida.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5CTjQRQ8TKQ