Earth Challenge Bee Campaign

Earth Challenge 2020 is a local partnership coordinated by Earth Day Network, the Wilson Center, and the U.S. Department of State. Join this citizen science initiative to understand how insect populations like bees are changing. Collect data on bees today, or support research on air quality, plastics, and food security anytime!

Unparalleled STEM Teaching Opportunity

The WW Teaching Fellowship seeks to attract talented, committed individuals with backgrounds in the STEM fields—science, technology, engineering, and mathematics—into teaching in high-need secondary schools in Pennsylvania.. Eligible applicants include current undergraduates, recent college graduates, mid-career professionals, and retirees who have majored in, or have extensively studied, one or more of the STEM fields.

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Grant Opportunity

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's National Wildlife Refuge System is accepting proposals from non-profit, state, and local government youth and veteran serving organizations with the interest and capacity to work cooperatively with the USFWS to develop introductory educational experiences in natural resource careers to young people and veterans, including culturally, ethnically and economically diverse students, and underserved communities.

Join the Hummingbirds at Home Community

As a community scientist you can help the Audubon Society learn more about hummingbirds and how to protect them. Create an account on their website to start entering data!

Hummingbirds at Home collects data on how hummingbirds interact with nectar sources so that the Audubon Society can begin to understand – the first step towards ensuring the survival of these miraculous birds in the face of climate change. They also hope to gain insight into what effect providing nectar feeders has on hummingbirds.

Teaching Fellowship Opportunity

New teachers with strong breadth and depth of content knowledge in physics, chemistry, biology, or mathematics, and a commitment to developing the characteristics of a good teacher, are invited to apply for a Knowles Teaching Fellowship. Through the Knowles Teaching Fellowship, a five-year program, Knowles supports early-career, high school mathematics, and science teachers in their efforts to develop teaching expertise and lead from the classroom. 

BIOBLITZ! Counting Species Through Citizen Science

A BioBlitz is an event that focuses on finding and identifying as many species as possible in a specific area over a short period of time. At a BioBlitz, scientists, families, students, teachers, and other community members work together to get a snapshot of an area’s biodiversity. These events can happen in most any geography—urban, rural, or suburban—in areas as small as a backyard or as large as a country.

Join Half-Earth Project Educator Ambassadors

Half-Earth is a call to protect half the land and sea in order to manage sufficient habitat to reverse the species extinction crisis and ensure the long-term health of our planet. The Half-Earth Project is bringing this goal to life. The Educator Ambassador program provides a platform for teachers to engage each other and their students in the grand ambition of Half-Earth.