What's Your Nature?

Become a Nature Up North explorer to share your encounters with wild things and wild places in New York's North Country. Post your wildlife sightings, landscape shots, photos from your outings, and even your organization's events!

In The Schools Posts

Powtoons from Colton-Pierrepont at Conservation Field Day

By Krista Sonia on
Blog: In the Schools
On June 4th 2015, Indian Creek Nature Center hosted Conservation Field Day! About 70 students from Colton-Pierrepont, Huevelton and Trinity schools came out to spend a day immersing themselves in the natural environment and becoming biologists for the day. At the event, Nature Up North held a nature scavenger hunt with digital cameras where students photographed their finds ranging from ferns and…

Pond Life Field Day at Indian Creek Nature Center

By Justin Dalaba on
Blog: In the Schools
On Thursday June 18th, more than 80 third graders from Norwood-Norfolk had the chance to learn about nature in many different ways at the Indian Creek Nature Center.  The help of many environmental educators, each with their own station, made this field day possible.  Students cycled through four stations, with themes including a forest hike, birdwatching lesson, and rocks and minerals. Nature Up…

Conservation Field Day Scavenger Hunt at Indian Creek Nature Center

By Justin Dalaba on
Blog: In the Schools
On June 4th 2015, roughly 70 students from Colton-Pierrepont, Huevelton and Trinity schools came out to spend a day immersing themselves in the natural environment at Indian Creek Nature Center's Conservation Field Day. Each year, 5th and 6th graders from across St. Lawrence County have the opporunity to get the hands-on experience in a variety of field science activities. On a beautiful sunny…