Educator Blog

  • A Forest Service employee helps two children with an engineering activity using small pieces of wood.
    Forest Products Week (October 20 – 26) is a time to highlight the importance of forest health and the many products that come from forests. Learn more about research into some of these forest p...

    Forest Products Week 2024

  • A line drawing of a bat and text that reads
    One of our favorite weeks of the year, Bat Week is just around the corner! Bat Week is a great time to learn more about the role of bats in ecosystems around the world and about conserv...

    Bat Week 2024

  • A woman stands in a forest wearing a hard hat and carrying a clip board.
    In honor of Indigenous People’s Day on October 14, we’d like to highlight the work of Dr. Serra Hoagland, a biological scientist and currently the acting National Program Lead for Tribal Research...

    Indigenous Peoples’ Day 2024

  • A Forest Service employee stands next to a child who is trying on firefighting gear.
    October is Fire Prevention Month! While many of the month’s activities are focused on what you can do to prevent fires at home (check your smoke detectors and change your batteries!), Fire Pre...

    Fire Prevention Month: Careers in Fire Prevention

  • Official graphic for National Public Lands Day 2024
    People across the nation will join “Together for Tomorrow” on September 28 for National Public Lands Day. Maybe a special birthday (looking at you, Woodsy Owl) will be inspiring them to “Le...

    National Public Lands Day . . . and a Special Birthday!

  • The Woodsy Owl journal, Advanced Fire Scientist coloring book, and Roderquita Moore's scientist card.
    The summer has flown by and already it’s time to gear ourselves up for another year of learning adventures! The beginning of the school year is always an exciting time of new possibilities, fresh f...

    Back to School with Natural Inquirer

  • Two people sit in camp chairs beside a tent and look down towards a body of water where a kayaker is paddling.
    Kids are out of school for summer, vacations and camps are in full swing, and the outdoors are calling! How do we carve out time to enjoy the outdoors and all the benefits it has to offer? Natural In...

    Great Outdoors Month 2024

  • A bee in a pink flower, both coated in pollen.
    National Pollinator Week (June 17-23, 2024) is around the corner, so let’s learn about some ways we can all help native pollinators. Did You Know? Bees aren’t...

    Pollinator Week 2024

  • A prairie dog in a field of coreopsis
    In honor of National Grasslands Week, let’s learn about . . . PRAIRIE DOGS! National Grasslands Week National Grasslands Week (June 16-22, 2024) is designated by th...

    National Grasslands Week 2024

  • Visitors walking up stone steps to exit a cave into a forested area.
    Check your flashlights and put your hard hats on – Cave Week 2024 is coming soon! Celebrated from June 2-8, 2024, Cave Week focuses on caves and karst, unique cave and karst ecosystem...

    Cave Week 2024