Multimedia
Explore.org
Explore. (2024). [Video] Live cams.
This site contains a plethora of animal and wildlife cameras from all over the world and has over 130 live streams. Educators and their students can follow along as salmon leap through rivers to spawn, as eagles tend to their eaglets, or as cats play as cat rescue centers. These windows to the world allow students to become exposed to animals in a way they never have been before, and provides the opportunity for either a backdrop or a focused lesson. The Explore Series contains over 300 films, and a plethora of photographs, and specific lesson plans for specific organizations, such as the Raptor Resource Project or the Mpala Research Center are made available to educators.
Friends of Big Bear
Big bear bald eagle nest. (2024). Friends of Big Bear Valley. Retrieved July 5, 2024, from https://www.friendsofbigbearvalley.org/eagles/
This site shares updates from the Youtube Big Bear Eagle Cameras, which follows the popular eagle couple Jackie and Shadow in Big Bear, California. The Eagle cameras provide both an upclose view of the nest as well as a landscape view of the area surrounding the nest. Many classrooms from across the country, and even the world, view these cameras, particuliarly when Jackie and Shadow are actively visiting the nest and tending to a clutch of eggs.
The Youtube site: https://www.youtube.com/live/B4-L2nfGcuE?si=Bl3qqHpKflDz48Sb
Discovering Nature Classroom in Early Childhood
Apples Video Magazine. (2018). Discovering nature classrooms in early education. Illinois State Board of Education. [Video]. Youtube. https://youtu.be/sh9hZ4XJHSs?si=0ikkimQb6X26KSmD
This video focuses on the UPC Discovery Early Learning Center in Peoria, Illinois. Educators discuss what has worked for them, how to plan outdoor education, and the benefits of educating students outdoors.