Arts, Sciences and Education Commons 011
820 Campus Drive
Big Rapids, MI
(231) 591-5387
[email protected]
Keep the Learning Going
Activities for Kids
- Animal Coloring Pages
- Nature Bingo
- Nature Journaling
- Birding for Beginners
- Recycled Wildlife Art Projects
- Egg Carton Animals
- Bean Art Animals
- Animal Research Project/Presentation
- Animal House Engineering Game
- BioKIDS
- Animal Theme Units ABC Teach Network
- Habitat Theme Units ABC Teach Network
- Switch Zoo Animal Games
Informational websites
Interesting Articles
- The Species That Went Extinct Twice
- Pyrenean ibex is a subspecies of our Iberian (Spanish) ibex.
- Superhero Goats Return to Protect Reagan Library from Wildfires
- Monarch butterflies’ signature color patterns could inspire better drone design
- Why Do Zebras Have Stripes? (NPR)
Videos
Employee and Professor Recommended
Books
- King Solomon's Ring by Konrad Lorenz
- Never Cry Wolf by Farley Mowat
- A Sand County Almanac by Aldo Leopold
- Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer
- Ravens in Winter by Bernd Heinrich
- Seeking the Sacred Raven by Mark Jerome Walters
- Kakapo: Rescued from the Brink of Extinction by Alison Ballance
Movies/Documentaries
- George Riley: Legend of the Hunt
- Lots information about the Card/Riley Center featuring our director Carrie Wies and other Ferris State professors!
- March of the Penguins
- Cane Toads: An Unnatural History
- Cave of Forgotten Dreams
- Winged Migration
- The Messenger
- Temple Grandin
- My Octopus Teacher
- Saving Desert Tortoises from Extinction
podcasts
- Smologies by Allie Ward
- All Creatures Podcast by Chris Mortensen and Angie Adkin
- Just the Zoo of Us by Ellen and Christian Weatherford
- The Science of Birds by Ivan Phillipsen
- In Defense of Plants by Matt Candeias
- In Search of Soil with Diego Footer
- Wildtalk Podcast by Michigan DNR
- Travel Michigan with Dave Lorenz