The Four Winds Nature Program at Florence Sawyer and Emerson Schools offers three environmental/natural science workshops each school year. Each year, a different theme is proposed by our Four Winds Nature Institute naturalist/educator, and we choose three units within those.

Ecosystems

• Signs of Leafeaters
• Life in the Dirt
• Leaf Litter
• Snags and Rotting Logs
• Staying Warm
• Squirrel Tales
• White-Tailed Deer
• Stream Life
• Forest Birds
• Pond Life

Patterns in Nature

• All Sorts of Insects
• Leaves
• Conifer Clues
• Snowflakes
• Track Detectives
• Feathering the Nest
• Animal Disguise and Surprise
• Frogs and Toads
• Fiddleheads and Ferns

Earth

• Sunlight and Shadow
• Erosion
• Rocks and Minerals
• Blanket of Air
• Nature of Sound
• Water Cycle
• Wind and Clouds Aloft
• Get Your Bearings

Structure and Function

• Spiders: Web-Builders and Wanderers
• Tremendous Trees
• Grasses and Grains
• Predators and Prey
• Skull Sleuthing
• Birds of a Feather
• Calling All Owls
• Daunting Defenses
• Beavers and Muskrats
• The Buzz on Bees

Cycles in Nature

• Insect Life Cycles
• Traveling Seeds
• Birds on the Wing
• Winter Ways
• Sugar Maples
• Trees in Winter
• Galls Galore
• Songbird Songs
• Dandelions
• Flowers to Fruit

You can find more information at https://nearbynature.fwni.org/