Vernal Pools for Educators is a workshop for teachers who wish to get into vernal pools for as a science, interdisciplinary or community service activity. The workshop is aimed at the upper elementary, middle, and high school science educator teaching biological or environmental topics. Note: There are no Vernal Pool Workshops for 2006.

Field Guide to Vernal Pools

This guide contains:

• Discussion about vernal pools and their importance to the ecology of New England.
• A photographic guide to all of the adult salamanders, frogs, toads, turtles, and snakes of Massachusetts.
• A photographic guide to the egg masses of the New England mole salamanders and the wood frog.
• Species accounts with full-color photographs, key diagonstic features and natural history notes.
• Lists of resources to help further your study of vernal pools and their organisms.

Listserv Information

The Vernal Pool Listserv provides a forum to discuss topics relating to vernal pools and vernal pool ecology. This group is unmoderated, but is monitored by the MA Natural Heritage & Endangered Species Program and the Vernal Pool Association. Discussion is encouraged about scientific research, on-going vernal pool education projects at the elementary through graduate school levels, and about the first spotted salamander sightings of spring, among other things. Though originated in the glaciated northeastern US, discussion will be welcome from anywhere in the world where temporary wetlands are of interest.

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Last updated: 1/18/07