Time to dust off your Bug Safari kit for the school year and get youth learning outdoors. Are you planning on running a Science Action Club this school year? Let us know at scienceactionclub@calacademy.org !

This Fall, open up your guidebook and take your youth outside to conduct Bug Safaris. Use SAC’s Bugs Safari video (https://sciclub.link/bugsafari) to get started searching for arthropods again.

Want more youth attending your SAC club? Use our marketing toolkit (https://sciclub.link/SAC-Marketing-Toolkit) to advertise to youth and get them excited about joining the club!

April is Citizen Science Month! Extend your youth’s participation in citizen and community science projects through the City Nature Challenge (CNC). Taking place April 28th – May 1st, cities across the globe compete to upload as many wildlife observations to iNaturalist as possible. Help your town win by using Science Action Club’s (SAC) Bug Safari Guide and the CNC Education Toolkit.

Join Sci Starter and EarthEcho at their webinar April 20th! The webinar, catered for educators, will deep dive into using iNaturalist in your community and City Nature Challenge. Register here (https://scistarter.org/biodiversity-in-your-own-backyard).

Bug Safari Guide: https://sciclub.link/BugSafariandiNaturalistGuideENSP
CNC Education Toolkit: https://www.citynaturechallenge.org/education-toolkit

Do you host SAC or use iNaturalist in urban environments? The SAC team has put together a video of helpful tips and locations for doing a Bug Safari in cities. Play this 3 min video for youth in your club or during your training with staff:

Bug Safari with SAC (https://sciclub.link/citybugsafari-iNat)

Comment below what urban environments you see arthropods at or bring your SAC youth to.