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- Native or Invasive?A photo, two buttons. Twenty rounds. Learn to tell coneflower from Callery pear and milkweed from swallow-wort.Pre-K & KGrades 1–5Grades 6–12Adults5 min
- What's That Bug?Lanternfly egg mass or spongy moth? Monarch chrysalis or stink bug nymph? Identify the species and the life stage, weighted to what is out right now.Grades 1–5Grades 6–12Adults5 min
- Who Eats This?Match each native plant to the creature that depends on it. Milkweed to monarch is the easy one.Grades 1–5Grades 6–124 min
- Plant It InsteadSee the invasive, pick the native that does the same job. Finish with a swap list for your yard.Grades 6–12Adults4 min
- Bloom Calendar BuilderEight plants, seven months to cover. Build a garden with no nectar gaps, a milkweed, and a fall bloomer.Grades 1–5Grades 6–12Adults6 min
- Origin StoriesWhich invader came in a porcelain crate? Which native stuffed WWII life jackets? Trivia from the profiles.Grades 6–12Adults5 min
- Frost Date ChallengeGuess your zip code's frost dates and whether this year is running warm. Then see the real numbers.Grades 6–12Adults2 min
- Daily SpeciesOne species a day, revealed clue by clue. Guess it early, share your grid, come back tomorrow.Grades 6–12Adults2 min
- FlashcardsFive decks: monarch life cycle, Long Island invasives, the planter plants, who eats what, seed saving. Marks what you know.Grades 1–5Grades 6–12Adults10 min
- Field BingoPrintable bingo for a visit to one of our planters or your own backyard. Five in a row wins.Pre-K & KGrades 1–5Grades 6–1230 min
- Myth or FactGoldenrod allergies, butterfly bush, biting lanternflies. Fifteen true-or-false cards with the correction.Grades 6–12Adults4 min
- Who Got Here First?Put invasive species in arrival order, from 1784 to 2014. Most were invited.Grades 6–12Adults5 min
- Over/UnderCaterpillars on an oak, seeds on a loosestrife, pounds of milkweed floss in WWII. Guess the line.Grades 6–12Adults4 min
- Spot the LookalikeNative and invader side by side. Tap the invader, learn the one tell that separates them.Grades 6–12Adults5 min
- Bird ID Near YouA bird quiz built from the species actually reported near your zip code this month.Grades 1–5Grades 6–12Adults4 min
- Feed the BirdSee the bird, pick the native plant that feeds it: berries, seed heads, or caterpillars.Pre-K & KGrades 1–5Grades 6–124 min
- Bee, Fly, Wasp, or Moth?The mimic game. Twenty striped insects; half are not bees.Grades 1–5Grades 6–12Adults5 min
- Life Cycle in OrderPut the monarch's egg, caterpillar, chrysalis, and butterfly in order. Then try the lanternfly and the spongy moth.Pre-K & KGrades 1–53 min
- Cascade StoriesChoose-your-path stories: how a hedge raises Lyme cases, how a beetle warms a trout stream, how a garden stops a migration.Grades 6–12Adults8 min
- Name That SongHear a bird, pick the bird. 36 common Long Island birds from real recordings, or narrow it to birds reported near your zip code.Pre-K & KGrades 1–5Grades 6–12Adults5 min
- Coloring PagesPrintable line art: the planter sign, a monarch, a coneflower, and a milkweed pod, each with one thing to know.Pre-K & KGrades 1–520 min