Virtual Junior Curators: Berries

September 2021's theme was Berries!

Drawing of a berry plant in a sketchbook, colored red and green with colored pencils.


Discover the importance of berries in ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ!

Investigate how scientists collect and study berries, how to identify berry species, different ways people use berries, and more.

 

At Home Activities:

The links are all PDF documents. 

                       Close-up on a person's wrist wearing a bracelet made of colored beads threaded on a pipecleaner.                  Model birch basket, with birch-patterned paper visible on the outside. The basket is half-filled with pom-poms in different colors.             Cardboard square with a row of popsicle sticks glued flat against the cardboard, and two rubber bands wrapped around it. The words "Plant Press" are written on the top with blue marker.

Left to Right: Berry Bracelet, Model Birch Basket, and Plant Press examples.

Presented in partnership with the ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ Winterberry project, funded from the National Science Foundation, award 1713156.

 


 

Courtesy of Sarah Betcher and Steffi Ickert-Bond

 

 

Watch more ethnobotany videos here!

 


 

For activities designed for kids ages 5 and under, go to our Virtual Early Explorers page.

 

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