{"id":13923,"date":"2022-09-17T09:29:00","date_gmt":"2022-09-17T15:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/?p=13923"},"modified":"2022-09-15T15:09:02","modified_gmt":"2022-09-15T21:09:02","slug":"virtual-nature-club-for-kids-starts-sept-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/?p=13923","title":{"rendered":"Virtual Nature Club for kids starts Sept. 19"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><em><strong>Fall club runs Monday evenings through Nov. 14<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/20211202_The_Gardens_LM_0083-1024x683-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/20211202_The_Gardens_LM_0083-1024x683-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13924\" srcset=\"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/20211202_The_Gardens_LM_0083-1024x683-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/20211202_The_Gardens_LM_0083-1024x683-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/20211202_The_Gardens_LM_0083-1024x683-1-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Written by Susan Himes<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Texas A&amp;M AgriLife Extension Service Virtual Nature Club will start Sept. 19. The online series for youth will provide virtual \u201ccampers\u201d with lessons, videos, discussions and hands-on activities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>The cost is $50. The club will meet from 4-5 p.m. every Monday through Nov. 14, except for Halloween. Registration is required at https:\/\/tx.ag\/VirtualNatureClub.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>For those participants who can\u2019t attend the live club meetings, sessions will be recorded and posted online to watch later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>\u201cWe encourage kids to join the Virtual Nature Club to learn about insects, horticulture, wildlife and more,\u201d said event organizer Molly Keck, AgriLife Extension entomologist, Bexar County. \u201cWhether they are already passionate about the outdoors or looking to learn more, this is a unique educational opportunity that will be really fun.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>Nature Club members will receive a kit in the mail full of curriculum, information, handouts and worksheets, and materials for activities, she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>\u201cThey\u2019ll even get materials to dissect their own owl pellet and we\u2019ll dissect those live so they can receive instruction and get the chance to share and learn together,\u201d Keck said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fall Nature Club topics<br>Each meeting will cover a different subject, including:<br>Lifecycles.<br>Food webs and food chains.<br>Predator\/prey interactions.<br>Pollinator\/plant interactions.<br>Contact Keck with any questions at mekeck@ag.tamu.edu or 210-631-0400.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fall club runs Monday evenings through Nov. 14 Written by Susan Himes The Texas A&amp;M AgriLife Extension Service Virtual Nature Club will start Sept. 19. The online series for youth will provide virtual \u201ccampers\u201d with lessons, videos, discussions and hands-on activities. The cost is $50. The club will meet from 4-5 p.m. every Monday through [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":13924,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[67,9],"class_list":["post-13923","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-featured","tag-latest"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13923","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13923"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13923\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13925,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13923\/revisions\/13925"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/13924"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13923"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13923"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13923"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}