Cornell student’s reveal nature’s secrets in the Dr. Linda Rayor’s Naturalist Outreach Video Series on YouTube on the ‘naturalistoutreach’ channel. These informative and fun videos are based on the presentations given by the Naturalist Outreach students. Each of the videos has (or will have) topic guides, worksheets, games, or other information on this site to help teachers and students learn more about the subject matter. The videos were funded by USDA Smith-Lever, Cornell Cooperative Extension and NYS 4H, as well as NSF-DOE. Dr. Carol Jennings and her students at Park Media Lab, Ithaca College filmed and edited the videos.
- Naturalist Outreach YouTube Channel – Find ALL our videos here!
Upcoming videos include: Why museums and collections matter.
- Eight-legged diversity: Spiders and Their Kin – Starring Dr. Linda Rayor
- Insect Evolution – Starring Kyle DeMarr
- Why I Love Birding – Starring Ben Barkley
- Animal Architects – Starring Sara Gonzales
- Arthropod Predators: Nature’s Defenders – Starring Cameron Jones and Ben Lee
- Pollination: Trading Fertilization for Food – Starring Dr. Mia Park
- Pollination in 3-minutes – a shorter version
- Winter Adaptations – Starring Sarah Armour
- Winter Adaptations in 3-minutes – A shorter version
- Aquatic Insects: Voracious predators, architects, and environmental indicators – Starring Hope Batcheller and Lindsay Glasner
- Amphibian Behavior and Diversity – Starring Brian Worthington and Audrey Bowe
- Bird Migration – Starring Kathryn Grabenstein
- Carnivorous Plants – Starring Evan Barrientos
- Beavers, Wetlands, and Keystone Species – Starring Vinny Nguyen and Gabby DiGiovanni
- Insect Sounds: Nature’s Orchestra – Starring Susan Villarreal and Mariah Slone
- White-Tailed Deer Gone Wild! – Starring Gabriella Roman and Caitlin Etri
- Bird Feeding Adaptations: How Beaks are Adapted to What Birds Eat – Starring Sarah MacLean
- Biodiversity in the Tropics – Starring Martin Zorrilla
- Reptiles: Diversity, Feeding, Defense –Starring Anna Kusler and Jessica Tingle
- Avoiding Predators: How to Avoid Being Eaten – Starring Jacob Hurst and Heather Connelly
- Fungus in Your Life – Starring Jacob Benedict
- Seed Dispersal – The Great Escape – Starring Meredith Kueny
- Whale Song and Diversity – Starring Anna Plattner
- Insect Detectives – Starring Heather Connelly and Rakim Turnipseed
- So Many Kinds of Bees! – Starring Margarita Lopez-Uribe
- All About Bats – Starring Alyson Br
- Skull Detectives – Understanding Mammal Skulls – Starring Serena Brady & Victoria DiCamillo
Be sure to also check out our Resources to Download!
Navigate to Main “Topic Resources” Page.