Oklahoma Blue Thumb

09/29/2026

Thank you to "Living Oklahoma" for having us on and showcasing our Water Festival program!! https://okcfox.com/features/living-oklahoma/spring-in-oklahoma-h2oklahoma-festival-offers-free-4th-grade-water-education-field-trips

Registration for schools and teachers is now open for this academic year with a deadline October 23rd online at www.bluethumbok.com/h2oklahoma

H2Oklahoma is an interactive, educational festival field trip program held in the spring that features hands-on stations with learning activities from award-winning, critically acclaimed Project WET, Project WILD, Project Learning curricula. These activities, presented by various partner organizations and community volunteers, are interactive and focus on Oklahoma's water: its importance for people, ecosystems, and conservation.

March 24--Stillwater
April 1--Norman
April 9--Tulsa
April 14--Tulsa
April 21--Oklahoma City
April 22--Oklahoma City
Quartz Mountain State Park, Altus--To Be Determined

Please help us to share this FREE field-trip opportunity for area Oklahoma 4th grade students and their teachers!! Space is limited, and participating classes will be accepted on a first-come, first-served basis. Tag a teacher who should "Make A Splash" with us this school year at !

09/29/2026

A new group of volunteers just completed training in Tahlequah last weekend! We had a lot of fun getting to know everyone and welcome them to Blue Thumb!!

09/29/2026

Come celebrate and recognize Excellence in Environmental Education from across Oklahoma!!

🔥 Come gather around the fire!

🎟️ https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/okaee-embers-awards-celebration

Join us for the inaugural OKAEE Embers Awards Celebration—a fun, festive evening celebrating the people who make environmental education happen across Oklahoma.

🌶️ Chili cookoff
🎶 Live bluegrass
🏆 Embers Awards
🎟️ Art raffle
🔥 Fireside desserts & fun

📅 Thursday, November 19 | 6:30–8:30 PM
📍 The Barn at the Woods | Edmond
🎟️ $25 — includes food + two drink tickets

Whether you’re a classroom teacher, nonformal educator, conservation professional, community partner, or friend of environmental education, there’s a place for you around the fire.

Come celebrate, connect, and keep the spark growing. 🔥

09/28/2026

Our Facilitators have been busy representing PLT/WET/WILD and OKAEE at a few Teacher events!! On Thursday September 17th we were at the and on Tuesday September 22nd at Oklahoma Aquarium connecting with Oklahoma educators to our professional development opportunities, field trips, and other educator resources. to Emma, Charlotte, Mackenzie, Holly, and Eileen who lent and hand!

As schools get going this academic year, don't forget to remind your teacher friends about all our fantastic resources!! Tag an educator you want to remind to this schoolyear.

09/27/2026

Com to the Norman Monarch Festival at Ruby Grant Park TODAY from 11-4! Blue Thumb is here with real live dead creek bugs and Friends of Bishop Creek are here with watershed maps of Norman, along with many other environmental organizations.

09/26/2026

🔥 Do you know someone lighting the way in environmental education across Oklahoma? 🔥

Nominations are OPEN for OKAEE's Excellence in EE Recognition — the 'Ember' Awards Dinner!

This is our chance to celebrate the educators, partners, students, and volunteers making a real difference for our environment and our communities.

🏆 Categories include:
• Educator of the Year (Nonformal & Formal)
• Educators of the Year – School Award
• CommunitEE Partner Award
• Student LEEadership Award
• Equity and Access in Environmental Education Award
• VoluntEEr Service Award

✅ Self-nominations welcome
✅ You don't have to be an OKAEE member
✅ Nominees just need to live, work, volunteer, or serve in Oklahoma

📅 Nominate by October 16, 2026

🔗 https://okaee.com/awards/

Watch for tickets to the Ember Awards — coming soon! 🎟

Tag someone who deserves to be recognized! 👇

09/25/2026

09/20/2026

Blue Thumb will be there! Will you?

BioBlitz Oklahoma is returning for the first statewide event since 2019, bringing experts and the public together to document the state’s biodiversity.

The Oct. 2-4 event will feature guided hikes through Beavers Bend State Park in Broken Bow and hands-on science focused on identifying plants, animals and fungi throughout southeast Oklahoma.

To learn more visit the link in the comments below.

09/19/2026

WOW! What a great celebration it was today at Monarchs on the Mountain at Chandler Park Tulsa! Hundreds of people visited the Blue Thumb learning station and the whole event was a great success.

09/17/2026

YES!!! This Saturday is Monarchs on the Mountain! Don't miss this great event, and stop by the Blue Thumb exhibit and say hello!