Turn Any Outdoor Location Into a Classroom

NatureQuest helps educators engage students with local wildlife, geology, ecology, and citizen science through interactive quests, explorer tools, and educational games.

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• Turn parks and field trips into gamified learning environments
  
  
• Find regionally relevant species and natural-history content for any location in the US
  
  
• Give students "quests" that reward them with collectible nature cards that can be traded and used in games.
  
  
• Track quest completion and student progress
  
  
• Reduce the time required to plan outdoor activities
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• Introduce authentic citizen-science practices into your curricula

Every neighborhood, park, and trail has a story to tell and wild neighbors to meet!

NatureQuest helps you discover that story.

Recent Updates (August 15, 2026)

• Mobile display bugs fixed that caused overlapping/hidden components
• Integration with OBIS, USGS data to support aquatic species suggestions and watershed identification
• Integration with MycoBank and Mycology Collection Portal to expand and improve fungi education throughout the app
• View nearby species by type using new filters (All, Plants, Animals, Fungi)
• Area Information is now delivered in collapsible sections so it is easier to find what you are looking for
• Class names in Teacher Dashboard are now hyperlinked to new Class Details page
• ​Improvements to gameplay of the World Builder

Built with Educators in Mind

NatureQuest is the perfect tool for educators looking to get students engaged in outdoor exploration, nature conservation and natural history! Create a class in minutes and invite your students to start exploring and completing quests!

​Through the Teacher Dashboard, you can follow student progress, review exploration activity per student, and generate reports that help document participation and learning.

Features for Teachers
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Flexible Learning Environments
Use NatureQuest during field trips, outdoor lessons, after-school programs, homeschool activities, environmental clubs, or independent projects!

Collaborative Exploration
Work together to complete shared quests, whether its searching for pollinators, comparing rocks or getting lost in the clouds.

Student Progress Tracking
See which quests students have completed on their own, what they have observed, and how actively they are exploring.

Class Reports
Generate summaries that can support classroom assessment, project documentation, and student reflection.

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