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The Envirorooom is a unique classroom modeled after a wetlands
environment with 10 ft. lilly pads, giant tree frogs and
replications of a blue heron and dragon fly. The Enviroroom will
submerge participants in an environment that will allow them to tune
their senses onto environmental awareness. The Enviroroom can
accommodate groups up to 30 at a time during programming. The
Enviroroom programs focus on recycling and waste reducation. All
programs are hands-on and FREE of cost for Lake County Indiana
teachers, students, churches, clubs and organizations. For a program
that will align with your current curriculum or educational
objectives, please contact the educator directly for further
details.
Registration
for field trips opens April 23rd each year. If the 23rd falls
on a weekend, registration opens the following Monday.
Registration
closes August 1st each year. Schedule by FAX ONLY.
Field trips begin no earlier than 10:00a.m. and students will load
the bus for departure at 1:00p.m. Lunch facilities are available for
groups to eat their sack-lunches.
Planet Protectors
GOAL: Learn the basic rules of recycling and understand the
importance of recycling for your future and the planet.
Description:
By solving puzzles and riddles, students will learn about the
Earth’s natural resources and why we need to protect them.
Activities also include a recycle relay, recreating the recycling
process through role playing and examining unique reused and
recycled-content products.
Target Age:
Kindergarten, 1st & 2nd grades
Group Size:
Maximum of thirty people
RecycleMania
GOAL: Identify Earth’s natural resources and understand the
importance of conservation. Learn how to establish waste reduction
and prevention methods in your home, at work, and at school.
DESCRIPTION: Students challenge their team building skills by
participating in a series of games and demonstrations, including a
natural resources scavenger hunt, recycle relay, wacky waste audits,
and an Enviro-shopping adventure.
Target Age:
3rd through 12th grades
Group Size:
Maximum of thirty people
Squirmy Worms
GOAL: Learn the basic rules of composting, how to build a
compost bin, and explore the wonderful world of worms.
DESCRIPTION: Students engage in a storytelling adventure of
nature's tiny recyclers from garbage to gardens, while learning the
fun facts of composting and worms. Using microscopes, students
discover what lies beneath the banana peels, egg shells, and apple
cores. Students will inch their way to becoming kings and queens of
compost!
TARGET AGE: Kindergarten, 1st & 2nd grades
GROUP SIZE: Maximum of thirty people
Let It Rot!
GOAL: Understand the importance of waste reduction for a
sustainable society. Discover the decomposition process of organic
materials and calculate the most effective carbon/nitrogen recipe
for your flower and vegetable garden.
DESCRIPTION: Students will conduct a microscopic
investigation to identify the decomposers living in the compost.
Collectively, students will build a compost bin for their classroom
and develop carbon/nitrogen formulas for a fertile garden.
TARGET AGE: 3rd through 12th grades
GROUP SIZE: Maximum of thirty people
Paper Recycling
GOAL: Increase awareness of forest products and uses.
Understand the process of recycling while learning how to turn your
paper scraps into a wonderful work of art.
DESCRIPTION: Students will uncover the hidden life of a tree
by performing tree-dating analysis. Students will create homemade
envelopes and greeting cards to understand the distinction between
reuse and recycle.
TARGET AGE: 2nd through 12th grades
GROUP SIZE: Maximum of thirty people
Crayon Recycling
GOAL: Students will list and observe states and properties of
matter through a recycling activity that makes new crayons.
DESCRIPTION: Instead of throwing out old crayons, students
will make them into new ones while demonstrating how interactions of
energy and matter affect changes of state.
TARGET AGE: 2nd through 12th grades
GROUP SIZE: Maximum of thirty people
Hazards on the Homefront
GOAL: Students will learn how to identify and classify common
household hazardous waste found in our everyday lives. Explore
nontoxic, organic, and eco-friendly products.
DESCRIPTION: Using an enviroscape, students will observe the
negative effects of improper HHW disposal. Examine a strange
substance to learn more about the scientific method of identifying
the unknown. Each student will make their own cleaning product by
using all natural and safe products from the kitchen.
TARGET AGE: 3rd through 12th grades
GROUP SIZE: Maximum of thirty people
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