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Destination: Your School!
Choose from 9
hands-on inquiry-based activities. Using teamwork, games and
experience students are challenged to recognize their role in
building and environmentally responsible society. One program per
year can be scheduled for your class or grade level. DO include a
second request on your registration form. Please reserve a science
lab for your presentations if available. All programming is offered
at NO COST to your school or organization!
The Enviroscape
Goal: Gain an
understanding of watersheds, run off and point and non-point source
pollution.
Description:
Using a 3x3 floor model, students create a "real life" city with
sources of pollution demonstrated and discussed.
Target Age:
2nd - 12th grades
GROUP SIZE:
One classroom at a time (max. 30)
LOCATION & LENGTH:
Science lab is preferred. Sink access needed. Elementary 75-90 min.
Secondary 45 min.
Pond Water Testing
Goal: Discover
that the quantity and quality of pond life is a bio-indicator of the
health of the pond.
Description:
Using microscopes and pond water provided for each student,
microorganisms are identified and indexed.
Target Age:
2nd - 12th grades
GROUP SIZE:
One classroom at a time (max. 30)
LOCATION & LENGTH:
Science lab. Can be done at a park with a pond if preferred.
Elementary 75-90 min. Secondary 45 min.
Tree Dating
Goal: Learn to
count tree rings and understand why trees are important.
Description:
Tree "cookies" and core samples are used to experiment with
different tree dating methods.
Target Age:
1st - 3rd grades
GROUP SIZE:
One classroom at a time (max. 30)
LOCATION & LENGTH:
Elementary 60 min.
Household Hazardous Wastes
Goal: Gain an
understanding of groundwater. Recognize hazardous wastes and
understand their potential impact on our environment.
Description:
Demonstration and games. Students classify the Earth's water. A math
exercise demonstrates how precious this resource is. A game offers
alternatives to Hazardous house products.
Target Age:
2nd - 12th grades
GROUP SIZE:
One classroom at a time (max. 30)
LENGTH:
Elementary 75-90 min. Secondary 45 min.
Recycling And The 3 R's
Goal:
Understand the importance and concept behind the Reduce, Reuse,
Recycle message.
Description:
Games, demonstrations and samples are used.
Target Age:
1st - 12th grades
LENGTH:
Elementary 75-90 min. Secondary 45 min.
Wetlands
Goal: Help
students identify the variety, diversity and function of wetlands in
current ecology.
Description:
Games and demonstrations help us explore the "what, why and what's
happening" of wetlands.
Target Age:
2nd - 12th grades
LENGTH:
Elementary 75-90 min. Secondary 45 min.
Oil Spills
Goal: Gain an
understanding of where petroleum comes from, how it's transported
and the environmental dangers that are posed by our dependence on
this fossil fuel.
Description:
Students create a "spill", test different clean up methods and
report their findings.
Target Age:
2nd - 12th grades
LOCATION & LENGTH:
Science Lab or room with sink. Sink access needed. Elementary 75-90
min. Secondary 45 min.
Composting
Goal: Give
students an understanding of the importance of decomposition in
their lives. Be exposed to the complex bio-system of life within a
compost pile.
Description:
Using a worm compost bin, students do their own microscopic study to
identify and quantify the organisms living in the vermiculture.
Target Age:
1st - 12th grades
LENGTH:
Elementary 60-90 min. Secondary 45 min.
Soil Testing
Goal: Gain
knowledge of the importance of soil to our existence.
Description:
Students test for the nutrients found in soil, and learn why plants
need them.
Target Age:
2nd - 12th grades
LOCATION & LENGTH:
Science lab or room with sink. Sink access needed. Elementary 75-90
min. Secondary 45 min.
ENVIROHOLIDAYS
GOAL:
Students will be able to recognize the waste problems we face during
the holiday season, evaluate their own holiday practices that effect
our environment, and learn “eco-friendly” solutions  for
the holidays.
DESCRIPTION:
Join an environmental educator as she demonstrates ways to celebrate
the holidays with the environment in mind. Great gift ideas, gift
wrapping alternatives and card recycling are just a few of the tips
for a simpler, peaceful holiday.
TARGET
AGE:
1st-12th grades
LENGTH:
Elementary 60 min.
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