SPRING AND AUTUMN PROGRAMS

Age group:
Adaptations
Aquatic Survey
Colors of Nature
Communities and Interactions
Habitat is Home
Insects all Around
Lenape Life
Lenape Skills
Nature Discovery Walk
Pond Pondering
Sensory Saunter
Stream Sampling
Trees, Weeds, Seeds, & Bees
What About Watersheds

Program Descriptions:

Adaptations: (1.5 hours) Through a discovery walk and many interesting activities, explore the adaptations that plants and animals use to survive.

Aquatic Survey: (3 hours) Collect aquatic organisms for a biodiversity index, and conduct chemical tests to compare various aquatic habitats.

Colors of Nature: (1 hour) Discover why plants and animals are the colors they are. This program leads up to the concept of camouflage.

Communities and Interactions: (1.5 hours) Explore the living and non-living components of habitats and discover, through hands-on activities and games, how their interactions form natural communities.

Habitat is Home: (1.5 hours) Explore GVNC's habitats and play games to learn how habitats are important.

Insects All Around: (1.5 hours) Search for insects and discover their characteristics. Learn to identify some major groups and discover how important they are in the food chain.

Lenape Life: (1 hour or 1.5 hours) Explore the lifestyle of the local Lenape Indians in the year 1500. Your students will visit a longhouse, grind corn, and play a Lenape game as they learn about food, family life, hunting, and clothing.

Lenape Skills: (1.5 hours) Experience daily Lenape skills by making a doll and a leather pouch. Learn about animal tracking and tool making in this very hands-on program. There is an additional materials fee. Lenape Life is a pre-requisite.

Nature Discovery Walk: (1 hour) Discover the exciting life that abounds every season of the year.

Pond Pondering: (1.5 hours) Visit GVNC's pond to collect pond organisms and learn about food chains and communities. Be prepared to get wet!

Sensory Saunter: (1 hour) Discover seasonal changes through outdoor activities that uses the senses.

Stream Sampling: (1.5 hours) Learn about the health of our stream by collecting stream organisms and by conducting chemical tests. Be prepared to get wet!

Trees, Weeds, Seeds, & Bees: (1.5 hours) Using active games and hands-on activities, learn about such topics as photosynthesis, pollination, and seed dispersal.

What about watersheds:: (1.5 hours) These hands-on activities are designed to help students understand the concept of a wateshed and the importance of wetlands.

PO Box 82 , Rt. 29 & Hollow Rds., Devault, PA 19432

Phone 610.935.9777 Fax 610.935.0130

gvnature@gmail.com

Great Valley Nature Center, through environmental education programs and outdoor recreational experiences, fosters an appreciation and understanding of the natural world and promotes a sense of responsibility for its care.