Environmental Education

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Environmental Education

The Nature Center offers numerous school field trip opportunities. Program themes change seasonally and all include outdoor activities and inspire curiousity and teach about the natural world.

Download the environmental education brochure (.pdf)

Programs

(Sorted by grade, season, topic)

Sorted by grade

Pre-K–2	Grades 3–5	Grade 6–High School
Conservation in Action Cycling Dancin' at Grandpa's Early Settler Life Forest Explorers Green Thumbs Growing Time Night Hike Sleeping Beauties Spring Sing Sugar Bush Summer Surplus Wetlands	Caddie Woodlawn Conservation in Action Cycling Early Settler Life (Grd 3) Early Settler Life (Grd 4–5) Forest Explorers Green Thumbs Growing Time Night Hike Prairie Roots Sleeping Beauties Sugar Bush Summer Surplus Wetlands	Conservation in Action Eyes to the Skies Fall Nature Ramble Prairies: Illinois’ Original Lawn & Garden Predators, Pollinators, or Pests? Sleeping Beauties Spring Nature Ramble Sugar Bush Summer Nature Ramble Wetlands, not Wastelands Winter Nature Ramble Winter Wonderland
	Grades 4–6
	Mighty Acorns

Sorted by season

Fall	Winter	Spring	Summer
Conservation in Action Cycling Dancin' at Grandpa's Early Settler Life Forest Explorers Green Thumbs Fall Nature Ramble Night Hike Prairie Roots Prairies: Illinois’ Original Lawn & Garden Predators, Pollinators, or Pests? Wetlands	Caddie Woodlawn Dancin' at Grandpa's Early Settler Life (Grd 3) Early Settler Life (Grd 4–5) Night Hike Sleeping Beauties Sugar Bush Winter Nature Ramble Winter Wonderland	Conservation in Action Eyes to the Skies Green Thumbs Growing Time Night Hike Spring Nature Ramble Spring Sing Wetlands Wetlands, not Wastelands	Forest Explorers Night Hike Prairie Roots Summer Surplus Wetlands

Sorted by topic

Insects	Birds	Soil
Prairie Roots Cycling Growing Time Wetlands	Growing Time Night Hike Wetlands Spring Sing Sleeping Beauties	Prairie Roots Cycling
Mammals	Snow	Seeds
Growing Time Night Hike Sleeping Beauties	Sleeping Beauties	Prairie Roots Cycling Green Thumbs Growing Time
Forest/Trees	Early Illinois History
Forest Explorers Sleeping Beauties Sugar Bush	Dancin' at Grandpa's Early Settler Life Sugar Bush Caddie Woodlawn Prairie Roots

Caddie Woodlawn