Sessions Include Eight Environmental Education Sessions: 

• Forest Ecology Exploration: Wildlife – Students learn which animals live in our forests as they hike, explore, and learn about habitats, predator-prey relationships, animal adaptations, and ecosystem factors, which together determine species’ survival.

• Oh Deer! – Students learn about the essential things that animals need in order to survive through a simulation game that demonstrates carrying capacity, how animal populations increase and decrease from year to year, and what limiting factors are the cause of the population change.

• Coyote Call – Students learn how elements of any ecological system live in an intricate web of interdependence including, what a symbiotic relationship is, as well as the three main forms of symbiotic relationships: commensalisms, mutualism, and parasitism through a simulation.

• Symbiosis Survey – Students learn and examine how different parts of the ecosystem live in an intricate web of interdependence.

• Stream Study – By studying the macroinvertebrates in Blair Creek, students learn about the chemistry of the water and the physical environment, thereby determining the health of the creek.

• Phenology Exploration & Climate Change – Through a hike and exploration students learn what the life cycle of plants tells us about the seasons and how this intricate cycle is being upended by climate change. 

• Wildlife Exploration: Owls – Students take a deep dive into the life of an owl and dissect an owl pellet to discern their diet, learn about their digestive process, and the predator-prey process.

• Nighttime Adventure – Students learn about adaptations of nocturnal animals and explore the majesty of the night sky.