DISCOVERING NATURE PROGRAM
DISCOVERING NATURE
OUR COMMUNITY OUTREACH PROGRAM
Our Community Outreach Program, "Discovering Nature", provides a unique opportunity to include environmental education in your students’ day. Our naturalist will visit you and your students with a variety of nature-based activities for participants to uncover the wonders of the natural world around them in your own local parks or classroom. These programs create exciting learning experiences for ages 4-14. Each Community Outreach Program lasts 1 hour. This is a low-cost program, with scholarships available for students in financial need, that is offered through the summer for local organizations throughout Racine & Kenosha with the goal of eliminating the prohibitively expensive busing costs for field trips that often prevent students from being able to participate in hands-on natural resource education programming.
Booking Information: Email us at education@senokrlt.org to book a program with us and view our programming menu below or via a downloadable PDF.
Please note due to staff and volunteer limitations, as well as limited equipment we are usually only able to accomodate groups of up to 50 students at a time.
OFFERED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH:
Our program fees are $7/student, with a minimum of $100 for groups smaller than 15 students.
We offer scholarships for students in financial need.
Our cancellation policy is as follows: If you wish to cancel your program we must receive notification of your intent to cancel 24 hours before the scheduled program time. Seno K/RLT Conservancy reserves the right to cancel/reschedule the program up to 24 hours before the scheduled program due to inclement weather or other conditions beyond our control.
Please note due to staff and volunteer limitations, as well as limited equipment we are usually only able to accomodate groups of up to 50 students at a time.
HELP SUPPORT THE PROGRAM
Your contributions help support the programs, workshops, and training provided by the Seno K/RLT Conservancy. Here’s how you can help.
OR Make your check payable to Seno K/RLT Conservancy and mail to:
Seno K/RLT Conservancy
3606 Dyer Lake Rd
Burlington, WI 53105
DISCOVERING NATURE
PROGRAMS OFFERED
Discovering Nature programs, listed below, are 1 hour long programs that can be tailored to suit either a indoor classroom, onsite location such as a school, or can take place in a local nearby park such as Southport Park, Simmons Island, etc.
A downloadable PDF menu of program options can also be found here.
FOLLOW YOUR SENSES
Ages 4 – 6
Children love to explore in the natural world! Natural things come in many different shapes, sizes, colors, textures, odors, tastes and sounds. Join us as we learn about the different things in nature through a variety of sensory experiences. These exploratory and sensory activities will get participants to follow their curiosity and get an up-close look in their natural environments.
ART IN NATURE
Ages 4 – 12
Nature is art! Join us on an adventure as we practice observation skills through outdoor art-making activities. Participants will create a reflective art project that connects them with their experiences and discoveries in their own neighborhood. Students will practice observation skills through outdoor art-making activities. We will explore through drawings by using natural mediums found in nature, finding nature’s patterns, and/or design mini environments for animals.
Wisconsin State Standards: Art is an essential part of a comprehensive education in Wisconsin. The 2019 Wisconsin Standards for Art and Design provides a set of academic standards for schools to consider using in developing their own curriculum. The overall focus of art and design as an art form is to build students’ skills and knowledge through multiple opportunities to explore and develop skills and knowledge through four artistic processes: Create, Present, Respond, and Connect.
Fundamental concepts of artistic techniques, critical thinking, and creative expression beginning in the elementary levels. Critical thinking, skill building, and expressing and communicating ideas, feelings, and concepts in greater depth at the secondary levels.
DOWN TO EARTH
Ages 7 – 12
Where does soil come from? Join us for this interactive program as we unearth the wonders of soil and who make their homes there. Students will participate in an inquiry-based program to uncover soil’s role as the foundation of all life. We will take a close look at decomposers and dig into a worm bin to learn about their important role in nature’s cycle.
Next Generation Science Standards Disciplinary Core Ideas:
3-LS1-1. From molecules to Organisms: Structures and Processes – Develop models to describe that organisms have unique and diverse life cycles, but all have in common birth, growth, reproduction, and death.
5-LS2-1. Ecosystems: Interactions, Energy, and Dynamics – Develop a model to describe the movement of matter among plants, animals, decomposers, and the environment.
LAND OF FIRE & ICE
Ages 11 – 14
An interactive journey into Wisconsin’s geology and glacial land formations.
Next Generation Science Standards Disciplinary Core Ideas:
Disciplinary Core Ideas in Earth and Space Science ESS1.C, ESS2.D, ESS3.D,
Disciplinary Core Ideas in Physical Science PS2.A, PS2.B, PS3.C
Next Generation Science Standards Crosscutting Concepts Statements Grades 6-8:
Explanations of stability and change in natural or designed systems can be constructed by examining the changes over time and forces at different scales.
Small changes in one part of a system might cause large changes in another part.
Stability might be disturbed either by sudden events or gradual changes that accumulate over time.
Stability might be disturbed either by sudden events or gradual changes that accumulate over time.
MAPLE SUGARING
Ages 7 – 14
A seasonal program offered only in March with a focus on natural resources and Native American traditions and history.
The traditions of maple sugaring have long been a part of Wisconsin’s history for many centuries. This program focuses on the process of making maple syrup, and the rich Native American history behind this tradition. Participants will learn tree identification, how to properly tap a maple tree, learn to process of sap-to-syrup, and traditional sugaring techniques.