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Welcome to Audubon Adventures

WELCOME TO AUDUBON ADVENTURES: A WORTHWHILE INVESTMENT FOR LIFELONG LEARNING!

 

AUDUBON ADVENTURES is a nationally-acclaimed classroom resource kit for educators of grades 3 through 6.  AUDUBON ADVENTURES covers topics and themes that are pertinent to today’s environment and this year’s theme is “Back From the Brink – Success Stories from the Endangered Species Act.”  Students will learn about the successful recovery of the Bald Eagle, American Alligator, Grizzly Bear and Gray Whale through science activities and language arts. 

 

Each AUDUBON ADVENTURES Classroom Resource Kit contains:

·        4 different editions of AUDUBON ADVENTURES, the tabloid-style paper for students - 32 copies per edition *

·        AUDUBON ADVENTURES Classroom Resource Manual complete with background information on the four themes, detailed lesson plans, tips for outdoor study, student assessment tools, hands-on activities, research material, duplicating masters, links to websites and more.

·        An Endangered Habitat poster.

·        A Guide for a Healthy Schoolyard poster that links with web-based content helping schools take action to make their school or community healthier for people … and birds.

·        Classroom subscription to Audubon magazine and affiliation with your local Audubon chapter.

·        National standards alignment chart showing how Audubon Adventures meets the national and state language arts and science standards.

·        Participation in Audubon’s 2008 citizen science programs.

 

  * Individual kits (to serve one student) are available too!

 

Western Cuyahoga Audubon Society has limited funds to provide FREE kits to schools (public, private, parochial or home-school).  To spread the educational benefits even more consider sponsoring an AUDUBON ADVENTURES kit for the school’s library or media center so many educators may benefit from this program.  To order contact Nancy Howell at 440-891-1710 or 216-231-4600 ext. 3225 or by e-mail at nhowell@cmnh.org

 

Schools, homeschools and institutions that receive Audubon Adventures for the 2007-2008 school year are:

 

Cleveland Public Library – Fulton Branch

St. Mary Magdalene-St. Justin Martyr – Eastlake

Villa Montessori Center – Cleveland

Urban Community School - Cleveland

Artemus Ward School – Cleveland

West Shore Positive Education Program - Lakewood

Rocky River Nature Center – North Olmsted

Homeschool group – Seven Hills

Homeschool group – Streetsboro

St. Anselm - Chesterland

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Frequently Asked Questions

 

Dike 14 Nature Preserve Discovery Pack

Western Cuyahoga Audubon would also like to introduce educators to a newly created educational offering sponsored by the Dike 14 Nature Preserve Environmental Education Collaborative (Dike 14 EEC).  WCAS is part of the collaborative and for the past year the collaborative members have been creating teaching kits which are now packaged into the Dike 14 Nature Preserve Discovery Pack.   Prepared primarily with grades 4 through 7 in mind, the kits are geared toward understanding the natural history and geography at the Dike 14 Nature Preserve or neighborhood green spaces through activities. Each kit has Objectives, Materials (most of which are provided), a Glossary, Procedures, Extension activities and are aligned with Science or Social Studies standards for the grades.

 Here are the kits in one Discovery Pack: 

·        Flowers – Cleveland Botanical Garden

·        Trees – Cleveland Metroparks

·        Insects – The Cleveland Museum of Natural History

·        Watershed – Cuyahoga Soil & Water Conservation District

·        Geography – Earth Day Coalition

·        Weather – Lake Erie Nature and Science Center

·        Mammals – The Nature Center at Shaker Lakes

·        Birds – Western Cuyahoga Audubon Society

·        Butterflies – Ohio Lepidopterists

 Plus there is a Manual for kit use, a pair of binoculars and an insect net, and Dike 14 field guide.  Just think what your class may be able to use!  You may choose to use all of the topics or just one, you may use it in a classroom or schoolyard or take a field trip with the pack.  There are many options. Other information about the Discovery Pack can be found on our Dike 14 Nature page.

 For more information about borrowing and using the Discovery Pack, and for setting up a visit to the Dike 14 Nature Preserve (at least 30 days notice is needed), please contact us at info@wcasohio.org.

We hope this resource will be useful.

Western Cuyahoga Audubon Society, 4310 Bush Ave, Cleveland, OH 44109 info@wcasohio.org