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LIFELONG LEARNING WITH AUDUBON ADVENTURES!

 

Audubon Adventures helps 3rd through 6th graders form positive attitudes about nature.  The topics and themes covered by Audubon Adventures are important to Audubon’s mission and supports educators utilizing the materials. An all-new four-part, series of Audubon Adventures for the 2010 – 2011 school year called, Wildlife on the Move, focuses on the amazing journeys and life cycles of different birds, Monarch butterfly (and other insects), whales and sea turtles.  The key message throughout is that migratory species have special conservation needs. The information provided is a standards-based classroom curriculum and is rooted in elementary science, language arts, and social studies.

 Audubon Adventures Classrooms receive all of this: 

* Audubon Adventures Resource Kit with four sets of student newsmagazines and a 48 page teacher’s manual with background information and hands-on activities for inside and outside of the classroom.

 * Pennies for the Planet large classroom poster, teacher’s guide and student handouts

 * “Nature Journaling for Everyone” guide provides helpful information, advice and techniques for starting and keeping a naturalist’s journal.

 * Student assessment questions and answers that evaluate students’ language arts and science skills.

 * Information on how Audubon Adventures meet national and state learning standards.

 * Opportunity to participate in the Great Backyard Bird Count in February 2011

 * Gift of Audubon membership and local Audubon chapter membership in the teacher’s name

 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

 

 

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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