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Children embark on a multi-sensory exploration of the natural world, comparing how various local animals use senses. Students use their
observation skills to investigate the characteristics of living and nonliving
things found at the sanctuary.
Fall, Winter, Spring
Prices valid Sept 2018 - June 2019
2 free adults per 10 students
Explore diversity amongst and within groups of organisms. Compare shapes of leaves, growth patterns, bird shapes or birds in water and birds in trees. Students will learn that these adaptations help organisms survive better.
fall and spring
Rates valid Sept 2018 - June 2019
1 free adult per 10 students
Explore diversity amongst and within groups of organisms. Compare shapes of leaves, growth patterns, bird shapes or birds in water and birds in trees.
fall and spring
Prices valid Sept 2018 - June 2019
2 free adults per 10 students
Students investigate local plants for physical and behavioral adaptations
that help them survive, such as competing for sunlight, avoiding being eaten, and many ways to make more plants.
Fall: investigate seed dispersal strategies
Spring:compare flower shape, color and function
Prices valid Sept 2018 - June 2019
1 free adult per 10 students
Students will compare a variety of animal parts, such as skulls, talons, and skins, along with life cycles models to discover the many ways animals survive.
Rate A
1st class $150
Additional class $130/each
1st class on new day $135
Travel fees apply to schools over 5 miles away
Rate $105/hour
Program length varies: 20-60 minutes
Minimum charge of 1 hour
Travel fees apply
By searching for seasonal animals signs, students learn the variety of ways that animals body parts and behavior allow them to survive the cold winter. Children work together to apply learning to ensure their own pretend small mammal survives the cold!
Late Fall, Winter, and Early Spring
Prices valid Sept 2018 - June 2019
2 free adults per 10 students
Children will see how beavers change the landscape to meet their own needs. They will meet our mounted beaver, find chewed trees, and learn to tell the difference between a lodge and a dam, while investigating around the ponds in our brook.
Fall
Prices valid Sept 2018 - June 2019
1 free adult per 10 students
Students will observe wild birds in a field, a forest, and a marsh. They will explore how these areas meet the habitat needs -- where birds find food, shelter, water and space -- and learn about food chains and other interrelationships among birds and other organisms within these three natural communities. Students may learn about how scientists study birds throughout their migration range. (*Abundance of birds cannot be guaranteed.)
Fall and Spring
1 free adult per 10 students
There is an additional flat fee for having an ornithologist meet with the students. Rate depends on number of students.
Through a close look at a taxidermy beaver and decomposers, students will explore some of the ways animals change the environment.
Rate A
1st class $150
Additional class $130/each
1st class on new day $135
Travel fees apply to schools over 5 miles away
Prices valid Sept 2019 - June 2020
1 free adult per 10 students
$200 for series
Students will visit the fields, forest, and marsh to identify how organisms relate with one another (predation, mutualism, competition, dependency, and parasitism) and delve into adaptations and trophic levels. We will also discuss and explore the temperate biome communities and patterns of change.
rates valid Sept 2019 - June 2020
1 free adult per 10 students
Follow the sun’s energy from producers through consumers and finally to decomposers. Students will conduct an experiment to test if plants transpire, while observing and connecting local plants and animals in a food chain.
Fall and Spring
Prices valid Sept 2019 - June 2020
1 free adult per 10 students
Students investigate the forces that shape the earth on a large scale and small scale. They will apply learning by identifying evidence of erosion and weathering in nature or using samples in class.
Rate B
1st class $170
Additional class $130/each
1st class on new day $150
Travel fees apply to schools over 5 miles away
You’ve learned about birds and adaptations in school and maybe even been on the trails to see them. That was during the day; what about birds who fly and hunt at night? Investigate some owl artifacts and then get an introduction to local nocturnal owls: great-horned, barred and screech. Plus learn about the other animals out and about from dusk to dawn, incluing mammals, amphibians and insects.
Then, take a walk on the dark side… in a group and led by a Teacher Naturalist, you will explore what it is like to be a nocturnal animal. What do you see? What do you hear? How is it the same or different than the way a nocturnal animal experiences the night? We will try to call for owls and we will listen for other nocturnal animals too.
Wrap-up the night with some cozy socializing over cookies and cocoa!
ideal in late Januray, February and March
Children must be accompanied by an adult; $12.00 each person
Rate B
1st class $170
Additional class $130/each
1st class on new day $150
Travel fees apply to schools over 5 miles away
Students will explore a freshwater environment as an ecosystem, considering biotic and abiotic factors, relationships in nature and how organisms fill various niches. They will use microscopes to look at macro-invertebrates and plants collected from the water, focusing on evolution, adaptations and classification. Students also consider complex avenues for energy to transfer from the sun through living things in this environment.
Rates valid Sept 2019 - June 2020
1 Free adult with every 10 students
Have a Broadmoor Teacher Naturalist lead an interactive, hands-on lesson in your classroom, using natural materials, games, movement and inquiry to engage students in learning. May also occur on your school grounds or nearby outside areas.
Our staff can support student learning in life or earth science frameworks: seasons, adaptations, or diversity. We will custom design a program based on the standards you wish to meet.
Programs run 45-60 minutes.
Program rates vary based on materials, prep time, and complexity.
Travel fees per day apply to all schools over 5 miles
Have a Broadmoor Teacher Naturalist lead an interactive, hands-on lesson in your classroom, using natural materials, games, movement and inquiry to engage students in learning. May also occur on your school grounds or nearby outside areas.
Our staff can support student learning in life or earth science frameworks: water, diversity and habitat needs. We will custom design a program based on the standards you wish to meet.
Programs run 45-60 minutes.
Program rates vary based on materials, prep time, and complexity.
Travel fees per day apply to all schools over 5 miles
Have a Broadmoor Teacher Naturalist lead an interactive, hands-on lesson in your classroom, using natural materials, games, movement and inquiry to engage students in learning. May also occur on your school grounds or nearby outside areas.
Our staff can support student learning in life or earth science frameworks: global weather patterns, life cycles, diversity, or species survival. We will custom design a program based on the standards you wish to meet.
Programs run 45-60 minutes.
Program rates vary based on materials, prep time, and complexity.
Travel fees per day apply to all schools over 5 miles
Have a Broadmoor Teacher Naturalist lead an interactive, hands-on lesson in your classroom, using natural materials, games, movement and inquiry to engage students in learning. May also occur on your school grounds or nearby outside areas.
Our staff can support student learning in life or earth science frameworks: erosion and weathering, shifting plates, renewable and non-renewable energy, or adaptations. We will custom design a program based on the standards you wish to meet.
Programs run 45-60 minutes.
Program rates vary based on materials, prep time, and complexity.
Travel fees per day apply to all schools over 5 miles
Have a Broadmoor Teacher Naturalist lead an interactive, hands-on lesson in your classroom, using natural materials, games, movement and inquiry to engage students in learning. May also include exploration and investigation of your school grounds or nearby outside areas.
We will custom design a program based on the standards you wish to meet in life or earth science frameworks: cycling of water or food energy on earth, and/or the functions and structure of plants.
Programs run 45-60 minutes.
Program rates vary based on materials, prep time, and complexity.
Travel fees per day apply to all schools over 5 miles
Rate B
1st class $170
Additional class $130/each
1st class on new day $150
Travel fees apply to schools over 5 miles away
Students sweep net in a meadow, turn logs in the forest and observe wetlands to find plants and animals that meet their habitat needs for food, water, shelter and figure out why that environment is the best space.
Fall, Winter, Spring
Prices valid Sept 2019 - June 2020 1 free adult per 10 students
Discover what animals and plants need to live and why their habitat is the best match through a combination of presentation and hands-on explorations of living samples from two different environments.
Rate B
1st class $170
Additional class $130/each
1st class on new day $150
Travel fees apply to schools over 5 miles away
Exploring a meadow, a forest and a marsh as habitats, children observe signs of life and discover how plants and animals depend on one another, and are linked in food chains.
Fall, Winter, Spring
Prices valid Sept 2019 - June 2020
2 free adults per 10 students
Survival in winter is challenging for plants and animals. Search for different seasonal animal signs such as deer tracks and beaver "chews," investigate the lives of wild animals and learn about their daily patterns of foraging and hunting. Explore the unique ways that plants and animals have evolved to survive cold, dry winter conditions. Learn about animals that escape winter by hibernating or migrating, and others that adapt with daily activities that are much different from their summer patterns. Identify which plants are sleeping and which stay active year-round, and why they can.
Late Fall, Winter, early Spring
Fees valid 2019-2020 school year
rates valid through Dec 2019
Students investigate what makes something alive, comparing living organisms with things that exhibit some, but not all, characteristics of life.
Rate A
1st class $150
Additional class $130/each
1st class on new day $135
Travel fees apply to schools over 5 miles away
Have a Broadmoor teacher naturalist lead an interactive, hands-on lesson at your school, using natural materials, games, movement and sensory exploration to engage young children in learning.
Students can learn about almost any life or earth science frameworks, such as living and non-living, seasonal cycles, specific animals or plants, life cycles, etc. We will custom-design a program based on the concepts you wish them to learn.
Program rates vary based on materials, prep time, and complexity.
Travel fees per day apply to all schools over 5 miles
Students explore for organisms in different life cycles stages and can compare those cycles. Investigations can include searching dipped up invertebrates from the water, exploring insects and birds in the meadows, and searching for seeds and plants.
Fall and Spring
Prices valid Sept 2019 - June 2020
2 free adults per 10 students
Students will learn to look at the "big picture" and see the marsh as an ecosystem, where mammals, such as the beaver, use the marsh as their habitat. They will look at macro-invertebrates collected from the marsh, focusing on animal adaptations and characteristics. Students also learn how aquatic plants are adapted to live in the water and fill different niches.
Spring
rates valid Sept 2019 - June 2020
1 free adult per 10 students
Students sort through organisms dipped up from the marsh to see what lives in the water and how water provides a home. They also explore the water cycle on the sanctuary.
Fall and Spring
Prices valid Sept 2019 - June 2020
2 free adults per 10 students
Rate C
1st class $225
Additional class $145/each
1st class on new day $170
Travel fees apply to schools over 5 miles away
Rate $105/hour
Program length varies: 20-60 minutes
Minimum charge of 1 hour at school
Travel fees apply to schools over 5 miles away
Students will become finches living on the Galapagos Islands. Through the use of hand-puppets, each student "bird" will try to feed on the islands using their specific behavioral and physical adaptations. Depending on success, the birds will decide if they stay or migrate to find the best environment to meet their needs. Through the simulation, students experience the variety of challenges, competition, and success that drive evolution and survival in nature. If time permits, they can also experience the influence of changes in the environment and attempt to be successful enough to reproduce and pass on traits to offspring.
This lesson requires one location to set up, that provides open space for the islands and an area for students to process data on a worksheet and engage in discussion. Two teacher naturalists faciliatate this program for 1 class at a time.
Rate D-
1st class $280
Additional classes same day $165
1st class on new day $225
Travel fees apply to schools over 5 miles away
Students examine plant structures, behaviors for survival, and reproductive strategies. Depending on what is seasonally available, it includes local flowers and seeds.
Rate B
1st class $170
Additional class $130/each
1st class on new day $150
Travel fees apply to schools over 5 miles away
Have a Broadmoor teacher naturalist lead an interactive, hands-on lesson at your school, using natural materials, games, movement and sensory exploration to engage young children in learning.
Students can learn about almost any life or earth science frameworks, such as living and non-living, seasonal cycles, specific animals or plants, life cycles, etc. We will custom-design a program based on the concepts you wish them to learn.
Rate $130/hour
Program length varies: 20-60 minutes
Minimum charge of 1 hour
Travel fees may apply
By manipulating different substrates, such as soil, sand, clay and stone, with water and moving air, students can investigate the effects of water and wind. Then they will work together to create and test solutions to prevent the erosion.
This program requires stations that classes can rotate through due to the amount of supplies that students can manipulate and resetting between groups.
Rate B
1st class/day $170
Additional class/same day $130/each; 1st class on a new day $150/each
Travel fees apply to schools over 5 miles away
Rate $105/hour
Program length varies: 20-60 minutes
Minimum charge of 1 hour
Travel fees apply to schools over 5 miles away
Rate $105/hour
Program length varies: 20-60 minutes
Minimum charge of 1 hour
Travel fees apply to schools over 5 miles away
Students have a hands-on look at erosion on hillsides, trails, and a stream bed. They'll investigate the make up of the soil, visit a volcanic island, find evidence of weathering by ice wedging, root pry, and rusting.
Prices valid Sept 2018 - June 2019
1 free adult per 10 students