Animal Heroes:
Have you ever wondered or cared about the impacts of humans on wild animals and the environment? This fall we will take a look at human actions that have helped wild animals, and we’ll find places and things that can cause harm. As a group, we will brainstorm ideas for conservation projects and other actions that will help wildlife, and carry out one or more of our ideas. We might help restore populations of salamanders or turtles along their migratory routes, and possibly help raise, tag, or track sensitive populations of local creatures. Who knows what our group might come up with! We’ll follow the Service Learning Model as closely as we can, within the time constraints.
Overarching themes will be:
- Looking at the world from a non-anthropocentric viewpoint
- Identify issues that we can help improve
- Learning the needs of certain wild animals
- Practicing the skills of conservation scientists
Nature Connection Field Guide:
Each day, focus on one type of wildlife, and discover the other living and non-living things in its web of relationships. For example, find a snowy egret, and then, using our own direct experiences and background research, build a web including marshes and green frogs and crayfish and mummichugs. Work towards the creation of a publishable field guide to the animals of our region, with each page highlighting an animal and the many relationships that support the animals' lives.
Overarching themes will be:
- Direct investigations into the intricate connections among parts of our local wild ecosystems
- Using writing and drawing skills to represent the wild living things we see and catch
- Publishing for an audience
PLEASE NOTE DATE CHANGE FOR ANIMAL HEROES
- Dates Animal Heroes: 6 weeks Wednesdays Sept. 28-Nov 2nd
- Dates Nature Field Guide: 4 weeks Wednesdays Nov. 9-Nov. 30
- Time 9:30-12:00
- Enrollment Cutoffs: Min. 8 Students to run and Max. 18 for each session
- Ages 7-14
- Price $80 for Animal Heroes and $55 for Nature Field Guide; $125 for both
- Location TBA (Ipswich/Groveland Region)
- Instructors Clay and Jessica
