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After School Programs
Join us with your group or club for exciting adventures as we
explore the Aldo Leopold Nature Center grounds through the seasons!
Elementary After School Program (Nature
Nuts)
Middle School After School Program
(Academy ALDO)
Nature Nuts After School Program
Nature Nuts is a comprehensive curriculum developed to guide
students through a variety of hands-on outdoor experiences
throughout the seasons. The curriculum has a three-year rotating
theme so students experience a diversity of thematic elements
over time. The goals of the Nature Nuts program are to:
- Develop in children an appreciation of nature
- Enhance children's academic skills in reading, language
arts, and mathematics
- Teach students to embrace a learning attitude outside of the classroom setting
- Help children gain a better understanding of the natural
world and their place in it
- Improve children's self-esteem and leadership skills
Program topics are designed to be seasonally appropriate and
focus on phenology activities (seasonal observations of natural
events recorded in a journal). Topics may include birding,
adaptations, mapping, and orienteering in the fall; glaciers,
Native Americans, mammals, and survival skills in winter; and
maple syruping, pioneering, trees and wetlands in the spring.
After school programs in the summer are also available and
feature a variety of topics, including water cycles, wildflower
identification, pioneering, and primitive skills. Can't come to
the Aldo Leopold Nature Center? Let us bring the Nature Nuts
curriculum to
your group! We will take advantage of whatever outdoor features are
within walking distance of your site.
Planning your Trip:
- Cost: $45 per naturalist per hour
- Student to Naturalist Ratio: 10 students per naturalist
grades K-2, 12 students per naturalist grades 3 and up
- Transportation to and from the ALNC is the
responsibility of the group
- Special Needs: Please let us know if there are any
participants with special needs (physical, emotional,
behavioral, etc.). This will aid us in planning for the entire
group and make our programs educational and enjoyable for all!
- Scholarship funding is available for groups with a limited
budget
- Contact our Nature Center Director to schedule your trip, or
for more information: (608) 221-0404x2 or
education@naturenet.com.
Academy
ALDO After School Program
Academy ALDO (Adventure, Learning and Discovery Outdoors) is a
summer after school program designed to introduce middle school
students to a variety of outdoor recreation activities. From
team building initiatives and collecting insects in the pond, to
kayaking and
weird science experiments, youth experience a diversity of
activities designed to engage their curiosity and challenge
their expectations of the great outdoors. Program length is
generally 2 1/2 hours once a week for 5-12 weeks during the
summer.
Planning your Trip:
- Cost: $45 per naturalist per hour
- Student to Naturalist Ratio: 12 students per naturalist
- Transportation to and from ALNC or another
field site is the responsibility of the group
- Special Needs: Please let us know if there are any
participants with special needs (physical, emotional,
behavioral, etc.). This will aid us in planning for the entire
group and make our programs educational and enjoyable for all!
- Scholarship funding is available for groups with a limited
budget
- Contact our Nature Center Director to schedule your trip or
for more information: (608) 221-0404x2 or
education@naturenet.com.
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