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After School Programs
Join us with your group or club for exciting adventures as we
explore the 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
- 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
Program topics are designed to be seasonally appropriate and
contain phenology activities (seasonal observations of natural
events recorded in a journal). Topics range from birding,
adaptations, mapping, and orienteering in the fall, to glaciers,
Native Americans, mammals, and survival skills in winter, to
maple syruping, pioneering, trees and wetlands in the spring.
Summer school after school programs are also available and
feature a variety of topics, including water cycles, wildflower
identification, pioneering, and primitive skills. Can't come to
the Nature Center? Let us bring the Nature Nuts curriculum to
you! 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 Nature Center 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) 221-0495 or
Academy
ALDO After School Program
Academy ALDO 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 on Lake Wingra 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 the Nature Center 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) 221-0495 or
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