Learn by doing!
Topics are aligned to Common Core and NGSS. Creation of materials was made possible, in part, by an education grant from the U.S. EPA. All programs are inquirybased and hands on!
Food Chains
• Explore food chains to develop a hypothesis to explain where energy comes from. • Experience energy flow and put together several different food chains.
Food Webs
• Discover how energy travels from producers to consumers in a food chain.
Owls
• Venture into the habits of owls. Dissect owl pellets, identify bones and skulls, graph data and analyze results. • “Become” an owl in a predator/ prey simulation.
Spiders
• Explore the concept of habitat requirements by learning about the remarkable life and adaptations of these important animals.
Worms
• Learn all about worms while exploring their anatomy and habitat.
• Explore how energy travels between food chains to form food webs.
Forests
• Take a woodland adventure discovering the layers in a forest and which plants and animals live in each. • Play a memory game and reconstruct the entire forest ecosystem.
The Water Cycle
• Discover the stages in the water cycle by putting together a giant puzzle. • Discuss the importance of the water cycle and participate in a simulation to demonstrate this.
Wetlands
• Explore a simulated wetland to learn about pH, temperature and oxygen levels to determine whether their sample of macro-invertebrates can live in the water they've been given.
Spring Valley environmental education
To Schedule:
Call 847/985-2100 at least two weeks in advance. Visit ParkFun.com for more information.
Fees:
With the exception of the Owl program ($190), multiple sessions of the same program scheduled on the same day cost: 1st Class..................... $85 2nd Class.................. $75 3rd Class.................... $65
Board of Commissioners
Mike Daniels, George Longmeyer Sharon DiMaria, Robert Schmidt David Johnson Executive Director - Tony LaFrenere
1111 E. Schaumburg Road, Schaumburg 847/985-2100