Nature / Environmental Classes for March to May 2012

Schools, youth groups or day camps register by calling (562) 570-1745,

10am - 4pm Tuesday - Sunday.

 

BADGER TOURS

Ages 5-18. Scouts can enhance merit badge work with a 1-1/2 hour

program focused on a specific badge. $4 per person.

 

BEETLE BRIGADE- PRESCHOOL TOUR

Ages 3-5. Get ready to use your Owl Eyes, Rabbit Ears and Coyote

Nose to explore the world around us. Use your senses to discover the

secrets of the Nature Center. $4 per person.

 

DISCOVERY TOURS

Elementary teachers, explore the Nature Center trails with your students

on a naturalist-guided tour. You’ll make discoveries through

hands-on investigation and activities designed to support the Academic

Content Standards at your grade level. Call 570-1745 for reservations.

$5 per person.

 

ADOPT A BEACH “EXPLORE THE SHORE” 5TH GRADE TOUR

Sponsored by El Dorado Nature Center and the City of Long Beach’s

Adopt A Beach program. In this hands-on two-hour program, students

will use scientific tools and instruments to discover how water sustains

all life on earth, and how the water cycle shapes our local watershed

and affects the marine ecosystem. Two locations to serve: Granada

Beach or Cherry Beach. Call (562) 570- 1745 for reservations. $5 per

person.

 

PRESCHOOL IN NATURE

Enrich your child’s learning in an interactive natural setting. Our preschool

sessions will help with learning social skills, creativity and group

cooperation, while exercising minds and bodies on the trails of the

Nature Center. Sessions are 4 weeks, 2 days a week for an hour and a

half, $80 per child. Children must be between the ages of 3 ½ -5 years

old and be potty trained.

This is not a parent participation program. To register call (562)

570-1745

Session 1:March 27 - April 26 " Spring in Bloom", Tuesday and Thursday, 10am -11:30am

Session 2:Mat 8 - May 31 "Budding Naturalist" , Tuesday and Thursday 10am – 11:30am

*no class the week of 4/9 -4/13.

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