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Animals
Winter Eco-Trek
How do the animals around here survive in winter? Learn about winter ecology (animal and plant survival strategies), then head out on snow shoes to find and follow animal tracks-perhaps leading to their homes.
- Grades 7-12
- Spring, Fall, and Winter
Wild Kingdom
This session(s) is an introduction to wildlife study; components of habitat, predator-prey relationships, and food chains are the basics of understanding wildlife needs and survival. We will use games/activities to teach these concepts. We also have the taxidermist animals in Creation Station to point students to the God who created these animals with a variety of “adaptations” so they could survive in a wonderfully complex world.
- Grades 7-12
- Spring, Fall, and Winter
Wet and Wild
This hands-on exploration of the edges of Little James Lake is one of our favorite classes. Students will see a wide variety of plants and animals as we collect and observe frogs, minnows, crayfish, and aquatic insects. We will begin with discussion about the values of these “riparian” communities and why the Creator made them. Then we’ll go outdoors and use the hip waders and aquatic nets. This class is especially fun in spring when the frogs are abundant.
- Grades 7-12
- Spring, Fall, and Winter
Behold the Birds of the Air
An introductory study of birds will teach us something about intelligent design in creation. Students will learn about the incredible features of birds. Using binoculars, we will observe birds at the bird feeders and out in the woods, and learn to identify common species by sound and sight.
- Grades 7-12
- Spring, Fall, and Winter
Animal Tracks and Signs
We can have a pretty good idea of what is happening with wildlife around us if we learn to “read” animal tracks and other signs. Students will use rubber-mold animal feet and plaster of paris to make “take home” track casts. Then they will go outdoors to hunt for some real tracks.
- Grades 7-12
- Spring, Fall, and Winter
