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05/11/2008







Educational Program Guide

A Guide For Teachers ,
Youth Group Leaders,
and Adult Community Groups

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Environmental, historical, and cultural education is one of the most important missions undertaken by the Forest Preserve. Hundreds of schools and youth groups learn about the past and the many curiosities of nature. Family Programs, which are educational as well as fun, are attended by thousands.

And, environmental education workshops are designed to expand your knowledge of the out-of-doors. For more information on Forest Preserve programs, click on Facility Information below or call 815.727.8700.


Facility Information
 
Reservation Information
 
Educational Programs: On-Site
Environmental Learning Center
Animal Signs
Edible Wild Plants
Flowering Plants
Forest Ecology
Introduction to Canoes and Canoe Safety
Introduction to Orienteering
Orienteering: Maps and Compass
Pond & Stream Exploration
Understory Explorations

 
Isle a la Cache Museum
A Voyageur’s Life
Living on the Land
The Story Circle
The Trade

 
Plum Creek Nature Center
E.L.E.X. Trail
Hands-On Herpetology
Incredible Insects
Sights Unseen
Sniff, Look, and Listen
Stalking the Wild Tracks
Taste of the Wild
Treemendous Trees
Wetland Wonders

 
Educational Programs: In-School
Isle a la Cache Museum
A Potawatomi’s Life
Joliet & Marquette: Quest for the Mississippi
Native American Uses of Nature
Our Midwest Melting Pot - Joliet Iron Works Site
The Beaver - A Natural Builder
When Two Worlds Meet

 
Plum Creek Nature Center
Getting Ready for Winter
Illinois Mammals
Whooo's Bones
Wild in the City I
Wild in the City II

 
Youth Group Programs
Environmental Learning Center
Animal Signs
Badge Hikes
Camping for the Environment
Edible Wild Plants
Forest Ecology
Introduction to Canoes
Night Hike
Orienteering: Map and Compass
Pond Exploration
Understory Exploration

 
Isle a la Cache Museum
Badge Hike
Beaver Tracks and Trade
Native American Clay Crafts
Outdoor Fun

 
Monee Reservoir
Canoeing Workshop
Dragons and Damsels
First Time Fishing
Kayak Kollege
Twilight Canoe

 
Plum Creek Nature Center
Badge Hikes
Goodenow Grove Discovery Hike
Hooray for Herps!
Owl Prowl

 
Nature Education Trails
 
Information Programs and Preserve Tours
 
Resource Loan Kits
 
Junior Winter Bird Feeder Challenge