ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION
Environmental Education is the process of recognizing values and clarifying concepts in order to develop skills and attitudes necessary to understand and appreciate the interrelatedness among people, their culture, and their biophysical surroundings. EE also entails practice in decision-making and self-formulation of a code of behavior about issues concerning environmental quality.

Tracks and Sign
Tracking is a technique that naturalists use to find and follow animals, to learn about the animals’ nature.  Most people think of following the footprints of an animal, but there are other ways to track animals.  For example, you can examine their "scat" or "droppings," look for scratches in the bark of trees or ground, or look for their dens.  In so doing, we uncover deeper insight into the web of life and ourselves.

Ice-Harvesting Demonstrations
Today we mostly think of snow and ice as fun for skiing, skating, sledding and other winter sports. However, in the not too distant past, ice was considered the first important agricultural product of the year being harvested in January and February.

This is a wonderful opportunity to learn about the tradition of harvesting ice from our local ponds and lakes for refrigeration.  Participants will have a chance to use the authentic tools to pull out their own block of ice.

Dog-Sledding Demonstrations
History
Reasons for using dogs to pull sleds
Care of dogs
Equipment
Position of dogs pulling sleds
Kids work as a team to pull a real sled

Water Quality Analysis
An investigation into the biotic (macroinvertebrates) and abiotic (temperature, light, sediments, water speed) factors that affect water quality.

Vermont Natural History
Watersheds:  Ponds, Streams, Wetlands
Geology: Mountains, Hills
Habitats
Weather
Botany: Trees, Shrubs, Herbaceous Plants
Soils
Agricultural History
Zoology: Mammals, Birds, Reptiles, Amphibians, Invertebrates