Guided Nature Center Visit Field Trip
| Maximum group size: | Fifty students |
| Program length: | Three hours, including time for (bring-your-own) lunch |
| Offered: | April, May, September, October, November |
| (appropriate for all ages) | |
Shaver's Creek Environmental Center is home for many wild animals that can be found in Pennsylvania. Some are populating the woods that surround our center; others are injured or nonreleasable and are housed in aquariums and cages in and around our building. During this program, participants will have the opportunity to view all of our resident animals. The emphasis is on animal characteristics, behaviors, adaptations, and the ways humans can help ensure animal survival.
- Rotating through stations in small groups, students get an "up close and personal" look at a bird of prey, toad or frog, snake, and turtle. Participants can ask questions, touch animal-related props, and observe live specimens. They learn about and see species-specific adaptations needed for survival.
- In our discovery room everyone has a chance to touch and experiment with interactive displays, watch snakes and turtles, and climb up into the children's loft to explore.
- The call of our bald eagles may greet your students as they tour our Raptor Center. The keen observer can often detect the injuries that brought these owls, hawks, falcons, and eagles into our care. Students will study these birds' behavior and appearance.
- Learn to sort fact from myth concerning Pennsylvania's bat and beaver populations. During warmer months view the live wild bats in the Shaver's Creek bat boxes. Using many hands-on props, discover fascinating facts about the life of beavers.
Many of the photographs included throughout the site are © Sven Zellner. For a listing, please contact us.
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