Oden Fish Hatchery Visitor Center, Oden

• 9 am - 3 pm
• Free & open to students grades three through eight
• Activity stations include fly tying, learning the bugs of lakes and streams, knot tying, conservation ethics, spinning and fly casting, and actual trout fishing.
• Lunch provided.
• Register at (231)409-3345 or
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• A May Day Festival from 1-5 p.m. Saturday, May 12, at Sacred Sparks, 5070 Mount Bliss Road, East Jordan.
• The free event includes music, a maypole dance, earth healing ritual 1:30 p.m., garland dancers, psychic readers, kids activities and a potluck dinner 4 p.m.
• Donations of nonperishable food, toiletries, household supplies, infant care items and money will go to...

 March 2nd and 3rd

  50% off Daily Lift Ticket and all Rental Equipment on Saturday   Co-sponsored by the Elks of Charlevoix #2856   Events will be held Friday & Saturday, March 2nd and 3rd Mt. McSauba Recreational Facilities: 09223 McSauba Rd   Pre-registration Friday 6:00 – 9:00 p.m. and Saturday starting at 9:30 a.m.   Visit...

June 25th & 26th

On June 25 and 26, 2011 Wilderness State Park invites you and your family to come out and get a look at what daily life was like in a 1750s French Colonial Encampment. This interactive portrayal of life for the early French settlers will give you and your family the opportunity to see and experience history in person. You will be able to intermingle with...

U.S. Dept. of Agriculture –  By U.S. Dept. of Agriculture

  WASHINGTON, April 4, 2011– Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced $1 million in cost-share funding for children's programs in 18 states and Puerto Rico, furthering USDA's commitment to connect young people around the country with America's great outdoors. The two programs receiving funding through...

Match a Leaf to the right tree A tree that hasn’t started to grow yet...a seed! Red Rocks Something BLUE A Feather Smell a Flower Something that makes NOISE! A sign that an animal has been here. A piece of litter A leaf with teeth Something YOU like A camouflaged animal or insect Something ROUND A cone from an evergreen   STOP!...

Mapping Mapping is a hands-on activity that can be adapted to all grade levels and integrated across the curriculum. It is a prime example of place-based learning in that the natural environment literally creates the context for learning.   Types of Mapping Identify cardinal directions - north, south, east, west Human-made features (buildings, highways, roads,...

Be an advocate for nature and a role model for getting outdoors: let your students know that you value the hands-on learning that takes place outdoors. Show them that it is important and necessary – not a burden or a 1-time thing that is an abstraction. Science Schoolyard Scavenger Hunts Schoolyard Mini Gardens (window gardens) Insect Hunts Leaf...