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Mt. Baldy
Environmental Education |
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GROWING UP FOREST WISE Mt. Baldy Environmental Education offers programs for every age and for every season
Home Directions FEDCO Teacher Grants for "real-world" field trips PROGRAMS FOR SCHOOLS
SUMMER PROGRAMS FOR CHILDREN
PROGRAMS FOR ALL AGES
VISITOR CENTER SERVICES
Programs for Schools Programs for Adults
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Pre-School through Eighth Grade ProgramsMeet Your Neighbors - Pre-school through 1st grade We'll give your group a hands-on introduction to the plants and animals living in the foothills and mountains at your doorstep. Tour the award-winning Mt. Baldy Visitor Center indoor nature trail. Paint animal tracks to take home, and meet the local live animals up close in our animal room. Join us after a lunch under the pines for a meandering adventure along a babbling mountain stream. Circles of Life - 1st and 2nd grades Let us help teach the wonders of growth, development and relationship by introducing your students to some very fascinating animals and insects. You will meet the reptiles in our animal room, make an animal track, and top off your trip with a walk to the shaded edge of San Antonio Creek. Habitat in Art - 2nd and 3rd grades This program offers the joy and excitement of combining the worlds of art and nature. Students will design nature journals, then fill them with an assortment of artistic creations. They will make rubbings, and record observations keyed into four San Gabriel Mt. habitats during a nature walk. (Student journals offer a nice addition to your room's "Back to School" night). Gold Fever - 3rd through 5th grades Relive this formative period in California history by touring the cultural display in the Mt. Baldy Visitor Center and watching a short video of a "water cannon" at work. Tighten up your bonnets and suspenders as we venture outside to relive the Argonauts' trip west on our nature walk. You are the 49ers and we are off to "see the Elephant!" Experience the thrill of panning for "color" in our sluice. World of the Tongva (Gabrielino) - 3rd through 5th grades
How did the Native Americans living in southern California spend their seasons? Where did they live? What did they eat? Did they play games? Answer these questions by visiting Joatngna, a reproduction of one of their villages. Students are introduced to historic Tongva culture through story, by creating rock art, and by making tools.
Along the Trail - 4th through high school The mountains come alive on a trip through historic Icehouse Canyon. Explore native plants and animals, geology, and local history along the way. It's a "pack it in, pack it out" adventure, with each student carrying their pack, walking beside the stream, and eating lunch under the incense cedars. Water Ecology - 4th through 8th grades Help us investigate the health of a mountain stream from a rainbow trout's point of view. This includes testing for four water-quality parameters, and sampling aquatic indicator (insect) species. A great way to introduce or reinforce the scientific method and experience hands-on science at its best. Background and Follow-up Information on Water Ecology That's Not Just a Rock!!! - 6th grade (Also adaptable to 2nd grade rocks and minerals standard) Take a hike! Discover why the mountains are growing, and why rocks are for more than throwing. Students will assemble a nine-piece rock collection containing some local and "not so local" rocks. They will discover fun ways to learn the basics of local geology, fundamental geologic principles, and why they should appreciate "that" rock. Background and Follow-up Information on Geology Field Investigations - 6th through 8th grades Follow us into the Angeles National Forest where in small study groups your students will engage in a field study. Field research will be our emphasis as we run line transects and lay quadrants to classify vegetation, and distinguish the primary habitats (chaparral, riparian, pine forest, and sub alpine) of the San Gabriel Mountains. (This option is frequently paired with water-quality testing and/or geology). 
USDA Forest Service in partnership with San Gabriel Mountains Heritage Association |
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Mt. Baldy Visitor Center, P.O. Box 592, Mt. Baldy, CA 91759 Phone (909) 982-2829 (visitor information), (909) 982-2879 (education staff), FAX: (909) 931-7130
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