School Programs
The
Monoosnoc Brook Greenway Project is able to provide educational
programs to the schools of Leominster. Programs for the 2006 - 07
school year are free of charge due to the generous funding received
by the NRWA from Bovenzi Inc, an anonymous donor, and support from
the community.
To register
for any of Monoosnoc Brook's programs held either at your school,
or at the brook, contact us. We will
be happy to have a naturalist work with you and your class on any
programs listed on our website, or to help you design one to fit
the needs of your curriculm.
Meet a Watershed!
(Enviroscape watershed model)
A naturalist will bring our interactive watershed model to your
classroom to teach students about runoff pollution, and other human
impacts (both positive and negative) on our local watershed. Students
take turns adding 'chemicals', 'nutrients', and 'pollutants' to
developed areas, and spraying 'rain' on the model to observe the
effects of runoff (non-point source pollution) on the rivers and
streams. The class will brainstorm a variety of solutions to help
protect our natural water sources.
Grades 2 - 10
Schoolyard
Ecology
Discover the intricate ecosystems in your own backyard! Students
explore their schoolyard or local environment as an outdoor classroom
using a variety of hands-on activities. Possible themes: Wildlife
Investigations, Soil Testing, Biodiversity Inventory, or Schoolyard
Habitats.
Grades 1 - 12
Biodiversity
Days
Biodiversity is all the species of life in any given area. Biodiversity
Days is a week of programs (usually the first week of June,
but dates can be before or after) offered in every state in Massachusetts,
focused on learning about and recording the biodiversity in local
habitats (including schoolyards, nature centers and recreational
spaces). Monoosnoc Brook participates in Biodiversity Days every
year, and we can bring a naturalist to your schoolyard - or meet
a small group at the Brook - to lead a Biodiversity walk. All data
collected during the walk can get added to the State's online database
(our naturalist can guide you and your class through this process,
or enter the data for you), giving students an opportunity to contribute
to ongoing scientific research.
Grades 1 - 12
Meet
the Monoosnoc Video and Handbook
An approved part of the Leominster curriculum, the instructional
manual provides activities and information about the Monoosnoc Brook,
watersheds, greenways and other water issues. Teachers can copy
activity sheets to give to students. A video accompanies the program.
This program is being used as a model across the Commonwealth for
teaching water issues. It has also been used in Russia to teach
grassroots organizations about improving their water resources.
Other
Possible Program Topics:
- Animal Tracking
- Stream or
Pond Investigations
- Animal Adaptations
- Bird Identification
- Orienteering
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