School Group Programs at the Nature Center and at Your School

Teachers!  Going on a field trip to Put-in-Bay?  See the Nature Center!

Explore our exhibits of North American animal diversity and our nature trail on your own or ask for a guided tour.  Arrange ahead for a 30 or 60 minute Program at your students' grade level. Our Programs are based on Next Gen and Ohio Education Science Standards.

Already doing an aquatic lab? We emphasize Island Flora, Fauna, and Lands with our North American Animal Diversity Collection.

Programs:  one selection can be 30 or 60 minutes.  With an optimum 25 students per group, two programs in two locations on our site can be given simultaneously with a group of 50. 

C= inside Nature Center,     P=outside Porch,     T=Trail               Select from the list below:

Grade 4   P    Y Fossils- island fossils comparison to animals living in the seas today

Grade 4   T    Y Landforms- local Karst sinkholes, caves, glacial features, and islands

Grade 4   C       Animal structures- survival, extirpation, growth, behavior, and reproduction

Grade 5   T       Ecosystems-  pollinator food chains, migrations, decomposers

Grade 5   C       Ecosystems- North American food chains scavenger hunt

Grade 6   PT  Y Rock Formation: identify island formations rock types

Grade 6   PC     Minerals: identify island minerals through their crystal shapes and hardness

Grade 7   C       Populations: interactions, abiotic factors, and extirpation

Grade 7   PT     Ecosystem Energy Flow:  carbon cycle, producers, pond phytoplankton

Grade 7   C       Ecosystem Energy Flow:  energy pyramids

Grade 7   T    Y Hydrology:  rock layers created caves and karst topography, pollution effects

Grade 8   CPTY Fossil Evidence:  fossils related to formation of island rock layers

Grade 8   CPT   Reproduction:  island monarchs, birds, and exhibited salmon

H.S.        C       Biology:  Heredity and gene flow of Lake Erie Watersnake

H.S.        T       Envi.: Natural Selection & Extirpation of island plants and animals

Any Age  CT       Pollinators: Pollinator Hotel, Living Hive, Phenology & Native Gardens

Group Program Prices:  $1.00 each elementary student,       $ 2.00    grades  7-12 & Teachers/Chaperones

Call the Lake Erie Island Nature and Wildlife Center at 419/285-3037 and leave a message for Amy Huston or Jackie Taylor to make a reservation for your Program, or email leinwc@gmail.com           

Many Programs can be brought to your school. $100 ferry season, April-Nov,  $150 flying season Dec.- Mar.

School Group Registration Form