Tag: environmentaleducation

Nature Explorers Colorado

  A NEW camp is coming to Highlands Ranch, Colorado for three days only! Amalia spent ten years of her childhood living in Colorado, and taught her first Wildlife Ecology class at Outdoor Education Laboratory School in Mt. Evans as a sophomore in High School. She is excited to return to the community to offer Read More …

Summer Day Camps- 2017

This summer, in Benzie County, Michigan, choose from five weeks of themed nature camps!   There are three different weeks for ages 7-11, and two weeks for ages 3-6.   The week will be split between two great locations that are only a few miles apart from each other. This will give us ample time Read More …

Nature Explorers at Grow Benzie

Register for Nature Explorers classes at Grow Benzie by contacting amaliaceleste@gmail.com or 231-871-0276.    My environmental education organization, Nature Explorers International (NEI), has recently found an incredible community partnership at Grow Benzie. At my new office and classroom space, I have the opportunity to both ground NEI in the community, and give it room to flourish. My Read More …

Make a Leaf Rubbing Poster

  After trekking for two days through a Thai bamboo jungle with a stomach bug, I arrived in a small Karen village. I was sick, muddy, sweaty, and exhausted. But the first thing that I did was find the children and took out the bubbles, crayons, and paper that had traveled all that way in Read More …

The Orangutan and the Seed

Across Indonesia and Malaysia, I taught this lesson to hundreds of children during my year in Borneo. Objective:   Summary:  Students will learn how plants and orangutans are connected through an interactive lesson that includes a science experiment, an art project, and a game.   Concepts:  Parts of a seed, parts of a plant, what Read More …