The Gardens on Spring Creek is offering a menu of on-site and virtual learning opportunities this spring. Many programs are free and scholarships are available. 
These opportunities include: 

• Onsite small guided tours or
• Self-guided botany labs for Middle and High School Students
• Virtual tours and lessons for elementary students
• Self-guided activity kits for all ages
• Virtual classroom visits and
• Check-out tree and bee kits with hours of science activities.

​Bird Conservancy of the Rockies offers year-round camp experiences for kids ages 4-17. 

All camps are about getting kids outside to have fun and explore nature while making friends, developing leadership skills, and gaining insights into their relationships with themselves, others, and the world around them. Camp content and activities are designed in a progression to introduce young children to the outdoors and build their skills over time. 

COVID protocols in place & scholarships are available.

​The Poudre Learning Center's Virtual Learning pages shares outdoor exploration ideas, virtual field trips, and lesson ideas for educators and families. 

These explorations can be done in your own yard, neighborhood, or local park. Also check out the images of local phenomenon at the PLC.

For many, our homes have now become our place of learning, making now a good time to make sure our homes are safe and healthy. Indoor air quality can be up to five times worse than outdoor air. 

Contact Health Homes with your questions or to receive a personalized set of recommendations on how you can improve the indoor air quality of your home. When you complete an assessment with us over the phone, you will receive many free gifts, including: 
• Radon Test Kit 
• Healthy Household Cleaner 
• Healthy Household Cleaning Recipes 
• Sustainable Cloth for Dusting 

Contact 970-416-2832 or visit fcgov.com/HealthyHomes
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​Get in touch with trees in your neighborhood, park or natural area and use thesefamily activities to take a closer look. Find more on the Project Learning Tree"Activities for Families" homepage.

The Study Outdoors, Learn Outdoors (SOLO) program created by the Cache la Poudre River National Heritage Area gives families the opportunity explore and learn along the Poudre River Trail on foot or by bike. Routes in Fort Collins and Greeley. 
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Created by two local educators, SOLO Field Trip routes align with Colorado Academic Standards, connect to the landscape of the Poudre River, and incorporate interpretive signs related to western water law created by the Poudre Heritage Alliance. Suitable for teachers to assign their students or as a family excursion!

Lesson plans and their matching SOLO Route Maps are available here. 

It has been an emotional year to put it mildly. Intentional nature breaks can positively help manage our emotions. Carve out time to take care of yourselves and let's have meaningful conversations about our mental health with people in our lives. Below are opportunities to engage in mindfulness and nature this November. 
**If you or a loved one are in a behavioral health crisis call (970) 494-4200 Ext. 4 or text TALK to 38255 any time, day or night to access immediate support and consultation, and to connect to resources from SummitStone Health Partners. ​

1. Virtual field trips from The Gardens on Spring Creek bring interactive science learning to the home or classroom.The Gardens has a selection of tours on plants, pollinators, butterflies, horticultural careers and senses, colors and numbers with supplemental activities that can be done in any setting with students from pre-k through High School.

• Request more information by filling out this google form.

​2. The Rocky Mountain Raptor Program continues to provide raptor and environment related education during the pandemic through virtual programming on a variety of platforms. In person programming for an organization, community group, or school may be available under certain circumstances. Public content, both pre-recorded and live, is available on Facebook and YouTube. Just search for us by name!

• Visit our website to learn more.