Classes at Nature's Classroom focus on the scientific world, but we offer other content areas to insure a balanced experience. Courses fall into the following categories:

Environmental Science
Bug Out: Students learn about the insect world in a directed search for and identification of the little buggers.

Hoot 'n' Hurl: Students dissect owl pellets to study the dietary habits of owls.

Stream Stomp (seasonal): Students investigate life around and within a stream.

Tree Trek: Get to know trees up close and personal. Learn the parts of a tree, get to know a tree blindfolded, and have fun in the process.

Smart Paper: Recycle ugly trash by transforming it into beautiful paper.

Feed Your Face: Students learn about natural skin care using products from the kitchen.

Tracking: Search for evidence of critters in the wild. You might find turkey, deer, raccoon, or 'possum tracks.

Get Lost: Map and compass orienteering

Fire: Students learn the science behind fire and three different fire-building techniques.

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Physical Science
Geodome: Construct a geodesic dome able to support the weight of 12 students.

I'll Fly Away: Students learn about Bernoulli's principle while enjoying the fine craft of paper airplane making and flying.

Speed: Math meets Physical Education as students calculate their rate of speed.

Tower Power: Students build their own towers and test the strength of their finished products.

Burma Bridge: Make a bridge out of ropes and walk across it.

Egg Drop: Design and construct a package able to protect an egg when dropped from a height of 30 feet.

Bubbles: Students observe surface tension and refraction, make giant bubble walls with hula hoops.

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Social studies
Let There Be Light: Candle Making as the early American settlers did.

Soap Making: Recycle old soaps or create a new castile-based soap. Students learn the history of soap making and compare the old to modern day procedures.

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Wilderness
Get Lost: This orienteering class will introduce students to working with the essential compass and map.

Outdoor Survival: Students learn some of the basic skills of surviving in the wild such as fire building and shelter making. They learn what plants are edible, how to purify water, and many other skills.

Doctor in the Woods: Students will learn rudimentary wilderness medicine including how to make splints from sticks and bandannas and which plants were used by local native Americans for medicine. Students will also learn basic first aid protocol.

Back Country Baking: Learn the basics of low-impact back-country baking, and enjoy a tasty treat.

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Humanities
Alpha Beta: Play a cultural simulation game designed to build understanding among people.

Ultimate Challenge: Experience a sliver of life as a person with a different ability or disability may.

IT!: There are two groups of inventors creating it, two sets of producers trying to make it, and two sets of go-betweens trying to communicate between the inventors and the producers. It's fun!

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Arts, Music, Drama

Many large group activities incorporate the arts, music, and drama as well

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