Education

Location: Paragon Charter Academy Date: April 24, 2019 Time: 12:00 pm - 3:00 pm School: Paragon Charter Academy, 4th grade classes Description: Students see and touch Michigan mammal skins and skulls, explore mammal classification, adaptations, and predator/prey relationships. Students also investigate animal signs such as scats and tracks that they can search for in their […]

Signs of Spring School Program Location: Dahlem Date: April 25, 2019 Time: 9:30-10:45 am and 1:00-2:15 pm School: Pirates Cove Pre-School Description: Discover the wonders of a world awakening to spring!  Use all of your senses to experience the changing environment around you.  See the shapes and colors, feel the textures, and smell the fragrances […]

Frogs & Toads School Program Location: Dahlem Date: April 26, 2019 Time: 10:00-12:00 pm School: Hillsdale Preparatory School (1st grade) Description: Find our local amphibians in their favorite spring hideouts.  Study their life cycles, and characteristics and learn their language.  Does a frog really feel like a dill pickle?  Come to Dahlem and find out! […]

Schools and programs are cancelled due to COVID-19 outbreak Signs of Spring School Program Location: Dahlem Date: April 30, 2019 Time: 9:00-10:15 am School: daVinci Institute preschool class Description: Discover the wonders of a world awakening to spring!  Use all of your senses to experience the changing environment around you.  See the shapes and colors, […]

Signs of Spring School Program Location: Dahlem Date: May 2, 2019 Time:  1:00-2:15 pm School: Pirates Cove Pre-School (Ms. Murphy's class) Description: Discover the wonders of a world awakening to spring!  Use all of your senses to experience the changing environment around you.  See the shapes and colors, feel the textures, and smell the fragrances […]

Aquatic Studies School Program Location: Dahlem Date: May 9, 2019 Time: 8:30-11:00 am and 11:45-2:15 pm School: Columbia Upper Elementary School; 5th grade Description:  All life depends on clean water.  A study of the biota in an aquatic ecosystem can help determine water quality.  In this program, students sample aquatic life at both a pond […]

Who Lives There? School Program Location: Dahlem Date: May 10, 2019 Time: 9:00-10:30 am School: Townsend Elementary School; Kindergarten classes Search for animal homes and clues that animals live here at Dahlem.  Discover where and why animals make their homes the way they do.  Become a careful outdoor observer and discover the animals at Dahlem […]

Location: Dahlem Date: May 14, 2019 Time: 9:00 am – 10:15 am School: St. Mary Childcare and Development Center Nature is full of hidden clues about the animals that live there. You may not know where to look or what to look for but animal clues are everywhere. You’ll learn how to spot and identify […]

Signs of Spring School Program Location: Dahlem Date: May 15, 2019 Time: 10:00-11:30 am School: Jackson School of the Arts Description: Discover the wonders of a world awakening to spring!  What are wild animals doing this time of year? Use all of your senses to experience the changing environment around you.  See the shapes and […]

Spring Birds School Program Location: Dahlem Date: May 16, 2019 Time: 9:30-11:30 am School: daVinci Primary School; K & 1st grade Peer at our feathered friends through Dahlem Center binoculars!  Learn  about bird nests, songs, adaptations, and how to identify field marks during an interactive trail hike and hands-on STEM lab activities. Standards: K.LS1.1  1.LS1.1   […]