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Lanark Field Days... providing fun and exciting field trip opportunities
for students in grades K-12 that address the Alabama State Course of Study Objectives
through a multi-disciplinary approach using conservation education.
Lanark Field Days Brochure | Lanark Field Days Programs
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Alabama Nature Center
It’s here! The Alabama Nature Center - a new hands-on outdoor education facility located at Lanark in Millbrook, Alabama. Just a few miles north of Montgomery and conveniently located along I-65, Lanark is the new home of the Alabama Wildlife Federation (AWF) and the former estate of benefactors Isabel and Wiley Hill.
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Lanark and the new Alabama Nature Center contain 350 acres of striking forests, fields, streams, wetlands, and ponds that are traversed by five miles of boardwalks and trails in three regions: Turkey Ridge, Hilltop Pass, and Still Creek Run. Key destinations include the Tree Top Walk, the Gum Pond, Natural Spring, and the Still Creek Riparian Forest, just to name a few. Conservation education programs at the Alabama Nature Center focus on using these natural resources as fun and exciting hands-on learning tools.
September - May | Monday-Friday
Call 1-800-822-9453 today to schedule your customized field trip.
Min: 20 Students | Max: 100 Students
Teachers / Chaperones - 1 adult per 10 students ratio mandatory.
May bring up to 3 adults per 10 students.
To schedule field trips for larger or smaller groups, please call to discuss arrangements.
Lanark Lunches | $5.00 per person
(schools may bring their own lunches)
Full-Day Field Trip | $10.00 per child
(includes 4 hours of instructional activities between 9 am - 3 pm)
Half-Day Field Trip | $6.00 per child (includes 2 hours of instructional activities between 9 am - 3 pm)
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Course of Study Field Trips
All Alabamians should be proud of the diversity of natural resources here in Alabama that give true meaning to the phrase “Alabama The Beautiful”. This program will allow participants to become familiar with native flora and fauna, especially those that are official state emblems. Here at the Alabama Nature Center, we strive to instill values of citizenship, conservation, and stewardship of our natural and cultural resources to future generations of Alabamians.
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Example Activities :
State of Alabama Emblems| Plant Outlaws | "Creely" Good Limits |
Nature Scavenger Hunt | Live Animal Presentation | Role of Conservation
Wet, wild, and wonderful can best describe this program. If your students like hiking and exploring wetlands, netting aquatic critters, or catching fish, then we can provide such experiences with a hands-on learning approach that allows participants to have fun yet care for water, our most valuable natural resource.
Example Activities:
Stream Discovery Hike | Fishing for Fun | Classification of Living Things |
Alabama Wetlands |
The Sustainability of Our Natural Resources
Here at the Alabama Nature Center a variety of wildlife can be found, but one has to sometimes “wander” our many trails to view wildlife in the natural environment. We also feature a live specimen for each program that is caught and released by our licensed staff. The identity of the specimen is not as important as the conservation message that we will deliver to your students.
Example Activities:
Interdependence of Plants and Animals | Animal Behavior | Live Animal Presentation |
Food Chains, Food Webs and Energy Flow | Nature Scavenger Hunt
Come out to the Alabama Nature Center and discover Alabama’s geological past while in the present. This program addresses the land that we live on and its origins. Participants will actively examine soil profiles, geographical changes, and soil conservation history in Alabama, OR, rocks and minerals, geographical changes, and learn about Alabama’s rich geological history from our own fossil collection.
Example Activities:
Alabama Geological History | Biomes and Related Fauna and Flora |
Nature Scavenger Hunt
| Alabama Soils
If only forests could talk…well maybe they can, they just need our staff to interpret for them. What do they tell us? They tell us that they need our wise use of them to keep them sustainable. How? We start by introducing students to the Forestry Best Management Practices and then introduce them to the different types of Alabama forests. We then explore our forests a little deeper by helping students become familiar with the native and non-native flora and fauna that compose these forest ecosystems.
Example Activities:
History of Alabama Forests | Forest Practices | Forests Invaders|
Nature Scavenger Hunt
| Forests and Wildlife
Programs for this age group must be customized to meet the needs of the school. Please contact us for more details at 1-800-822-9453.
Half-Day Field Trips
Choose from one of our grade-specific, pre-planned Course of Study Field Trips. One activity will be a special activity chosen by a teacher and the other activity will be a ANC Activity that will be chosen by our staff. Staff will choose and plan these accordingly in regards to special topics requested by the teacher, group timetables, weather, and seasonal variations.
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