Closer to Nature: 2018 Summer Youth Program

When:
Monday, Jul 09, 2018 9:00a -
Friday, Jul 13, 2018 12:00p

Where:
Arts at the Armory
191 Highland Avenue, Suite B-5
Somerville, MA 02143

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Admission:
$150

Categories:
Kid Friendly, Lectures & Conferences, Social Good

Event website:
http://artsatthearmory.org/learn/closer-to-nature-summer-program/

Closer to Nature is a collaboration between Earthwise Aware and the Center for Arts at the Armory. The program is designed for youth (12+) to explore and enjoy the natural world around the Armory through storytelling, nature & naturalist walks, sketching & journaling, art, and science.


Closer to Nature cultivates a deep understanding that Nature conservation starts right where we live, in our own backyards, city parks, and forests. The program aims at inspiring its participants to become mentors in their communities by taking part in awareness programs and sharing their knowledge with communities, schools, friends and family members.


Date & Time: The nature group will meet every day for a week starting Monday, July 9th until Friday, July 13th (from 9 am to 12:00 pm), to experience our theme-based nature topics.


Class Size: The minimum class size is 3 participants. Quality is important to us, and we limit our classes to 8-12 depending on the audience age group.


Cost: The cost is $30 per class/participant or $150 for the week (5 classes). A sliding scale is available upon request.


❀ Summer 2018 Themes ❀


Our program and its classes are tuned to the season’s natural events and ecology.


July 9th, 2018 » Summer Season Celebration & Nature Awakening


Discuss Nature processes and cycles, focusing on the current season. Discover how the season was celebrated in Human history. Enjoy a set of outdoor knowledge and sensory games to get to know each other while learning about Nature and our immediate environment.


The class includes the making of a decoration inspired by Summer & Nature (using Nature material if possible).


July 10th, 2018 » Becoming an iNaturalist » The Magic of Biodiversity


Explore Biodiversity, and then focus on the species who live among us, right here where you live.


Explore Citizen Science and how to contribute to helping scientists all over the world with the recording of our observations. Learn what kind of information to record, and how to submit it using the iNaturalist app & platform.


July 11th, 2018 » Nature Journaling » Summer's Abundance


Learn how to create and illustrate a Naturalist journal for recording our observations.


This includes learning sketching and nature illustration skills.


July 12th, 2018 » The World of Birds


What are birds really? Discuss birds classification, behavior, their ecology, and importance. Learn how to sketch and describe birds in a Nature journal (and where to share our observations).


Get outside, and practice how to spot (including how to master binoculars and scope), and how to identify our local birds by sound, shape, flight, behavior and more…


July 13th, 2018 » Embrace your Tree Community


Learn about forest & tree communities (their behavior, their interaction with one another). Investigate their ecological role and importance to us.


Explore the trees in our immediate environment. Getting out in nearby parks, discuss, sketch and describe the trees that we see, without forgetting to observe and record the species that depend on them.

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