HOURS OF OPERATION
Monday thru Friday, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Saturday, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Sunday, 12:00 noon to 5:00 p.m.
School Programs Grades 2-5
ESTUARY ECOLOGY
Learn about estuaries and watersheds through activities including water quality testing (dissolved oxygen and turbidity, primarily), a shoreline walk, fish seining, and watershed lessons.
PROGRAM INFORMATION:
Maximum 60 students per trip
Cost: $150/group up to 30, $225/group up to 45, or $300/group up to 60
WETLAND ANIMAL AND PLANT ADAPTATIONS
Discover the unique and often amazing adaptations that enable plants and animals to survive in wetland habitats through hands on activities and interaction with live animals and study mounts. Choose four of the following animals or plants:
Turtles
Fish
Birds
Beaver
Wetland Plants
PROGRAM INFORMATION:
Maximum 60 students per trip
Cost: $150/group up to 30, $225/group up to 45, or $300/group up to 60
Programs can also be customized to meet your specific curriculum requirements.
For more information or to register your group for a school program please contact:
Lauren Greoski, Park Naturalist
Anita C. Leight Estuary Center
Harford County Parks & Recreation
Phone: 410-612-1688
Fax: 410-612-0819
Email: lmgreoski@harfordcountymd.gov
Calendar of EventsView all
- Family Fort Fun12/14/2019 @ 12:00 am-12:00 amCan your family build a shelter that could keep you warm during the long winter nights? Learn a few winter 101 survival skills prior to heading into the woods to build your shelter.
- Gingerbread What?12/14/2019 @ 10:30 am-12:00 pmConstruct gingerbread “cabins” with an eco-friendly, delicious landscape! Give away as a gift or keep for later as a sweet snack.
- Pine-cone Palooza12/15/2019 @ 12:30 pm-2:00 pmPine-cones are a great way to decorate your home for the winter. Learn how to prepare the pine-cones and other seeds to use in different projects, then create your own pine-cone décor piece.
- Tails and Tots12/15/2019 @ 3:30 pm-4:30 pmStory time with a natural twist! Listen to stories, learn new songs, and move like the animals!
- Winter Solstice Lantern12/21/2019 @ 11:00 am-12:30 pmCelebrate the shortest day of the year! Search the forest for items to create a festive lantern to place in your yard. Finish with a warm cup of cocoa.
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