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Field and Classroom Programs

Yampatika provides local science-based and cultural history classroom programs as well as field/hiking programs for students in preschool through 5th grade. Yampatika Naturalists work with teachers to develop and facilitate programs that coincide with their curriculums and the Colorado Content Standards. Click on the grade levels below for examples of program topics that Yampatika naturalists have presented in recent years. Kindergarten

Nature Shapes and Colors, Getting Ready for Winter, Color Me Safe, Meet the Neighbors

First Grade

How Animals Move, Wildlife Habitats, Count Batula, Build a Beaver, Beaks & Feet, Bird Field Trip

Second Grade

Plant Parts & Function Field Trip, Seeds, Landforms Field Trip, Habitat Hunt, How the Flowers Got Their Colors

Third Grade

Impact Monster, The Mountain Pine Beetle & Our Forests' Health, Storm Drain Field Trip, Water Quality Testing Field Trip, Water Cycle, Mineral Springs Field Trip, Aquatic Insects Field Trip

Fourth Grade

Colorado Life Zones, Winter Adaptations, Mad Creek Hike, Mineral Springs Field Trip, Mapping (TENS), Windy Ridge Field Trip, Yampatika Utes

Fifth Grade

Skull ID, Wetlands and Water Quality (TENS), The Mountain Pine Beetle & Our Forests' Health, Bioregion, Watershed Model, North vs. South (TENS) Field Trip, Yampa River Ecology Project, Winter Tracking (TENS), Food Chain, Sensory Olympics

Sixth Grade

Yampatika participates in the Rocky Mountain Youth Corps' Science School.

To schedule a school program, please e-mail us at info@yampatika.org.

Resources for Educators

Teacher Workshops

Project WILD, Aquatic WILD, Flying WILD and Project Learning Tree Workshops are offered at teachers' requests. They may be offered through Northwest Colorado BOCES for professional development and graduate credit through Mesa State College. Teachers who complete these workshops receive curriculum guides with hands-on activities to do with their students.

Project WILD is a kindergarten through 12th grade interdisciplinary conservation and environmental education program emphasizing wildlife. Aquatic WILD focuses on aquatic wildlife. Flying WILD focuses on birds and contains activities for students to organize a bird festival. Project Learning Tree emphasizes trees and forests. All programs are used nationally and internationally.

To request a program, please contact us at info@yampatika.org.

Discovery Boxes

Yampatika has a variety of portable Discovery Boxes, at no charge, for K-5th grade teachers to check out for use in their classrooms. These boxes contain a teacher's curriculum guide with lesson plans for kindergarten through 5th grade activities, books, videos, puppets, games, hands-on materials and more.

Nature Discovery Box Topics
  • Birds
  • Botany
  • Disturbance
  • Ecology
  • Fire
  • Impact Monster
  • Mammals
  • Tree Trunk
  • Tracks
  • Sammy Snag
  • Sensory
  • Wetlands
  • Watershed/Water Quality (NEW - available Fall 2009)
Colorado History Discovery Box Topics
  • Archaeology
  • Architecture
  • Colorado Mining
  • Flat Tops Byway
  • Homesteading
  • Mad Creek Barn
  • Mountain Men
  • Native American
  • Utes
For more information and to reserve a Discovery Box for your classroom, please email us at info@yampatika.org.
Registration

For adults to register, please email us at info@yampatika.org.
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