Environmental

Earth and Space Science

• Seeing Stars for Kindergarten OFFERED NOVEMBER THROUGH FEBRUARY
  Visit Starlab Planetarium, use a telescope and learn about the Solar System.
  GSE – SKE1, ELAKL4
  PROGRAM FORMATS: Elachee Field Trip, Elachee in Your Classroom Outreach

Life Science

• A Sense of Wonder
  Discover how animals use their senses on this exploratory hike through the Chicopee Woods. GSE – SKL1, ELAKL4
  PROGRAM FORMAT: Elachee Field Trip

• Green and Growing
  Chicopee Woods is the ideal place to study the needs, parts, life cycles and many uses of plants. GSE – SKL1, SKL2, S1L1, ELA1L4
  PROGRAM FORMATS: Elachee Field Trip, Elachee in Your Classroom

• Wheel of Animals
  Learn remarkable facts about an array of unique Georgia animals while exploring their needs on a discovery-filled hike in the Chicopee Woods. GSE – SKL1, SKL2, S1L1, ELAKL4
  PROGRAM FORMATS: Elachee Field Trip, Elachee in Your Classroom, Interactive Distance Learning

Earth and Space Science

• Seeing Stars for 2nd Grade OFFERED NOVEMBER THROUGH FEBRUARY
  Visit Starlab Planetarium, use a telescope and learn about the Solar System and Constellations. GSE – S2E1, S2E2, ELA2L4
  PROGRAM FORMATS: Elachee Field Trip, Elachee in Your Classroom Outreach

Life Science

• Elachee Rocks!
  Enjoy a jam-packed, hands-on investigation of the rocks and minerals of Georgia. GSE – S3E1, S3E2, ELA3L4
  PROGRAM FORMATS: Elachee Field Trip, Elachee in Your Classroom Outreach

• Habitat is Home
  Delve into Georgia’s major habitats and the characteristics of the plants and animals that live in each. GSE – S3L1, S3L2, ELA3L4 PROGRAM FORMATS: Elachee Field Trip, Elachee in Your Classroom Outreach, Interactive Distance Learning

• Life Cycles
  Explore the life cycles of frogs, honeybees, butterflies and other animals in the classroom and along the trails of the Chicopee Woods, and see how a variety of woodland plants go through seasonal changes.GSE – S2L1, ELA2L4
  PROGRAM FORMATS: Elachee Field Trip, Elachee in Your Classroom Outreach

Interdisciplinary

• Lessons from the Cherokee
  Explore the culture, contributions and history of North Georgia’s most influential Native American tribe. GSE – SS2H2, SS2G1, SS2G2, ELA2L4, SS3H1, ELA3L4
  PROGRAM FORMATS: Elachee Field Trip, Elachee in Your Classroom Outreach, Interactive Distance Learning

Aquatic Studies

• Lake Lanier Aquatic Study
  During this Lake Lanier Aquatic Learning Center (LLALC) program, students will analyze and explore Georgia’s most important lake from the deck of the Chota Princess II floating classroom. GSE – S4L1, S5L4, S5P1, S5E1, ELA4L4, ELA5L4
  PROGRAM FORMATS: Lake Lanier Field Trip
• We All Live Downstream
  This dynamic 2-part program that combines a community watershed exploration at your school with our popular Lake Lanier Aquatic Learning Center (LLALC) program. GSE – S4L1, S5L4, S5P1, S5E1, ELA4L4, ELA5L4
  PROGRAM FORMATS: Elachee in Your Classroom Outreach/Interactive Distance Learning AND Lake Lanier Field Trip

Earth and Space Science

• Seeing Stars for 4th Grade OFFERED NOVEMBER THROUGH FEBRUARY
  Visit Starlab Planetarium, use a telescope and learn about the Solar System and Constellations. GSE – S4E1, S4E2, ELA4L4
  PROGRAM FORMATS: Elachee Field Trip, Elachee in Your Classroom Outreach

Life Science

• Eat or Be Eaten
  Explore behaviors and adaptations of animals and plants that play essential roles as producers, consumers and decomposers in an ecosystem. Discover real world food chains and webs by seeing how energy flows through the Chicopee Woods. GSE – S4L1, ELA4L4 PROGRAM FORMATS: Elachee Field Trip, Elachee in Your Classroom Outreach, Interactive Distance Learning

• Exploring the Animal Kingdom
  Classify vertebrate animals through activities in the classroom and along the trails of the Chicopee Woods. GSE – S5L1a, ELA5L4
  PROGRAM FORMATS: Elachee Field Trip, Elachee in Your Classroom Outreach

• Stream Life
  Catch and classify aquatic vertebrate and invertebrate animals, then conduct chemical tests to evaluate the streams of the Chicopee Woods. GSE – S4E3, S4L1, S5E1, S5L1, S5P1 ELA4L4, ELA5L4
  PROGRAM FORMATS: Elachee Field Trip

Aquatic Studies

• Lake Lanier Aquatic Study
  During this Lake Lanier Aquatic Learning Center (LLALC) program, students will explore and analyze Georgia’s most important lake from the deck of the Chota Princess II floating classroom. GSE – S6E3, S6E6, S7L4, ELA6L4, ELA7L4, ELA8L4 ​
  PROGRAM FORMATS: Lake Lanier Field Trip

• We All Live Downstream
  This dynamic 2-part program combines a community watershed exploration at your school with our popular Lake Lanier Aquatic Learning Center (LLALC) program. GSE – S6E3, S6E6, S7L4, ELA6L4, ELA7LA, ELA8L4
  PROGRAM FORMATS: Elachee in Your Classroom Outreach/Interactive Distance Learning AND Lake Lanier Field Trip

Earth and Space Science

• Astronomy for Middle Schoolers OFFERED NOVEMBER THROUGH FEBRUARY
  Visit Starlab Planetarium, use a telescope and learn about the Solar System and Constellations. GSE – S6E1, S6E2, ELA6L4
  PROGRAM FORMATS: Elachee Field Trip, Elachee in Your Classroom Outreach
• Elachee Rocks!
  Study plate tectonics, the rock cycle, rock formations, fossils, erosion, deposition and more. GSE – S6E5, ELA6L4
  PROGRAM FORMATS: Elachee Field Trip, Elachee in Your Classroom Outreach

• Telescopes to Go!
  Our expert astronomers will bring up to eight (8) telescopes to your school to conduct an unforgettable celestial tour of the evening sky. GSE – S6E1, S6E2, ELA6L4
  PROGRAM FORMATS: Elachee in Your Classroom Outreach

Life Science

• Habitats and Adaptations
  Study the behavioral and structural ways plants and animals interact with their habitats. GSE – S7L4, ELA7LA
  PROGRAM FORMATS: Elachee Field Trip, Elachee in Your Classroom Outreach, Interactive Distance Learning

• Stream Life
  Catch and classify aquatic vertebrate and invertebrate animals and then conduct chemical tests in order to evaluate the streams of the Chicopee Woods. GSE – S7L1, S7L4, ELA6L4, ELA7L4, ELA8L4
  PROGRAM FORMATS: Elachee Field Trip

• TREE-mendous Trees
  Learn to use a dichotomous key to identify a variety of trees of the Chicopee Woods. GSE – S7L1, S7L4, ELA7L4
  PROGRAM FORMATS: Elachee Field Trip, Elachee in Your Classroom Outreach

Aquatic Studies

• Lake Lanier Aquatic Study
  During this Lake Lanier Aquatic Learning Center (LLALC) program, students will explore and analyze Georgia’s most important lake from the deck of the Chota Princess II floating classroom. GSE – SEV1-5, ELA9-12L4
  PROGRAM FORMATS: Lake Lanier Field Trip

Life Science

• Stream Life
  Catch and classify aquatic vertebrate and invertebrate animals and then conduct chemical tests in order to evaluate the streams of the Chicopee Woods. GSE – SEV1-5, ELA9-12L4
  PROGRAM FORMATS: Elachee Field Trip

Climb aboard the Lake Lanier Aquatic Learning Center (LLALC) floating classroom, Chota Princess II. Elachee instructors will guide students in a hands-on exploration of the history, ecology and challenges facing Lake Sidney Lanier. On shore, Elachee instructors engage students in related watershed activities.

• PROGRAM OFFERED: March through Mid-November Only
• PROGRAM LOCATION: River Forks Park, 3500 Keith Bridge Road, Gainesville, GA 30504
  
• PROGRAM PARTNERSHIP: Elachee Nature Science Center conducts the LLALC program in partnership with Chattahoochee Riverkeeper and the Hall County Parks and Leisure Services.
• PROGRAM ASSISTANCE: Title I schools are eligible for financial aid consideration for the LLALC program courtesy of Elachee’s program partner Chattahoochee River Keeper. Call Elachee for details, 770-535-1976.

Home school students in PreK to 5th Grade may participate in a fee-based classroom lesson and guided hike with an Elachee teaching naturalist.

• Class session: 9-11am
• Each class session has a 15-student maximum and 7-student minimum.
• Per class pre-registration required by 4pm the Monday prior to the scheduled class date.
• These programs are held at Elachee Nature Science Center.

Visit the Elachee calendar for scheduled programming and any registration requirements.

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