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Ellanor C. Lawrence Park Outreach

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Unable to get to the park for a field trip? Hosting a community event and you’d like some reptile visitors at a booth? We can pack the park and bring it to your school, church, scout meeting or community organization. Outreach programs are available for adults and for school/youth groups.

Ants

Students explore the lives and life cycles of ants in this entertaining, interactive program. While a naturalist leads discussion, students act out stages in an ant’s life cycle and perform a skit demonstrating how ants work together in a colony to provide for their basic needs. Afterwards, students take a short walk around your school to look for ants in their natural environment, watch them forage for food, and identify the physical characteristics that make ants insects.

SOLs addressed include Science K.6, K.7, and 1.5.

Native American Life in Fairfax County

Students explore what life may have been like for Eastern Woodland Indians and the relationship they had with the land that is now Fairfax County. Students learn about Native American culture, skills and jobs practiced in this area, and the use and stewardship of natural resources. Students explore replica artifacts, listen to a story from Native American lore, try out corn grinding, and play a corn dart game at your school.

SOLs addressed include HSS 2.3 and VS.2.

Costs/Policies:

School outreach programs can be scheduled Monday to Friday between 10:00 a.m. and 7 p.m.
Programs last about an hour unless otherwise noted.
ECLP can be flexible to the time of your meeting or class period.
Outreach programs must be scheduled at least three weeks in advance
The schedule fills quickly, so please call as early as possible.
Outreach programs are available year-round.

To schedule a visit, call or email Karen Monroe at Karen.Monroe@fairfaxcounty.gov or 703-631-0013.

In Fairfax County:

$175 for the first class of 30 students
$100 for each additional class
$200 per class with live animals

Other Areas:

$200 for the first class of 30 students
$150 for each additional class
$225 per class with live animals

Adult Outreach Offerings

Naturalists are available to speak at senior centers, social clubs, libraries and other gatherings. Some topics for adult outreach educational lectures include:

Beekeeping
Native Americans in Fairfax County
Native species and wildlife management
Historic gardens
Reptiles and amphibians
African-American history at Ellanor C. Lawrence Park
Civil War in Centreville
The Lawrence Family in Fairfax County
Women’s history at Ellanor C. Lawrence Park

Adult outreach costs $175 per lecture. To schedule a program, email or call Karen Monroe at Karen.Monroe@fairfaxcounty.gov or 703-631-0013.

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