Environmental Education Program Providers
Camp Tamarack
Discover Your Forest
High Desert Museum
Middle Deschutes Watershed Council
The Environmental Center
Upper Deschutes Watershed Council
Sunriver Nature Center
Trout Unlimited
NatureHoods Education Program
NatureConnect Central Oregon offers the NatureHoods Education program for K-2 classes in Central Oregon. The free program is offered as four 1-hour lessons in the schoolyard or nearby park. The lessons align with Next Generation Science Standards and reinforce science learning done in the classroom. Title I schools are given priority for the NatureHoods Education Program.
To Learn more about NatureHoods and how to schedule a program at your school click here.
Virtual Learning
NatureConnect partners developed a wide array of virtual learning resources to support learning during the pandemic. These resources continue to be available as a way to supplement your classroom activities. Learn about resources.
Curriculum and Other Resources
Ready to facilitate outdoor learning with your students? Find both local and national curriculum resources covering a wide range of topics here.
Inclusiveness
NatureConnect Central Oregon believes that accessible opportunities with nature must be provided for children and youth of all abilities, backgrounds, and ages. The Children’s Forest welcomes students and participants of any race, color, national and ethnic origin, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, military or marital status, age, sensory, physical or mental disability to all the rights, privileges, programs and activities generally accorded or made available to students and participants of our programs.
