Education
Environmental Education Kits
The Portage Park District is committed to serving the county by providing education opportunities. With 12 miles of trails and 1250 acres of diverse woodlands and wetlands that support an abundance of wildlife species, the park is the ideal classroom. While we are aware of this, we understand the difficulties involved in actually bringing students out to such a resource.
In an attempt to serve educators and students we have acquired funding from the Portage County Environmental Awards Dinner and Ruth Meade Memorial Fund to develop Environmental Education Resource Kits that will be available on loan through the County District Library system.
These kits will enhance any elementary or middle school classroom discussion, covering various topics and issues such as wetlands, forests, farming and farmland preservation, environmental action projects, and Native Americans. Our mini kits cover owls, bats, butterflies, and biomes. Each kit contains various brochures, posters, hands-on activities, audio or vidiotapes, and other such items.
We have also developed programs and hikes to go along with these materials. Please call your library or contact the Portage Park District at 330.297.7728 for more information.
Nature Alerts
• Beavers are active in Lake Pippin, check out their work on the Bigtooth Aspen along the Lakeside Trail at Towner’s Woods. Naturalist’s recommendations for a good read – “Winter World – The Ingenuity of Animal Survival“by Bernd Heinrich, HarperCollins Publisher ISBN 0060957379
Student Resources:
eNature.com
Online Field Guides
National
Audubon Society
National
Park Service
Ohio Division of Wildlife's Wildlife
Resources
The
Nature Conservancy
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EPA Student Center
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Geological Survey's "The Learning Web"
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Fish and Wildlife Service
New
American Dream
Groundspring
GreenCityBlueLake
- The future of Northeast Ohio
