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Field Trips to the Biodiversity Institute

Biodiversity Workshops

bugboxes.jpgWe offer workshops that cover specific taxonomic groups, including birds, bats, plants, and herps. We can address topics of animal adaptations, pollination, plant and animal morphology, life cycles, and migration. Workshops are 30 minutes each, and we can offer a max of 3 workshops a visit for a total of 1.5 hours. We can accommodate 15 students per workshop, and can rotate through our own offerings or in partnership with other on-campus activities and locations including the Vertebrate Museum, Conservatory, and Geology Museum. For scheduling the Vertebrate Museum, Conservatory, and Geology Museum, please reach out to them directly.

 

Workshop options include:

Activity Season Grade Appropriate
Turkey vulture roost April - September

K-12
Urban bird watching April - September K-12
Native plant cyanotyping April - September K-12
Hands-on pollinators April - September K-6
Bat talk Year Round K-12
Ambassador reptiles and amphibians Year Round K-12
Monarch migration Year Round K-5
Urban nature walk Year Round K-5
Bird beak adaptation Year Round K-4
Flower pollination Year Round K-3
Nature journaling  Year Round K-12

 

Schedule Your School Visit

For Remote Educators:

f2b96d8ac0cd9bad61791dcd24b0dcd2_f198.jpgWe are committed to creating useful and fun biodiversity-related projects for your classrooms, even if you aren't able to visit the Berry Center.