Students will learn how fascinating geology can be and how the everyday landscape provides intriguing clues to the past.
Students will have the opportunity to sharpen their observation skills as they explore life in and around a tree.
Just as each neighborhood has its own needs and inhabitants, each habitat has its own animals, plants, and interactions.
Students will learn about the science of entomology through a live insect lab, and will collect insects, and their non-insect relatives, in various habitats on our trails.
We will explore animal homes, food, signs and various adaptations that animals use for surviving in the cold, snowy months.
Students will learn about how natural systems can inform human innovation as they explore the building’s water, waste and energy systems.
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Hitchcock Center for the Environment
at Hampshire College
845 West Street | Amherst MA 01002 | 413.256.6006 | 413.253.2809 fax