Twenty-two Ann Arbor Learning Community fourth and fifth graders can now say they know how to spot several types of Michigan trees, birds and critters. They can also show someone how to check water for its pH level, dissolved oxygen content and temperature. They learned these things not from books, but from an outdoor classroom composed of trees, ponds and fresh air.
Stolen away from her family as a hatchling to be a personal pet, the barn owl didn’t appear to have a promising future. The owl was in the possession of a family in Ohio that had apparently illegally stolen the bird from its family, leaving her with no natural instincts. Francie ...
Week 31 Pondcast August 1-7, 2010 Leslie Science and Nature Center day campers collect samples of aquatic organisms from Black Pond. Black Pond during Week 31 was filled with the usual crowd of summertime critters: phantom midge larvae, backswimmers, giant water bug nymphs, a spider on top of the water, ...
The Canine Good Citizen Program is a two-part program that is designed to teach responsible dog ownership to owners and certify dogs that have the training and behaviors needed to be reliable, well-behaved members of their families and communities. The first three items of the Canine Good Citizen Test are ...
Week 8 started out with a massive heat wave. Temperatures approached 50 degrees F; it felt almost like spring. Participants from the Leslie Science and Nature Center’s “Take Your Best Shot” photography safari joined me. We discovered minimal action of organisms on the surface of the pond. This segment did ...
It’s been an exciting week at Black Pond, just north of the Leslie Science and Nature Center. The week started out cold in the teens and warmed up to above freezing by then end. On my first visit on Sunday, January 10, the snow crunched under foot. At what temperature ...
Here's the introduction to a project I've contemplated for several years and now have many of the resources and knowledge to begin - a weekly study of Black Pond with digital documentation. It is my goal to document the seasonal changes and organisms found in this natural resource to use ...
Sounds of “I found it!” filled the air Saturday afternoon as children ran through the fields of the Leslie Science and Nature Center in Ann Arbor. About 30 adults and children gathered to take part in the park’s second geocache search, a high-tech treasure hunt where participants use Global Positioning ...
Kirsten Levinsohn is the only executive director the Leslie Science and Nature Center has ever known. But when her husband Jim leaves his professorship at the University of Michigan's Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy for an opportunity at Yale University in March, Levinsohn is going with him. When ...
Here's a craft you can make using your leftover pumpkins - A pumpkin bird feeder! Note, not a pumpkinbird feeder. We made these at Tiny Tots last week at the Leslie Science and Nature Center. You'll need pumpkin slices, seeds (sunflower seeds add color, but pumpkin seeds could be used), ...
I still like to dress up for Halloween. Maybe not on the actual night, these days - nor for candy or adult beverage. But to teach about the natural world in a way that satisifies my artistic, dramatic needs. Science for the masses. On Saturday, October 24, 2009 take a ...
Attention all children, aged 1-3 years old: Tiny Tots at the Leslie Science and Nature Center
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From September 13 to October 31, the Leslie Science and Nature Center (LSNC) will be sponsoring the second annual “Get Out Challenge”. Participants in the Challenge are required to complete 10 out of 17 possible activities involving outdoor exploration and stewardship. Repeating participants can earn a “rocker” patch - a ...
You know you’re in Ann Arbor when, upon asking a group of kids ranging from 8 to 12 how to say “three” in a different language, immediately hands shoot up and answers range from Hindi to German. This is the case at the Leslie Science and Nature Center Summer Camp, ...
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