Programming: Engage, Educate, and Enrich
Are you looking for a speaker for your community group, a hands-on nature program for your students, an environmental display for your event, or a workshop for your educators? ANHC outreach programs go throughout the state to engage, educate and enrich Arkansans of all ages, abilities and backgrounds.
Presentations conducted by scientists, with a host of field specialties and professional expertise, make Arkansas’s ecology interesting and easy to understand. Special programs are developed each year to correlate with the theme of “Arkansas Heritage Month” and the current citizen science project.
All programming is free of charge and includes handouts for participants. Professional staff are available, on a limited basis, to present programs or workshops to a variety of audiences:
Adults and families
Staff conduct both formal and informal programs for conservation organizations, libraries, garden clubs, Master Naturalists, scout groups and other environmental-related venues.
Classroom teachers/non-formal educators
A variety of workshops are conducted that focus on awareness, knowledge and appreciation of the natural world. Non-formal educators are given Arkansas-specific tools for creating environmentally literate citizens outside the classroom setting.
Program content for classroom teachers is correlated to the Arkansas Department of Education Frameworks, with emphasis on the six natural divisions of Arkansas, including: Science ESS.8.4.1; Social Studies G.1.4.2; Environmental Science PD.1.ES.10, and Arkansas History G.1.AH.7-8.1, G.1.AH.9-12.1.
To view lesson plans, activity guides, posters, and resource lists available for downloading, visit our Tools for Teaching page.
Students
A full range of learning opportunities are available to students at all levels, from pre-K to college, and at a variety of sites, including classrooms, libraries, hospitals, wildlife camps, and scout groups. Students are engaged in active learning with multi-sensory experiences using pictures, audio, mounted specimens, skulls, taxidermy, and even puppets.
To view coloring sheets, mazes, word searches, and other fun activity pages available for downloading, visit Tools for Teaching.
Events promoting ecology and conservation awareness
Professional staff set up displays and greet visitors at special events, such as Earth Day or Endangered Species Day. Scientists from ANHC also serve as judges for school science fairs, including judging and sponsoring awards at the Arkansas State Science Fair.