Each year the Center for Environmental Education will bring in special
consultants from other parts of the country in order to provide programs
in schools.
Will be here the week of October 19-23 ot offer their unique educational experience to the schools in our area.
Talons! A Bird of Prey Experience brings the Raptors in the Sky, down to earth, resulting in an interactive, memorable and fun educational experience.
Talons! makes information real by giving students an up close and personal experience with our raptor ambassadors. Everyone will have a chance to witness our birds as they fly, so close that students will be able to feel the breeze from their wings. And some students will have the opportunity to hold a Raptor on the glove.
Talons! raptor ambassadors represent ecosystems from the Arctic Circle, to the Boreal Forest of Europe, to the South American Jungle, to our own back yards.
Your students will learn about who and why and where raptors live, and how they make a living as well as the difference between an owl , hawk and falcon pellet. They will come to understand the role that every predator and prey play in every ecosystem around the world. The information we present will be built on what students learn in their curriculum and ties into the state standards.
All information is grade level appropriate. We will work within the hands-on/off guidelines of all schools.
Program Fee: $650.00 for one program; $150.00 for each additional program on same day
To book a program during the week of October 19-23, click here to open the link to the flier and request form. Then complete & return the attached request form.
This program is sponsored by the P/NW BOCES Center for Environmental Education
and is eligible for state aid reimbursement through the BOCES CEE.
(On-going throughout the year and available as an evening program)
The word predator can evoke feelings of fear and even disgust, but
who are the predators and what is their role? In this 90-minute program
taught by a P/NW BOCES Environmental Educator, students will learn
the answers to these questions and more as they examine why people
fear predators and why we should care about them. They will understand
what happens when predators are eliminated from their ecosystems and
what is being done to protect them. During the program, students will
come face to face with Atka, an Arctic wolf from the Wolf Conservation
Center located in South Salem, NY, as well as BOCES’s birds
of prey and snakes.
This assembly program is available as an in-school program and as
an evening program, either at your school or at a residential center.
Program Costs: $650 per program, $325 for each additional
program at the same school on the same day (this program qualifies
for state aid through the environmental COSER)
IMAGINE SITTING IN THE SAME ROOM WITH A LIVE WOLF! Mission
Wolf is a not-for-profit wolf refuge located in the mountains of southern
Colorado. Each year Mission Wolf’s founder and director travels
throughout the United States with Ambassador Wolves to educate adults
and children about this feared and hated predator. It will be their
only stop in this region this year. The mission of the program is
to inspire respect for all life, be it wolf, human, plant, or insect.
The program will cover:
• Introduction to the world of wolves, captive and wild
• Historical and current status of wild wolves in the U.S.
• Captive wolf and wolf hybrid ownership experiences
• Wild wolf issues in Yellowstone, Colorado, Idaho, Arizona,
and Washington State
• Wolf communication and pack relationships
• Everyday life at the refuge and the reality of feeding and
taking care of 49 wolves.
The Mission Wolf program is designed to be a one hour assembly program
at your school for no less than 350 students and no more than 500
students. This program is available on a limited basis.
Program costs: $650 an assembly (this program qualifies
for state aid through the environmental COSER).
