Program Topics
|Choose any 3 or 5 of the following to create a unique experience at the Riparian Preserve that best fits your curriculum needs:
The Shoreline: A Web of Life
The Desert: A Web of Life
Life Cycles: Strategies for Continuation
Birds: Diversity through Adaptations
Beautiful Bugs: Specialized Life Forms
Fossils: Lessons from the Past
Paleontology: Simulated Dinosaur Dig Experience
Groundwater: An Important Arizona Resource
Water Cycle: Water of Arizona’s Land and Sky
Photosynthesis: Plants as Earth’s Food Factory
Pollination: Getting to Know Flowers
Ethnobotany: The Plants of Arizona’s Indians
Archeology: Simulated Dig Experience
Solar Energy: The World’s Power
The Sun: Solar Viewings at the Observatory
Tools for Observation: Microscopes and BinocularsAll topics are tailored to meet the needs of the age group. Conceptual links between topics are based on your group’s unique combination. All programs incorporate both an easy hike around the Preserve and stops for demonstrations or hands-on experiences to reinforce concepts.