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ProgramsBarn Beach Reserve Programs for 2008For a current list of events, please see our Events Calendar located at "News & Events.".TRIPS & TOURSGuided field experiences and tours explore the Reserve, nearby natural areas, regional environmental learning centers, and art and cultural history sites. Activities include guided walks, off-site tours, and birding events. We will lead bird walks (including late night owl walks) for you and your group by appointment--donations gratefully accepted. CLASSES, WORKSHOPS & PRESENTATIONSArt classes and other art-focused activities are hosted in collaboration with Icicle Arts. Lectures and video presentations provide interpretation of the environmental, artistic, and cultural heritage of Barn Beach Reserve and the Greater Wenatchee Valley. Activities include issue-oriented environmental programs and book discussions. FOR TEACHERSHands-on, inquiry-based educational activities-both inside and outside-that correlate with State of Washington Grade Level Expectations (GLEs) and local school districts' curricula have been developed for grades three, four, and five with help from an environmental education partnership grant from OSPI. See "For School Children" (below) for details on the various field days that took place during the 2007-2008 school year. If you are interested in bringing your elementary, middle school, or junior high school class to BBR for a field day, contact Jody Marquardt at 548-9362 or jmarquardt@nwi.net for details on cost, available curricular activities, and scheduling. FOR SCHOOL CHILDRENIn Spring 2008, approximately 100 3rd graders from Osborn Elementary School walked to BBR for five field days around the general theme "Behaviors and Habitats of Birds and Other Wildlife." The second field day occurred on Friday of the Leavenworth Spring Bird Fest, a popular event held at the height of the spring songbird migration in mid-May. See PDF below for the 3rd grade field day schedule. In January and February of 2008, approximately 110 Leavenworth 5th graders participated in winter ecology field days at BBR. See the pdf files below for an example of how BBR education staff and local teachers correlated activities to the Washington Science EALRs and for a copy of the field day schedule. In October 2007, approximately 100 Leavenworth 4th graders participated in field days at BBR. See the pdf file below for details. CITIZEN SCIENCEProject WildBirdBarn Beach Reserve is participating in the second year of a $1 million, nation-wide study that will determine what style of feeders and what foods attract birds. For more information about the study, please see www.projectwildbird.org. If you would like to volunteer to help monitor our feeders, please call Gail Roberts at Barn Beach Reserve, (509) 548-7584. NatureMappingBarn Beach Reserve is a Certified Learning Center of Washington NatureMapping. Find out more about NatureMapping. Program Advisory CouncilJody Marquardt, BBR Education Coordinator |
![]() Above: Summer Nest Camp kids searching for arthropods at the future Leavenworth Audubon Center. Below: Birds commonly viewed at Barn Beach Reserve. Black-capped chickadee, red-breasted nuthatch, California quail, belted kingfisher, common merganser.
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Contact us: (509) 548-0181 or (509) 548-7584, info@barnbeachreserve.org or at 347 Division Street, Leavenworth WA 98826 Click on the banner slide show to view captions for each photo displayed. Copyright©2006 Barn Beach Reserve |