ON-SITE
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On-site programs can utilize our live animals, natural history artifacts and the entire 200 acree preserve surrounding the Pool Nature Center. Our professional staff prides itself on adapting presentations to meet the needs of your specific group. All programs are intended to be interactive and engaging while covering your educational focus.
Programs cover a wide variety of topics and can include outdoor activities, games and live animals.
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Guided Tours and Programs
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GUIDED nature center EXPLORATION
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Our Education staff will give your group a guided look at our Pool Nature Center site where you will learn about the history of the site and meet some of our live education animals This presentation is designed to be fluid and conversational and can adapt to all ages. This program involves some light walking and will occur both in and outdoors.
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GUIDED PRESERVE EXPLORATION
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Education staff will lead your group on a customized walk on the Pool Farm Conservation Area. Before the program, we will discuss the resources and features of the preserve and work with you to design a 1- 2 hour tour of this historically and biologically interesting area.
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Backyard beavers
Our FIRST program specifically designed for the Pool Conservation Area in Marlboro, VT! We will explore a series of beaver ponds and learn about these habitat engineers by taking a real-life look at active and abandoned dams and lodges. Along the way we will learn about beaver biology and different ways to address beaver-human conflicts.
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CHANGING VIEWS: HUMAN & NATURAL HISTORY OF VERMONT
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Museum staff will lead a walk to the historic Bishop Farm site on the nearby Hogback Mountain Conservation Area while discussing the changing land use and attitudes towards our natural resources from 1760’s to present. Interwoven with the historical facts will be observational tools and on-site examples that you can use to explore the history of your own back yards. This walk requires coordination with the Hogback Mtn. Conservation Association and access may be limited. This presentation is made possible by the work of local historian Diana Todd.
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ECOLOGY OF FIELD OR FOREST
This program takes place primarily on the adjacent Pool Farm Conservation Area where we will examine the natural communities of southern Vermont. Field study techniques and good old fashioned exploration culminate at the Pool Nature Center for an up-close encounter with a native animal.
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PREDATORS AND PREY
The amazing adaptations of hunter and hunted are discussed through use of hands on artifacts and our live animal educators. Then we will take what we've learned for an active game of “Predators and Prey” or “Oh, Deer”(TM) to experience this age-old struggle essential to the workings of the natural world.