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Lake Metroparks offers hands-on learning adventures that focus on farming, nature, wildlife or recreation experiences and incorporate cooperative group learning. Lake Metroparks programs are correlated to the Ohio Academic Standards in Science, Mathematics, Social Studies, Language Arts and/ or Physical Education.

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At your school or our parks
Farmpark
PROGRAM NAME GRADE LOCATION FEE
Animals & People K – 2 Farmpark Per student - $4.00
Apples All Farmpark Per student - $4.00
Barnyard Goes to School K – 2
3 – 5		 Farmpark
Your School		 First session - $150.00
Second session, same day - $100.00
Travel fee for schools outside Lake County
Crops and Critters All Farmpark Per student - $4.00
Discover Farm Animals Preschool Farmpark
Your School		 Assembly (first session) - $150.00
Second session, same day - $100.00
Travel fee for schools outside Lake County
Discover Maple Syrup K – 2
3 – 5		 Farmpark Per student (with pancake tasting) - $4.25
Per student (without tasting) - $4.00
Energy & Ecology of Agriculture 6 – 8
9 – 12		 Farmpark Per student - $4.00
Farm Animals & Me K – 2 Farmpark Per student - $4.00
Farm Animals Up Close Preschool
K – 2		 Farmpark Per student - $4.00
Farm Technology: Simple Machines at Work on the Farm 3 – 5
6 – 8		 Farmpark Per student - $4.00
Farmyard Families K – 2 Farmpark Per student - $4.00
Genetics & Biodiversity on the Farm 6 – 8
9 – 12		 Farmpark Per student - $4.00
Grist for the Meal 3 – 5
6 – 8		 Farmpark Per student - $4.00
Harvest Time All Farmpark Per student - $4.00
Ice Cream K – 2
3 – 5		 Farmpark
Your School		 Per student - $4.00
Travel fee for schools outside Lake County
Little Lambs & Little Sprouts Preschool
K – 2		 Farmpark Per student - $4.00
Little Red Hen Preschool
K – 2		 Farmpark
Your School		 Per student - $4.00
Travel fee for schools outside Lake County
Native Americans: Ohio's First Farmers 3 – 5
6 – 8		 Farmpark Per student - $4.00
Pizza Farm K – 2
3 – 5
6 – 8		 Farmpark Per student - $4.00
Quilts All Farmpark Per student - $4.00
Renewable Energy 3 – 5
6 – 8		 Farmpark
Your School		 Outreach - one or two classes - $250.00
Outreach - three to four classes - $350.00
Per student (at Farmpark) - $4.00
Travel fee for schools outside Lake County
Springtime on the Farm All Farmpark Per student - $4.00
Stone Soup Preschool
K – 2		 Farmpark Per student - $4.00
The Chemistry of Cheese Making 3 – 5
6 – 8		 Farmpark Per student - $4.00
The Farmers' Market: Economics on the Farm 3 – 5 Farmpark Per student - $4.00
The Reason for Bees: The Life Cycle of Plants & Insects 3 – 5
6 – 8		 Farmpark
Your School		 Per student - $4.00
Travel fee for schools outside Lake County
The Right Sized Pizza: From the Farm to You K – 2
3 – 5
6 – 8		 Farmpark Per student (includes pizza sample) - $5.00

Nature
PROGRAM NAME GRADE LOCATION FEE
A Big Splash: The Wonders of Water K – 2 Children's Schoolhouse Nature Park
Environmental Learning Center
Penitentiary Glen Reservation
Your School		 per student - $4.00
Alien Invaders: Invasive Species Around Us 3 – 5
6 – 8
9 – 12		 Children's Schoolhouse Nature Park
Penitentiary Glen Reservation		 per student - $4.00
Cleveland Rocks 3 – 5
6 – 8		 Chapin Forest Reservation per student - $4.00
Cleveland Soils 3 – 5
6 – 8		 Chapin Forest Reservation per student - $4.00
Constellation Investigation K – 2
3 – 5
6 – 8
9 – 12		 Penitentiary Glen Reservation
Your School		 per student - $4.00
D.S.I. (Discovering Science Investigations) 3 – 5 Children's Schoolhouse Nature Park
Environmental Learning Center
Penitentiary Glen Reservation
Your School		 per student - $4.00
Don't Myth Out! 3 – 5
6 – 8
9 – 12		 Penitentiary Glen Reservation
Your School		 per student - $4.00
Fall Seasonal Discoveries Preschool
K – 2
3 – 5		 Children's Schoolhouse Nature Park
Environmental Learning Center
Penitentiary Glen Reservation
Your School		 per student - $4.00
It's Alive! Preschool
K – 2		 Children's Schoolhouse Nature Park
Environmental Learning Center
Penitentiary Glen Reservation		 per student - $4.00
Lewis & Clark Exploring 3 – 5
6 – 8
9 – 12		 Penitentiary Glen Reservation
Your School		 per student - $4.00
Map of the Stars Homes 3 – 5
6 – 8
9 – 12		 Penitentiary Glen Reservation
Your School		 per student - $4.00
Nature's Gifts Preschool
K – 2		 Children's Schoolhouse Nature Park
Environmental Learning Center
Penitentiary Glen Reservation
Your School		 per student - $4.00
Orbit Odyssey 3 – 5 Penitentiary Glen Reservation
Your School		 per student - $4.00
Park-wise Puppets Presents - Backyard Critters Preschool
K – 2		 Children's Schoolhouse Nature Park
Environmental Learning Center
Penitentiary Glen Reservation
Your School		 per student - $4.00
Park-wise Puppets Presents - Habitat This and That Preschool
K – 2		 Children's Schoolhouse Nature Park
Environmental Learning Center
Penitentiary Glen Reservation
Your School		 per student - $4.00
Park-wise Puppets Presents - Tracks and Trails Preschool
K – 2		 Children's Schoolhouse Nature Park
Environmental Learning Center
Penitentiary Glen Reservation
Your School		 per student - $4.00
Plate Tectonics 3 – 5
6 – 8		 Penitentiary Glen Reservation
Your School		 per student - $4.00
Sensational Senses Preschool
K – 2		 Children's Schoolhouse Nature Park
Environmental Learning Center
Penitentiary Glen Reservation
Your School		 per student - $4.00
Spring Seasonal Discoveries Preschool
K – 2
3 – 5		 Children's Schoolhouse Nature Park
Penitentiary Glen Reservation		 per student - $4.00
StarLab Preschool
K – 2
3 – 5
6 – 8
9 – 12
All		 Penitentiary Glen Reservation
Your School		 per student - $4.00
Starlight Express Preschool
K – 2		 Penitentiary Glen Reservation
Your School		 per student - $4.00
Summer Seasonal Discoveries Preschool
K – 2
3 – 5		 Children's Schoolhouse Nature Park
Environmental Learning Center
Penitentiary Glen Reservation
Your School		 per student - $4.00
Sun Moon & Stars K – 2 Penitentiary Glen Reservation
Your School		 per student - $4.00
Tilt-a-whirl: A Spin through the Seasons 6 – 8
9 – 12		 Penitentiary Glen Reservation
Your School		 per student - $4.00
Weatherwise Weatherwatchers K – 2
3 – 5		 Children's Schoolhouse Nature Park
Environmental Learning Center
Penitentiary Glen Reservation
Your School		 per student - $4.00
Wee Weatherwatchers Preschool
K – 2		 Children's Schoolhouse Nature Park
Environmental Learning Center
Penitentiary Glen Reservation
Your School		 per student - $4.00
Wild in Ohio Preschool
K – 2
3 – 5		 Children's Schoolhouse Nature Park
Environmental Learning Center
Penitentiary Glen Reservation
Your School		 per student - $4.00
Winter Seasonal Discoveries Preschool
K – 2
3 – 5		 Children's Schoolhouse Nature Park
Environmental Learning Center
Penitentiary Glen Reservation
Your School		 per student - $4.00

Outdoor Education
PROGRAM NAME GRADE LOCATION FEE
Capture the Flag 3 – 5
6 – 8
9 – 12		 Chapin Forest Reservation
Your School		 $6.00
Changes in Motion K – 2 Chapin Forest Reservation
Environmental Learning Center
Lakefront Lodge
Painesville Township Park
Your School		 $4.00
Cross Country Ski Adventure All Chapin Forest Reservation
Your School		 $4.00
Disc Golf 6 – 8
9 – 12		 Chapin Forest Reservation
Fairport Harbor Lakefront Park
Lakefront Lodge
Painesville Township Park
Veterans Park
Your School		 $4.00
Dog Sled Adventures 3 – 5 Chapin Forest Reservation
Your School		 $4.00
Fishing Adventures 3 – 5
6 – 8
9 – 12		 Farmpark
Hidden Lake Lodge
Veterans Park		 $4.00
Fishing for Science 6 – 8
9 – 12		 Farmpark
Hidden Lake Lodge
Veterans Park		 $10.00
Fossil Finds Preschool
K – 2
3 – 5		 Fairport Harbor Lakefront Park $4.00
GPS Safari 6 – 8
9 – 12		 Chapin Forest Reservation
Environmental Learning Center
Fairport Harbor Lakefront Park
Lakefront Lodge
Painesville Township Park
Veterans Park
Your School		 $6.00
Jr. Golf Adventure 3 – 5
6 – 8
9 – 12		 Chapin Forest Reservation
Lakefront Lodge
Veterans Park
Your School		 $4.00
Kayak Adventure K – 2
3 – 5
6 – 8
9 – 12		 Fairport Harbor Lakefront Park $4.00
Pirate Adventure Preschool
K – 2
3 – 5		 Fairport Harbor Lakefront Park $4.00
Santa's Workshop Preschool
K – 2
3 – 5		 Farmpark $4.00
Snowshoe Adventure All Chapin Forest Reservation
Environmental Learning Center
Your School		 $4.00
Snowshoe Climatology 6 – 8
9 – 12		 Chapin Forest Reservation
Environmental Learning Center
Lakefront Lodge
Painesville Township Park
Veterans Park
Your School		 $8.00
Soap Bubble Chemistry Preschool
K – 2
3 – 5		 Chapin Forest Reservation
Fairport Harbor Lakefront Park
Lakefront Lodge
Painesville Township Park
Veterans Park
Your School		 Per child - $4.00
Survivor Challenge 3 – 5
6 – 8
9 – 12		 Chapin Forest Reservation
Fairport Harbor Lakefront Park
Lakefront Lodge
Painesville Township Park
Veterans Park
Your School		 per hour of activity - $4.00
Wright Brothers Fly In K – 2
3 – 5
6 – 8		 Fairport Harbor Lakefront Park
Your School		 $4.00

The Environmental Learning Center
PROGRAM NAME GRADE LOCATION FEE
Applied Aquatics 9 – 12 Environmental Learning Center per class - $120.00
Deer Management I 9 – 12 Environmental Learning Center
Your School		 per class - $120.00
Deer Management II 9 – 12 Environmental Learning Center per class - $120.00
Ecosystems and Energy 6 – 8 Environmental Learning Center
Your School		 per class - $120.00
Environmental & Climatic Changes 3 – 5 Environmental Learning Center
Your School		 per class - $120.00
Erosion & Deposition 3 – 5 Environmental Learning Center per class - $120.00
Forces & Motion 3 – 5
6 – 8		 Environmental Learning Center
Your School		 per class - $120.00
Good Vibrations (Waves) 3 – 5 Environmental Learning Center
Your School		 per class - $120.00
History of the Universe I 9 – 12 Environmental Learning Center
Your School		 1 hour nighttime telescope viewing at ELC - $60.00
per class - $120.00
History of the Universe II 9 – 12 Environmental Learning Center
Your School		 1 hour nighttime viewing at the ELC - $60.00
per class - $120.00
Interactions in Ecosystems 3 – 5 Environmental Learning Center per class - $120.00
Measurement: Mass to Volume 3 – 5 Environmental Learning Center per class - $120.00
Natural Selection I 9 – 12 Environmental Learning Center
Your School		 per class - $120.00
Natural Selection II 9 – 12 Environmental Learning Center per class - $120.00
Physics of Flight 6 – 8 Environmental Learning Center per class - $120.00
Physics of Sport 6 – 8 Environmental Learning Center
Your School		 per class - $120.00
Properties of Matter in Nature 3 – 5 Environmental Learning Center
Your School		 per class - $100.00
Research Weather Station 6 – 8 Environmental Learning Center per class - $120.00
Solar & Lunar Cycles 6 – 8 Environmental Learning Center
Your School		 per class - $120.00
Structures and Functions in Nature 6 – 8 Environmental Learning Center per class - $120.00
The Glacier Effect 9 – 12 Environmental Learning Center
Your School		 per class - $120.00
Watersheds 6 – 8 Environmental Learning Center per class - $120.00

Wildlife
PROGRAM NAME GRADE LOCATION FEE
Adopt-an-Animal Preschool
K – 2
3 – 5
6 – 8
9 – 12
All		 Penitentiary Glen Reservation
Wildlife Center
Your School		 per session - $100.00
Advanced Linking Up 6 – 8 Penitentiary Glen Reservation
Wildlife Center
Your School		 per student - $4.00
per student materials fee for linking up - $1.00
Biodiversity Bonanza All Farmpark
Penitentiary Glen Reservation
Your School		 Per student - $4.00
Can I Keep It? Preschool
K – 2		 Penitentiary Glen Reservation
Wildlife Center
Your School		 per student - $4.00
CSI: Wildlife 3 – 5 Penitentiary Glen Reservation
Wildlife Center
Your School		 per student - $4.00
Feathers, Fur & Scales Preschool
K – 2
3 – 5
6 – 8
9 – 12
All		 Penitentiary Glen Reservation
Your School		 each additional session - $100.00
first session - $150.00
Feelin' Wild: Textures found in Nature Preschool
K – 2		 Penitentiary Glen Reservation
Wildlife Center
Your School		 per student - $4.00
Grow As We Go: How Animals Learn to Survive in the Wild 3 – 5 Penitentiary Glen Reservation
Wildlife Center
Your School		 per student - $4.00
Keep on Trackin' 6 – 8 Penitentiary Glen Reservation
Wildlife Center
Your School		 per student - $4.00
Linking Up: From Owl Pellets to Food Webs 3 – 5 Penitentiary Glen Reservation
Wildlife Center
Your School		 per student - $4.00
per student materials fee for linking up - $1.00
Raptor Encounters Preschool
K – 2
3 – 5
6 – 8
9 – 12
All		 Penitentiary Glen Reservation
Your School		 each additional session - $100.00
first session - $150.00
Safari Ohio 3 – 5 Penitentiary Glen Reservation
Your School		 per student - $4.00
Scaly & Slimy 3 – 5 Penitentiary Glen Reservation
Wildlife Center
Your School		 per student - $4.00
Struttin' Through History! 6 – 8
All		 Penitentiary Glen Reservation
Wildlife Center
Your School		 per student - $4.00
Walk About Wildlife Preschool
K – 2
3 – 5
6 – 8
9 – 12
All		 Penitentiary Glen Reservation
Wildlife Center		 per student - $4.00
What's Living in Ohio's Waters? Preschool
K – 2		 Penitentiary Glen Reservation
Wildlife Center
Your School		 per student - $4.00
Which Niche? Preschool
K – 2		 Penitentiary Glen Reservation
Wildlife Center
Your School		 per student - $4.00
Wildlife 911 3 – 5 Penitentiary Glen Reservation
Wildlife Center
Your School		 per student - $4.00

 
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