Hello there. My name is Dusty and I instruct a series of natural history art programs for children and teens at local community centers and libraries. All classes are very educational and I feel that home school students and parents would appreciate the value of Nature’s Art classes.

I am interested in getting the word out to home school students and parents about my classes. I am currently putting class schedules together for December and January.

Please view more at KidsNatureArt.com

Dusty Lynn Welsh
Educational Director
Nature’s Art
1.800.471.3571
www.kidsnatureart.com
dusty@kidsnatureart.com

The workshop will be on Saturday, November 22, 2008 from 9-3. Participants will receive the guide and certification from the national PLT office.

Contact Mike Mansour for detailed registration: mmansour@auburnhills.org

Learn how to reduce and balance your carbon footprint.

Earth Day Events & Activities at Flint Children’s Museum. Loads of different activites from April 9 – 30, 2008.

For Earth Day 2008, The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency challenges residents and communities around the Great Lakes to collect and recycle electronic waste and
to properly dispose of unwanted medicines.
http://www.epa.gov/greatlakes/earthday2008/events.html

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• Thursday, March 20, 2008, 1:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. – Home School Students: Exploring For-Mar’s Sugar Bush. Learn about the history of making maple syrup and take a hike to our sugar shack. This program includes tasting maple syrup! *Note: This time of year our trails tend to be very muddy. Cost: $4.00 per student. Pre-registration required by 03/18/08.
• Thursday, April 17, 2008, 1:30 p.m. – 3 p.m. – Home School Students: Wacky Weather. Learn about Michigan’s extreme weather, take weather measurements outside, and make a windsock to take home. Cost: $4.00 per student. Pre-registration required by 04/15/08.
• Thursday, May 15, 2008, 1:30 p.m. – 3 p.m. – Home School Students: Spring Splendors. Learn to identify some Michigan wildflowers, learn why they grow when they do, and plant a flower to take home. Cost: $4.00 per student. Pre-registration required by 05/13/08.
• Thursday, June 19, 2008, 1:30 p.m. – 3 p.m. – Home School Students: Hiking Safety. Learn about the importance of hiking safety including: what to wear on a hike, what to take with you, and what to do if you get lost. Program includes a hike and an item to add to your hiking gear collection. Cost: $4.00 per student. Pre-registration required by 06/17/08.
• Thursday, July 17, 2008. 1:30 p.m. – 3 p.m. – Home School Students: Incredible Insects. Students will learn basic insect identification skills and go exploring for insects out on the trails. We will take an insect survey and learn how to graph our results. Cost: $4.00 per student. Pre-registration required by 07/15/08.
• Thursday, August 14, 2008, 1:30 p.m. – 3 p.m. – Home School Students: Birding 101. Learn some key ways to identify birds in your backyard. Students will go on a hike and look for birds on their way to study the Foote Bird Museum in our Dewaters Education Center. Cost: $4.00 per student. Pre-registration required by 08/12/08.
• Thursday, September 18, 2008, 1:30 p.m. – 3 p.m. – Home School Students: Dead or Alive?. Are trees really dead once they fall down in the forest? We will go on a hike and study some “dead” trees up close. This program includes making a nurse tree bingo card. Everyone’s a winner! Cost: $4.00 per student. Pre-registration required by 09/16/08.

The Detroit Zoological Society, in collaboration with Project S.N.A.P., is calling for entries for a Youth Art Competition and Mosaic Murals Exhibition in celebration of 2008 Year of the Frog and the Detroit Zoo’s 80th Anniversary. The competition is open to all K-12 public, private and home school students in Macomb, Oakland and Wayne Counties. The deadline for entries is May 9, 2008.

Year of the Frog is a global public awareness campaign to focus attention on endangered amphibians and the critical work being done by zoos and aquariums to save them. Student artists may express their interpretations of Michigan frogs, toads and salamanders, as well as images of amphibian residents at the Detroit Zoo’s National Amphibian Conservation Center. Other themes may include the impact of habitat loss, climate change and pollution on amphibian populations, as well as efforts to propagate and conserve rare and endangered amphibian species from around the world.

For more information, visit http://www.detroitzoo.org/Saving_Wildlife/Saving_Wildlife/Youth_Art_Competition/ to access the guidelines and consent forms needed for submission.

• April 2, 2008, 11:00am Homeschool – Eggstravaganza. $
• April 9, 2008, 11:00am Homeschool – Monster Moths. $
• April 16, 2008, 11:00am Homeschool – Hikers. $
• April 23, 2008, 11:00am Homeschool – Go Fly a Kite. $
• April 30, 2008, 11:00am Homeschool – Wonders of the Wetlands. $