OWL (Outdoor Wallowa Learning)
Since
2004, Wallowa Resources has worked in partnership with the Wallowa County
Public Schools to bring an outdoor classroom experience annually to local
students. Through exploration, discovery,
and inquiry-based learning, 4th-6th grade students learn about Wallowa
County's plants, watersheds, wildlife, and geology, as well as survival
skills and field research methods with accomplished field instructors.
Curriculum is developed collaboratively with school teachers to ensure
educational standards and objectives are integrated. Sites for OWL have
ranged from Wallowa Lake State Park to a restoration site on the Wallowa River.
Upcoming OWL Programs: Enterprise OWL Sept. 8-11 & Wallowa OWL Sept. 15-18
Goals of this program are:
1) To discover nature hands-on and learn through experience about its processes.
2) To promote a sense of place and environmental stewardship.
3) To develop understanding of the linkage between human and ecological communities
and the causes and effects of human impacts on natural resources.
4) To encourage curiosity and life-long inquiry about nature.
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