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Our Mission this property be used in perpetuity by the Done for public park purposes for Nature Study, Nature Trails, Arboretums, Wildlife Sanctuary, Conservation Education for the youth and other interested parties in the

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Our Mission “…this property be used in perpetuity by the Done for public park purposes for Nature Study, Nature Trails, Arboretums, Wildlife Sanctuary, Conservation Education for the youth and other interested parties in the community…”

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A little about For-Mar…

  • Part of the Genesee

County Park System

  • Encompasses 383

acres – 267 acres set aside as a Nature Preserve and 116 for an Arboretum.

  • Visitor Center with

live animals, taxidermy mounts, gift shop and classroom space.

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Creating Place

Themes:

Nocturnal Animal Adaptations

  • Building activities that suit the

audience

Butterflies

  • Continued connection,

empowerment

  • Whole Process: from caterpillar to

butterfly, adopting a larvae

Birds that Stick Around

  • Adapting the activity for max

participation

  • Creating community

Lesson Plan:

  • 1. Beginings- personal

experiences

  • 2. Inclusion, sense of belonging
  • 3. Community, continued

connection

  • 4. Nature as therapy
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Picking Your Theme:

Chose these three adaptations because they would be:

  • Familiar
  • Evoke Memory
  • Therapeutic components

…And they create Personal Connections

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ACTIVITIES THAT SUIT THE AUDIENCE

  • Make it Familiar
  • Evoke Emotion
  • Create Connections
  • Use the Senses
  • Include Therapeutic Components
  • Continue the Connection
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  • Invites the group into the program
  • Engages their mind and ability to recall information
  • Offers a sense of Connection to the topic and also each other
  • Improves ability to listen to others
  • Helps with critical thinking
  • Improves problem solving skills
  • Draw conclusions
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Wolves

Sense of Smell

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Bats

Sense of Hearing

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Raccoons

Sense of Touch

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ANIMAL INVESTIGATION

Goals of Program:

  • Continue using senses in the program
  • Thinking
  • Problem Solving
  • Detective work
  • Connecting
  • Drawing from background memory
  • When out in Nature – look for the clues and

remember the animal.

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CREATING A CONTINUED CONNECTION & EMPOWERING THE INDIVIDUAL

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HERBS & THEIR MANY USES

  • Economical
  • All Abilities
  • Empowers
  • Attractive
  • Continue

Connection

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Continued Connection – Caring for Something Community Garden – Sharing at Meals

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CONTINUING THE CONNECTION

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We hear you and your

  • pinion matters.

This translates to:

You Matter

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BIRDS OF A FEATHER

… STICK TOGETHER THROUGH OUR MICHIGAN WINTER

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THANK YOU!

HOPE YOU HAVE A CHANCE TO RECONNECT, RECHARGE AND REFUEL YOUR AUDIENCES.

Nicole Ferguson, Lead Naturalist nferguson@gcparks.org Courtney Prout, Environmental Education Outreach Coordinator cprout@gcparks.org Barrie Lynn Wood, Environmental Educator BarrieLynnWood@gmail.com