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Plan your fall, winter, or spring field trip to Louisville Nature Center. School classes, scouts, nature enthusiasts, seniors, and home-school groups are welcome to spend a couple of hours learning about the native flora and fauna of our area. Spots fill up quickly--often months in advance, so call early! Listed below are our most popular school programs: A Bird's-EyeView of Adaptations Let the Louisville Nature Center provide your students a memorable experience exploring the birds that live in our area. This two-hour field trip will offer students hands-on discovery of the adaptations of various birds from woodpeckers to hawks. Students will visit our bird blind to view wild birds and their unique adaptations up-close. Your students will explore the habitats and wildlife found in Beargrass Creek State Nature Preserve on a guided nature hike. Your class will also enjoy a close encounter with a bird of prey to better understand their special predator adaptations. Each teacher will receive a poster of the Common Birds of Eastern North America for their classroom. This program is appropriate for grades K-4 and helps meet curriculum standards for animal characteristics and adaptations. Limited scholarships from the Louisville Audubon Society, Beckham Bird Club and the Ahrens Family Foundation are available for Title I schools. The cost for the program is $7 per student. Adult chaperones are FREE. To schedule this program for your class, call LNC at (502) 458-1328. Click here to get the pre and post teaching activities for this program.
Beargrass Creek Watershed as Habitat This updated program will teach your students the role of Beargrass Creek Watershed as habitat. Your students will enjoy a hands-on experience with animals that inhabit the Beargrass Creek State Nature Preserve (BCSNP). They will also participate in a wildlife observatory activity and hike the BCSNP to identify the aspects of the environment. This year teachers will be given a disposable camera that they can process and take back to the classroom to use as part of the post-activities. This program is appropriate for grades 4-7 and is aligned with the Core Content for Assessment guidelines. This two-hour field trip is sponsored by MSD with scholarships available to Title I schools. The cost for the program is $7 per student. Adult chaperones are FREE. To schedule this program for your class, call LNC at (502) 458-1328. Click here to get the pre and post teaching activities for this program.




SCOUT PROGRAMS: Louisville Nature Center offers a unique learning opportunity for all scout groups to experience nature in an interactive environment. Consider LNC when planning outings for your scout group or looking to fulfill badge requirements. Our scout programs provide a structured approach to earning a badge in a fun environment. Most programs offered allow the scouts to earn the badge in a single two-hour session. Boy Scouts For Cub Scouts, LNC offers a program to help satisfy the requirements for their Bear rank. For Webelos, LNC offers a program for the Naturalist and Forester activity badges. For Boy Scouts, LNC offers programs for several merit badges including Bird Study, Nature and Environmental Science. Girl Scouts For Brownies, LNC offers programs for badges including Animals, Eco-Explorer, and Watching Wildlife. For Junior Girl Scouts, LNC offers a program for the Earth Connections and Wildlife badges. The cost of the Scout Program is $7 per scout with a minimum group size of ten scouts. To schedule a scout program call LNC at (502) 458-1328.

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