All Environmental Education

Alabama 4-H Science School prides itself in providing quality experiential environmental education through adventure, outdoor and science classes. The Science School is proud to serve a wide variety of students whether K through 12 school groups, college students, or private groups. Read more...

A full service conference facility nestled within 264 acres of beautiful forest land on Lay Lake in Columbiana. We offer a variety of lodging and meeting facility options as well as onsite catering designed to meet the needs of your group. Activities include team building courses, hiking, fishing, sports, canoeing, and much more! Read more...

The University of Montevallo Herpetological Society serves to unite students with a common love and respect for reptiles and amphibians. Members may participate in nature treks, educational programs, and local conservation efforts. Read more...

The Friends of Big Canoe Creek is a grass-roots organization formed in 2008 to coordinate efforts to preserve and protect the Big Canoe Creek watershed through community education and participation. In addition to its quarterly meetings, the group sponsors periodic educational, recreational and community-service activities such as guest speakers, films, rain barrel workshops, float trips, and creek cleanups. Read more...

Gasp seeks to raise awareness and understanding of the health effects of air pollution on childhood health outcomes through our Clean Air, Healthy Kids initiative. GASP offers classroom presentations, education activities, and workshops for educators. Read more...

Welcome to Fresh Air Family Field Trips! We have converted our curriculum to design-thinking to help you meet and exceed your academic goals. We also have a special needs expert on our staff with lesson plans for a wide variety of needs. Our staff is happy to provide a field trip experience that is engaging, sometimes gross, and always educational. Read more...

The Old Baker Farm stands as a historic marker of days gone by. Homesteaded over 200 years ago, the Old Baker Farm withstood the perils of the Civil War and remains today as a traditional family farm, growing crops from cotton to corn, including pumpkins. Bring your students to learn how a farm works and to have fun in the Read more...

Through Farm Club, students become stewards of their school’s Teaching Farm as they take ownership of planting, growing, harvesting, and cooking the fresh produce they grow. STEM-based projects are incorporated to spotlight the connection between sustainable farming practices and science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. Read more...

Students learn hands-on food education that connects students to food, farming, and the culinary arts through standards-based, cross-curricular lessons at one of the seven Jones Valley Teaching Farms Read more...

Curriculum-based outdoor field trips for elementary school students are offered from mid-September through the end of October, and mid-March through the first week in May. Field Trip programs can include Meet the Trees, Habitat Hunters, A Worm’s Eye View of Soil Science, Vermiculture, and Plant Propagation! Read more...