All Environmental Education

To help educate the youth in our community, TROT visits local schools offering opportunities to interact with animals and learn about farm management. We also provide group sessions to the county’s special education students. Read more...

Learn about gardening and growing flowers, berries, and fruit trees Read more...

Come take a walk through the past, present, and future on our historic, unique, and very diverse grounds. On our tour you will not only walk back in time. You will see what we are currently doing with grassfed beef, organic gardening, and how we are working towards self sustainability in the future. We are truly one of a kind Read more...

The Creek Kids Program teaches students in grades four to eight about aquatic environments. Students experience an overview of a watershed via a train ride (when operational), see the impact of a mill dam on fish passage, and visit the Iron and Steel Museum of Alabama to learn about Alabama’s iron industry. Students manipulate an EnviroScape, an interactive educational model Read more...

From scenery to science and education, the Tannehill Learning Center, which operates as a program of the Iron & Steel Museum, offers unique outdoor classroom learning experiences for Alabama school children from both public and private institutions. Read more...

We provide fresh, healthful food to those in need, and a place for peaceful reflection and volunteerism, in an effort to teach our children and community the art of gardening and provide educational opportunities for deserving and disadvantaged youth. Read more...

The University of Alabama Arboretum is a scientific institution that engages in teaching, research, and service with primary emphasis on the ecology and biodiversity of Alabama. The Arboretum maintains a plant collection containing native species and their exotic relatives, educational reference specimens, and plants of global conservation concern. The University of Alabama Arboretum features walking trails through a native woodland Read more...

The Nature Center features a variety of bird and wildlife mounts, and educational information relating to our region. Schools and other groups are encouraged to use this facility for class programs. Read more...

Naturalist Outreach (BUI-301) college students give free enthusiastic, hands-on biology presentations about nature and ecology to K-12 classes and community groups in Alabama. The presenters are accessible scientist role-models who excite students about biology, nature, — and college. By presenting lively, enthusiastic, Next Generation Science Standards based, and age-appropriate, science based presentations, we work to open the world of backyard Read more...

The Museum’s Field Science Program offers a range of innovative learning experiences designed around the fundamentals of true science: exploration, adventure, and discovery. ​Discover the excitement of experiencing a real connection between the classroom instruction and the amazing world of nature. The Museum School Field Trips provide an outdoor experience for teachers and students in Alabama. Participants will get wet Read more...