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The Outdoor Community Classroom at Buchanan Park
The Outdoor Community Classroom at Buchanan Park
We invite you to explore, problem solve, create, and find meaningful connections between you and the natural environment all around you.
We invite you to explore, problem solve, create, and find meaningful connections between you and the natural environment all around you.
To learn more about the OUTDOOR COMMUNITY CLASSROOM at Buchanan Park, please visit our Finding Your Way Around page!
The Outdoor Community Classroom is open 365 days of the year!
We encourage you to start thinking how you, your school, organization, club, or friends can utilize this new space, complete with 5 educational signs, learning circle and little science library. The Classroom is open to all! From garden clubs to elementary students, poetry slams to bird watching, meditation to urban planning seminars, consider the Outdoor Community Classroom your space to explore the wonder and complexity of our environment. For more information on the Learning Circle, educational signs, tool box, natural components and use, email CollegeParkCAN@gmail.com.
WHAT PROGRAM WILL YOU BRING to the Classroom?
WINTER WALK DISCOVERIES
WINTER WALK DISCOVERIES
TREE RINGS and the Stories They Tell
TREE RINGS and the Stories They Tell
If trees could talk they would tell you all about the events that have shaped their growth and affected their health, including years with heavy spring rains and summer droughts. Trees can even tell us about insect attacks and climate conditions that may have affected our ancestors years ago.
Learn more about trees and their hidden stories at Tales Beneath the Bark - EarthDay.org.
Learn more about the
WONDER OF TREES here!
Tree Rings - Fun Learning for Middle Schoolers
or Create a Winter Mandala from found objects. Leave your mandala for someone else to discover!
Visit the Outdoor Community Classroom at Buchanan Park and count the rings on this fallen tree!
Buchanan Park - Lancaster, PA
Do you have a story about a tree that you'd like to share? Or send us a photo of your winter mandala.
Email us at CollegeParkCAN@gmail.com.
EDUCATIONAL SIGNS at the OUTDOOR COMMUNITY CLASSROOM: Tap on the sign that you'd like to take a deeper dive into.
EDUCATIONAL SIGNS at the OUTDOOR COMMUNITY CLASSROOM: Tap on the sign that you'd like to take a deeper dive into.
Nurturing wildlife through resilient native plants.
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Strengthening neighborhoods with a thriving urban canopy.
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The Learning Circle and Little Free Nature & Science Library
The Learning Circle and Little Free Nature & Science Library
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Making connections between upstream actions and downstream effects.
Additional content coming soon!
Celebrating biodiversity and environmental legacy through curated trees.
The Outdoor Classroom was made possible by the Lancaster County Community Foundation and Lancaster Clean Water Partners.
The Outdoor Classroom was made possible by the Lancaster County Community Foundation and Lancaster Clean Water Partners.
The Classroom is managed by the College Park Climate Action Neighborhood.
We are grateful to our neighborhood partners - without their support this project would not have been possible.
We are grateful to our neighborhood partners - without their support this project would not have been possible.
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