EcoWISER New Mexico

  Where: Chihuahuan Desert Nature Park and Jornada Experimental Range Cost: $2 per student; all adults are free Maximum Group Size: 100 (minimum group size 45) Length: All day In collaboration with the USDA-ARS Jornada Experimental Range, the Chihuahuan Desert Nature Park provides an opportunity for students to learn about science, agricultural research, and the desert during a daylong field trip. Students visit 3-5 hands-on activity stations (see list below). After lunch, students are teamed with scientist guides on the “Desert Discovery Walk,” a guided exploration of the desert. Students come away with an appreciation for all that exists in the desert, an area many of them once considered a wasteland. A booklet of pre- and post-field trip activities is available on the downloads page; one version is geared for 3rd-5th grade students. Call the Nature Park office (505-524-3334) to book your school's trip. This program is open to all schools in southern New Mexico and West Texas.

  

  

  

  

  

  

  P&A - Wildlife

  P&A - Insects

  P&A - Reptiles & amphibians

  P&A - Native plants

  P&A - Ecosystems (e.g. prairie, pine forest, bosque, riparian)

  ES&NRP - Geology & soil

  PE - Farming & gardening

  Field trip/Event

One day

  3  4  5

None

Yes