Practice observation skills to pick up the subtle cues that help us to understand the natural world. Throughout the program,students will learn to use the scientific method as they attempt to discover a snake’s natural habitat. Then we’ll perform an experiment to test the students' hypotheses using live snakes.

While meeting live detritivores and scavengers, your students will learn the important role that decomposition plays in our everyday lives. Meeting these underappreciated recyclers will prove to be an experience that you and your students will not forget.

Through observations of live animals and scientific journaling, students will compare and contrast the life cycles and adaptations of different organisms. By analyzing animals at different stages of their life cycle, audiences will discover the intimate connections between living things and their habitats.

Engage in the world of classification as we focus on a particular cold-blooded animal group: Reptiles! By meeting live reptiles, and through hands-on activities, students will explore the adaptations that make them successful, and how scientists compare and contrast these particular cold-blooded creatures.

Together we will construct a live food chain as your students meet a raptor, reptile, amphibian, arachnid, and an insect. Along the way we discuss how these animals' lives are connected and learn about the delicate balance that allows them to survive both individually and together as wildlife who share a habitat.

Meet up to three live bats with the Leslie Science & Nature Center! Join in as we take an up close look into the wondrous world of bats! Explore what makes bats so unique, why they're important across the globe and try your hand at being an expert echo-locator using a simple tool to understand sound!

Our owls will engage, delight, and educate your students during a personal visit to your classroom. Classification, conservation, and survival techniques are just a few of the topics we will explore by observing live birds. Students will be amazed as they discover what life is like for a nighttime predator through hands-on activities.