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Frequently Asked Questions
What is AUDUBON ADVENTURES?AUDUBON ADVENTURES is an environmental education program for children in grades 3 to 5. Developed by professional environmental educators, AUDUBON ADVENTURES presents basic, scientifically accurate facts about birds, wildlife, and their habitats. It comes to you packaged as a Classroom Kit (serving 32 students) or Individual Kit (serving 1 student). The program is used by classroom teachers, after-school program coordinators, special education instructors, language arts teachers, and homeschoolers. Since its inception in 1984, over 7 million youngsters have participated in the program. What is the goal of AUDUBON ADVENTURES?Audubon envisions a future with a community of enlightened and informed citizens aware of the environmental outcomes of each of their activities. It is a community with the knowledge, skills, and resources to make informed choices between alternative courses of action that result in minimizing the negative effects on our environment. Audubon Adventures introduce young people, their families, and their teachers, to the fundamental principles by which the natural world functions. Our publications for students and teachers give readers compelling examples and activities that show those principles at work. When we achieve our goals, our readers have the foundation necessary for recognizing our individual and collective responsibility for the health of our environment. And out of that recognition comes understanding that personal actions can have meaningful, positive, and far-reaching effects. What is Audubon Adventures planning for the 2009-2010 school year?The title of our newest kit is “Action for Planet Earth” Audubon’s environmental education classroom program this year is designed to engage and inform young people, the future stewards of America’s natural treasures-our rivers, streams, and wetlands, forests and prairies, mountains, lakes, and oceans. This edition focuses on Earth’s habitats and natural resources and the “actions for planet Earth” everyone can take to help preserve and protect them. What are the latest topics for this school year?
Click here to preview covers and details. Do I need a science background to implement AUDUBON ADVENTURES?The only requirement for implementing AUDUBON ADVENTURES in your classroom or community is an interest in exploring, learning about, and enjoying the natural world around you. The program is easily implemented and can be integrated into the existing curriculum areas of science, social studies, mathematics, language arts, and creative arts. Allow yourself to become a student and learn right along with your class. Together you can ask questions about the natural world, and together you can make great discoveries! How does AUDUBON ADVENTURES support national and state academic achievement standards?Audubon Adventures is designed to help students achieve proficiency in language arts, science, and environmental literacy. Because of increasing pressure on teachers to conform classroom content to mandated academic achievement standards, Audubon Adventures Classroom Kits include documents that correlate to specific sections of the academic achievement standards. The content is aligned with the national standards for the language arts and science. In addition, Audubon Adventures content is aligned with the state academic achievement standards in 14 states: CA, DE, FL, IL, LA, MO, NM, NV, NY, OH, PA, TX, WA, WY. What are the AUDUBON ADVENTURES fees?
Kit prices are effective through December 2008: shipping and handling price subject to change at any time. To order, please call 1-800-340-6546 or visit our webstore. How do I order AUDUBON ADVENTURES?There are 3 ways to order Audubon Adventures:
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