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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 2008-2009 school year?The title of our newest kit is "Feats of Nature". Through the four new exciting topics this year students will explore amazing topics on the natural abilities of our world's plants and animals. Learn how animals defend themselves, migrate, build and how plants rule the earth! Each issue contains fun activities, high interest content, and insightful messages. We have continued our popular feature "Heroes of the Planet," which profiles people who are working to protect wild creatures and places. This edition will begin shipping in September 2008. In the meantime you can choose from any of our topics that are currently available. What are the latest topics for this school year?FEATS OF NATURE: This edition focuses on some of the most remarkable aspects of the natural world
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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