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Spring and Fall Sunship Earth

Sunship Earth Outdoor Education Camp at The Center

Sunship Earth gives fifth graders a new respect for all living things.

Three days and two nights for fifth grade school classes and their teachers.

Sunship Earth Delivering the Message of Environmental Responsibility

Offered in both spring and fall seasons. Offered at the Center since 1983.

Sunship Earth is an innovative copyrighted program conceived by Steve Van Matre for the International Institute for Earth Education.

Teachers are invited to accompany their students as they get in touch with the natural world, gaining an understanding of how nature works, and learning to respect its plants and animals. The Sunship Earth Program delivers a strong message of environmental responsibility, encouraging each participant to make a commitment to live more lightly on this planet.

SUNSHIP EARTH - GETTING TO KNOW YOUR PLACE IN SPACE:

The program is based on the philosophy that in order for students to be enlightened stewards of our earth, they must first understand how the earth naturally operates. Sunship Earth is the most comprehensive earth education program available today. It is a highly participatory experience. At the core of the program are 15 concept activities, focusing on the ecological concepts of energy flow, cycles, diversity, community, interrelationships, change, and adaptation. Each activity has props, costumes, and a prepared lesson which the staff helps students to complete. In the course of three days, the students are immersed in the natural world as they investigate The Center's 78 acres of woodlands, fields, wetlands, and streams.

SUNSHIP EARTH COMPONENTS YOUR STUDENTS WILL ENJOY:

As Chicago's Clissold School teacher, Jane Bushwaller, always says when she brings her class to Sunship Earth, "the great thing about fifth graders is that they really believe they can make a difference in the world. And of course they can!"

If you visit the Center, you'll see kids with muddy knees from crawling through the woods as bugs, or with wet shoes from carrying buckets of water up the hill as clouds. You'll know that your looking at some of our Sunship's most newly trained passengers. You'll see six colored beads and seven white beads on strings around their necks. Ask them to tell you about the seven secrets of life which connect the yellow sun, the light blue sky, the dark blue waters, the brown soil, the green plants, and the red animals of the Sunship. You'll be glad you asked. Your sure to feel that the earth's future is brighter in the hands of these bright eyed young people.

We invite you to explore this meaningful learning experience with your students. Come and let us help you "Expand Your Nature" at The Center...

For registration information, call The Center: (708) 361-3650

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