Outdoor Education

Take the classroom outside.

The Diamond Ridge Outdoor Education Academy is designed to enhance and enrich classroom learning with outdoor field experiences that increase awareness about the environment.

A trail lined with logs in the woods
 
 

Interrelationships/ Interdependence

Lessons of study include habitats, energy flow, food chains, predator/prey relationships, adaptations and cycles.

Watersheds and Wetlands

Students identify various types of water environments. They learn about the water cycle, identify living things in the water, understand the role of a watershed and study the lake.

Renewable Resources

Activities focus on trees, plants, wildflowers, forest ecology, recycling and understanding the waste stream.