Eco Explorers, a nature-based program powered by PNC, is specifically designed to bring free environmental educational programs to preschool and kindergarten-aged students.
What is so special about this nature-based program?
- Free nature-based interactive programs
- Programs that align with current Ohio Department of Education science standards
- Offsite and virtual program options
- Each classroom will receive a lesson specific “tool kit” full of supplemental materials to enhance your science curriculum
- Informative professional development and workshop opportunities for educators
- Nature-based videos and lesson plans
- Free lending kits (specifically designed to enhance the nature-based videos and lesson plans)
Program Offerings:
Let Cleveland Metroparks Mobile Outreach Unit bring nature to your students virtually with Eco Explorers powered by PNC Grow Up Great specifically designed for early learners ages 3-6 years old. Eco Explorers powered by PNC Grow Up Great provides free nature-based videos and lesson plans for educators and their students for use in the classroom. Each video and lesson plan were created to supplement your science curriculum and is based on Ohio’s Early Learning Content Standards. Your students will learn about nature’s neighborhoods in Animal Homes & Habitats; discover what makes an insect an insect in Investigating Insects; observe and compare different animal characteristics in Animal Adaptations; explore the needs and basic life cycle of plants with Plants and their Parts; and delve into weather and how it changes throughout the year in Weather in the Seasons.
This program was made possible by PNC Grow Up Great®. PNC Grow Up Great® is a $500 million, multi-year, bilingual initiative that began in 2004 to help prepare children from birth to age 5 for success in school and life. To date, the program has served over 5 million children
Call 216.341.1707 for more information.