School Programs
Prairie Park Nature Center offers both indoor and outdoor environmental
education programs for grades Kindergarten to high school.
Outdoor field trips are 2 hours in length and include both live animals and hands on investigative activities. Topics include programs on wildlife, and wildlife habitat, ecosystems, adaptations, seasons, fossils, conservation issues, and many more.
One hour indoor programs feature live animals and may be scheduled at the nature center or at your school site. These programs are scaled to each grade level or may be used for school assembly presentations.
All programs for schools are correlated to meet Kansas state core curriculum.
Field trips at Prairie Park:
$4.00 per student ($85 minimum charge)
Indoor Programs:
$60 at Nature Center or $85 at your school
Team-building:
$60 per group per hour Group sizes of max. 14
The Nature Center may limit off-site programs during months when demands for field trips are at peak: Sept-Oct, April- May.
Please call (785) 832-7980 for scheduling.
How to schedule
Outdoor field trips are 2 hours in length and include both live animals and hands on investigative activities. Topics include programs on wildlife, and wildlife habitat, ecosystems, adaptations, seasons, fossils, conservation issues, and many more.
One hour indoor programs feature live animals and may be scheduled at the nature center or at your school site. These programs are scaled to each grade level or may be used for school assembly presentations.
All programs for schools are correlated to meet Kansas state core curriculum.
- 2-Hour Field Trips Topics
Field trips at Prairie Park:
$4.00 per student ($85 minimum charge)
Indoor Programs:
$60 at Nature Center or $85 at your school
Team-building:
$60 per group per hour Group sizes of max. 14
The Nature Center may limit off-site programs during months when demands for field trips are at peak: Sept-Oct, April- May.
Please call (785) 832-7980 for scheduling.
How to schedule
- Classes may be scheduled from Monday-Friday, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
- Field trips and indoor classes must be scheduled by calling the nature center directly. Registration for school programs are not handled by other Parks & Recreation facilities. Field trips are only offered at the Nature Center.
- Please allow at least 2 weeks notice.
- Group sizes of more than one class may be scheduled if the nature center has staff available. The classroom can accommodate up to 50 students. Additional space is available in the outdoor amphitheater. Please inform staff at the time of scheduling if any of your group requires special assistance.
- All field trips are 2-2 1/2 hours in length. All classes attending field trips should be prepared to go outside with clothing appropriate to the weather.
- Payment is due at the time of the program. Schools may send advance payment for indoor programs. Checks or money orders should be made payable to: Lawrence Parks and Recreation.
