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The Grange Insurance Audubon Center awakens and connects participants to the beauty of the natural world in the heart of Columbus and inspires environmental stewardship in their daily lives.

The Grange Insurance Audubon Center takes a two phase approach to programming. Our aim is to implement conservation strategies through a sequence of experiential education.

Phase One: Observation , exploration, and inquiry.

School Programs
All programs are based on academic needs identified by participating schools.

Past programming worked to:

• Nurture and develop skills through hands-on activities outdoors
• Develop science process skills
  • Following protocols, data collection, using science tools
  • Skills: Keeping science journals, making observation, asking questions
• Increase content knowledge of the following subjects through scientific process
  • Plant Characteristics, Structures, and Functions
  • Weather Observations
  • Non-renewable/Renewable Resources
• Reinforce Math Skills
  • Identifying Patterns
  • Measurement
  • Median, Mode, and Range
  • Analyze Change
  • Measurement Conversions

Citizen Science Programs
Data is collected about our natural world. Examples include:

Vegetation Inventories
Wildlife Monitoring
Bird Banding

Community Programs
Nature is the context for increasing skills across disciplines and improving physical health. Examples include:

Hiking
Birding
Nature Art Projects
Gardening

Phase Two: Conservation Action

School Programs
Use inquiry and project-based methods to use conservation action as a means for reinforcing academic skills.

All programs culminate with conservation projects.