Field trips are for all! Come to Pease Park for a family excursion! Pease Park Conservancy and Families in Nature will be leading an Ecologist School Field Trip for families at Pease Park! Parents, guardians, and kids are welcome to not only learn about the joint service-learning program but experience the opportunity for themselves! We will be leading a field trip for families with various stations and lessons throughout Kingsbury Commons and giving parents/guardians a taste of what an excursion to Pease Park is like!
About the Ecologist School Field Trip Program: The Ecologist School Field Trip program is a joint effort between Pease Park Conservancy and Families in Nature that brings students to the park for a service-learning experience. Field Trip curriculum is based off of the Pease Park Edition of the Ecologist School Pocket Guide - a booklet created by Families in Nature which includes 64 lessons spanning 16 fields of study that are in turn based off of school TEKS.
Research has demonstrated that time spent outdoors positively impacts children's physical, emotional, and intellectual development. Pease Park Conservancy and Families In Nature have developed a robust children’s field trip program that activates Pease Park as an outdoor classroom and engages kids of all ages in experiencing the sights, scents, sounds, and textures of the outdoors. Through this program we aim to help students…
engage with nature
improve environmental literacy
learn more about an expanding field of study and potential career path
About Families in Nature: Families in Nature (FIN) is a federally tax exempt 501c3 non-profit organization founded in 2008 as an environmental and outdoor education program. It is our vision to inspire ALL families to fall in love with nature and foster the next generation of conservationists. We strive to engage families of all backgrounds with children of all ages.
About Pease Park Conservancy: Pease Park Conservancy works in partnership with the City of Austin to set the standard for world-class park management – emphasizing environmental excellence – to improve and care for this treasured green space for the enjoyment of all. Pease Park Conservancy celebrates the diverse ecology and history that make Austin’s first public park valuable and unique. The Conservancy works to restore, enhance and maintain this 84-acre public green space for the sustainable use and enjoyment of all.
Thank you to H-E-B for supporting all of our educational programming events!
A note about Pease Park Conservancy's events: If you sign up, please make every effort to show up. Our events are free so all of our community members can attend. But we plan our events to be meaningful for the number of people who register to be there, so please make every effort to attend if you have registered. We understand things come up from time to time, but If you have registered we look forward to having you there! Thank you!
