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Nature Kids/Jovenes de la Naturaleza Project Receives CAEE Award For Excellence

Congratulations to Nature Kids/Jovenes de la Naturaleza (NKJN) partners! The Colorado Alliance for Environmental Education’s (CAEE) Awards Selection Committee recently honored NKJN with the 2018 Advancing Environmental Literacy Award for Excellence in Environmental Education!   NKJN is an innovative, 5-year, $10M collective impact project that has 2 primary goals: 1. To connect Lafayette, CO youth… Read more »

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Centaurus CAP Students Create Comic Strips!

During the last weekend in October the CAP class from Centaurus High School invaded the natural habitat known as Sylvan Dale Ranch. As they say, a picture is worth a thousand words, so we decided to make comic strips. We hope you get a kick out of them and learn about the trip in the… Read more »

Centaurus High School Nature Kids

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Nature Kids Lafayette First Year Of Programming Returns Great Results

After the first full year of programming for Nature Kids / Jovenes de la Naturaleza (Nature Kids) Program in Lafayette, CO, there are some great results to report! Nature Kids is a five-year, $10 million collective impact project led by Thorne Nature Experience that provides pre-k to high school, backyard to backcountry, and family integrated… Read more »

Angevine Middle School CAP Class Shares the Buzz on Pollinators

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Angevine Middle School CAP Class Shares the Buzz on Pollinators

The Angevine Middle School CAP class was busy this spring –  busy learning about pollinators. At first the students weren’t exactly sure how to help pollinators. One group of boys just wanted to “free the bees!”  Needless to say, some learning was in order. First the students learned about all different types of pollinators: flies,… Read more »

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Centaurus CAP Class Inaugural Epic Backpacking Adventure

It was a dark and stormy morning, when intrepid CAP class students from Centaurus High School set out for their inaugural epic backpacking adventure! They embarked on their uphill journey to Mica Mine at Cal-Wood, slipping and sliding through mud and snow with ginormous packs weighing them down, footsteps sinking deep. Arriving at the campsite,… Read more »