School & Home-School Group Programs

Naturalists with the Lancaster County Department of Parks and Recreation can provide customized programs for children and adults on a wide range topics regarding nature, environmental science, and history. The following are some of our most popular. Please note that any of these programs can also be adapted to an adult audience.


For more information or to schedule a program, call the Environmental Center at 717-295-2055 or email parks@lancastercountypa.gov.


Please view the Fee Schedule for program rates.

Program Name
 Grade Levels
Adaptations K - 12
Animal Signs
 K - 12
Backyard Wildlife
 K - 12
Bats K - 12
Birds K - 12
Butterflies and Moths
 K - 12
Chickies Rock History
 4 - 12
Fish K - 12
Food Chains
 K - 8
Geology K - 12
Homes and Habitats
 K - 12
Insects and Spiders
 K - 12
Johnny Appleseed
 K - 4
Mammals K - 12
Maple Sugaring
 K - 12
Medicinal Plants
 6 - 12
Misunderstood Critters
 K - 12
Program Name
 Grade Levels
Native American Games
 K - 6
Native Americans
 K - 12
Natural Dyes
 K - 12
Nature Crafts
 K - 12
Orienteering / GPS
 4 - 12
Owls K - 12
Reptiles and Amphibians
 K - 12
Skulls and Scat
 K - 12
Stream Study
 4 - 12

Trees and Forests
 K - 12
Weather K - 12
Wetlands K - 12
Wild Edible Plants
 6 - 12
Wilderness Survival
 4 - 12
Wildflowers K - 12