Catoctin displays an artist's pallet of color for all to enjoy. We have a number of different activities for many age levels to help understand why leaves change color, how a tree grows, and tree identification by leaf shapes. Offered as an indoor, outdoor, or combination program. An educational traveling trunk filled with treasures, pieces of our past, linking the local school curriculum with our park's heritage. Five discovery units, trunk treasure identificatio cards and objects, teacher background information, and suggested student activities are all included.
Teachers are responsible for trunk pick up and return to the park.
An interactive computer program providing an overview of white-tailed deer ecology. Habitat, digestion, life cycle, antlers, traits, and diet are each explored. The Design A Forest activity allows students to select habitat components, initial deer population, and both competitor and predator species. Management options for deer over populations are addressed in this real life issue. The program is available for loan through the mail at no cost.