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Tailored Education For School Groups
The 5 Rivers Delta Resource Center is an educational facility first and foremost, for people of all ages. With that in mind, we have and always will provide unique and cost effective options for school and other "educational" groups (Scouts, Girl Guides etc.), in order to ensure that the leaders, thinkers and conservationists of tomorrow are aware of the diverse wonderland at their doorstep. With this in mond, we have a range of activities both land and water based, that we can provide to educational groups. Since most educational groups are often of a larger number, Five Rivers Delta Safaris provides specific packages to meet the needs of classes/schools. These packages are available outside of scheduled tour times and aim to provide a shorter boat trip, canoe or kayak access or land based training, that allows our Captains and Guides to educate the children through the tours based around a specific theme.
For larger groups, the children are generally split into groups of 16 - 21, allowing a rotation of groups through a variety of activities - while one group is out on the water, the other group/groups can be learning about the Mobile Delta and it's ecology on land in the 5 Rivers Apalachee Exhibit Hall, walking through the Oak Forest and learning about the trees/animals of the forest, or watching a program in the Tensaw Theatre, all under the guidance of a State Lands Delta Expert.
The pricing for water and land activities is dependant on the length of time spent out on Safari / number of groups of children taken. Most of the land based activities based at 5 Rivers are provided by State Lands free of charge.
During the water based activities (to include mini boat tours or Canoe/Kayak Paddling Safaris), the tour can cover a range of topics or be catered to some of the following specific items (and any others you can think of):
- Fauna of the Delta
- Flora of the Delta
- American Civil War
- Local History
- Native American Culture
- State Lands Wildlife programs
It is also just a good chance for many children to get out on the waters of the Delta and realise what a wonderful resource they have available to them in their own backyards. While we may not be able to visit certain locations in the time period allocated on a shorter trip, talking about many of them, while sitting on a boat does give children a good reason to learn!
In addition to the Tour, we can offer informational worksheets for children to fill out while on the boat, with prizes for the best completed sheets / most correct answers. All information required to complete the sheets would be available in the commentary provided to the children by our Captain and based on previous discussions with the school and trip organizer, regarding the aim of the trip and what we would like the children to gain from the experience.