Maricopa County Arizona Chapter - Glendale

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ECO Trailblazers is for children in K/1st-3rd grade (approximate ages 6-9 yrs old). Trailblazers offers a combination of hands on learning activities, exploratory play,  guided nature walk, loose parts play, nd an art/craft project. 

This program is optional drop off.

There are only 15 openings for each program! (we are increasing the West Valley group to 20 openings)

Full year payment option: $300 for the year / Sibling discount $280 ($20 sibling discount applied)*

½ semester payment option: $160 Fall, $180 Spring / Sibling discount $150 Fall, $170 Spring  

*You save $40 if you choose to pay for the year.

You can view the calendar here. 

The  West Valley - Thunderbird Conservation Park Glendale program will meet every other Monday 10:00 am-2:00 pm for 17 weeks. 

Each class will follow a similar format:

10:00 am - Exploratory Play,  Nature Journaling
10:45 am - Learning Activity
11:15 am - Specimen/Wildlife Highlight
11:30 am - Lunch and Exploratory Nature Play
12:30 pm - Loose Parts and Storytime
1:00 pm - Hike
1:30 pm - Craft/Art Project
2:00 pm - Class Ends 

Each semester we will focus on a different topic. You can view the class syllabus here.

2022-2023 class topics:

Fall - Fabulous Fossils

Spring - Nocturnal Animals 

Kathy and Gwyn will be the ECO Steward's for the East Valley Program. You can learn more about  them here. 

Please visit our FAQs page which should answer any questions you may have. If you don't see your question answered please send us an email.

This program is currently FULL. Complete the waitlist form to be notified about openings and/or new program offerings.

ECO  Explorers is for children in 4th-7th grade (approximate ages 8-12 yrs old). Explorers offers a combination of hands on learning activities, exploratory play, a guided nature walk, animal highlight, community science participation, scientist/history highlight, and an art/craft  project.

This program is optional drop off.

There are only 15 openings for this program!

Full year payment option: $300 for the year / Sibling discount $280 ($20 sibling discount applied)*

½ semester payment option: $160 Fall, $180 Spring / Sibling discount $150 Fall, $170 Spring  

*You save $40 if you choose to pay for the year.

You can view the calendar here. 

The West Valley - Thunderbird Conservation Park Glendale program will meet every other Thursday 10:00 am-2:00 pm for 17 weeks.

Each class will follow a similar format:

10:00 am - Hike to Outdoor Classroom/Exploratory Play
10:15 am - Nature Journaling
10:30 am - Learning Activity
11:15  am - Specimen/Wildlife
11:30 am - Lunch and Exploratory Play
12:15 pm - Community Science/Scientist/Historical Highlight
12:30 pm - Craft/Art Project
1:15 pm - Exploratory Play
2:00 pm - Class Ends

Each semester we will focus on a different topic. You can view the class syllabus here.

2022-2023 class topics:

Fall - Rocking it with Geology 

Spring - Water in Arizona 

Kathy and Gwyn will be the ECO Steward's for the East Valley Program. You can learn more about  them here. 

Please visit our FAQs page which should answer any questions you may have. If you don't see your question answered please send us an email.

Registration is now open, please click register to complete the registration form and send your payment either via PayPal or ESA (we will email you an invoice).  The remaining spots are indicated on the registration form next to each class.. When the 15 spots are filled for these programs we will deactivate the registration link.

Please make sure you read the registration form carefully. 

Our ECO Teen Naturalist program will be for children in 8th-12th grade (approximate ages 13-17 yrs old) are interested in pursing environmental related careers or may wish to become Master Naturalists one day and volunteer with local organizations. This program will be more volunteer and citizen science based.

This program is optional drop off. Teens who drive may bring themselves to class. 

Full year payment option: $230 for the year / Sibling discount $210 ($20 sibling discount applied)

½ semester payment option: $125 Fall, $145 Spring / Sibling discount $115 Fall, $135 Spring  

*You save $40 if you choose to pay for the year.

You can view the calendar here. 

The West Valley - Thunderbird Conservation Park Glendale program will meet every other Friday 10:00 am-12:30 pm for 17 weeks.

Each class will be a bit different since our citizen science and stewardship projects will vary. Many of the topics will compliment each other.

Teens will also be encouraged to attend fieldtrips. These will be about every other month and should be free or very inexpensive. Fieldtrip locations will mostly be to college labs like the UofA Dendrochronology Lab, ASU Lichen Herbarium, ASU Biomimicry Center.

In addition they will also be encouraged to attend online webinars and/or in person lectures with the teacher.  We will have follow up discussions afterwards. Some of the organizations include Phoenix Zoo Conservation Speakers, Phoenix Audubon, Desert Botanical Gardens, North American Invasive Species Management Association,  etc. 

Each semester we will focus on a different topic. You can view the class syllabus here.

2022-2023 class topics:

Fall - Phenology, Data Collection 

Spring - Air pollution 

Kathy will be the ECO Steward for the West Valley Program. You can learn more about  here. 

Please visit our FAQs page which should answer any questions you may have. If you don't see your question answered please send us an email.

Registration is now open, please click register to complete the registration form and send your payment either via PayPal or ESA (we will email you an invoice).  The remaining spots are indicated on the registration form next to each class.. When the 7 spots are filled for these programs we will deactivate the registration link.

Please make sure you read the registration form carefully.