Science Programs

We come to your facility with all the teaching supplies, and tools we need to facilitate a hands-on, engaging lesson about nature.  These programs are offered to one class at a time (up to 25 students), and we can stack the same program back-to-back in one day at your site. 

Prices are listed with each program. Prices vary due to consumable materials that students will use.

Email Tanee at natureonthegeaux@gmail.com with any questions.

Pond Water Zoo - Your learners will be introduced to the world of protozoa and other microscopic organisms that can be found in the fresh and brackish water in Louisiana and Mississippi! Learners will dip water samples out of collected water, put it under a dissecting microscope, and discover there is a whole unseen world around them. (Grades 4-12) Price: $150; $100 additional programs

Water Quality - Are you ready to engage your students in the relationship between water quality and a healthy ecosystem? Learn how human impact affects the water quality indicators of dissolved oxygen, phosphates, nitrates, temperature, pH and turbidity. (6th-12th grade) Price: $175; $125 additional programs

Global Climate Change & Sea Level Rise: Do sea levels rise when ice melts? Does it matter whether the ice is on land or in the ocean? Students design an experiment to find out. They collect data, graph their results, and interpret their findings. Along the way, they learn about density, displacement, and climate change. (5th-8th grade) Price: $150; $100 additional programs

Guardians of the Rainforest - Learners will have fun learning about rainforests, use their nose to guess the everyday products we use from there, and what they can do to help save the endangered animals that call the rainforest home. We will also create a pin learners can wear out of a rainforest product. (4th-12th grade) Price: $175; $125 additional programs

Eco-Engineers - People have changed the landscape that makes it easier for us to travel and live but how does that affect animals? In this class, we’ll explore what wildlife crossings are and come up with our own using the engineering design process to help Trevor, an African bullfrog, cross the highway safely. (Grades 3-8) Price: $175; $125 additional programs

Lunar Landers - Students will discuss the challenges of leaving Earth in a spacecraft and exploring the moon then build their own lunar lander and test them against gravity! (Ages 8-12) Price: $175; $125 additional programs

Nature Programs

Want to get you class, camp, or other group outdoors? At our Nature Programs you can select a location, like a park or a trail, and we will meet you there to guide you through nature! Whether you'd like to get wet and wild in a bayou or stick to the trails we will have something for your group! Some of the topics you can pick from are:

Nature Hike - Armed with butterfly nets, binoculars, and magnifying glasses, our nature exploration walks take the show on the road and into the great outdoors! Our experienced and fun naturalist will help you sharpen your observation skills by searching the skies for Red-Tailed Hawks, and hunt under rocks and logs for roly-polies and other creepy-crawlies, all in your favorite park! (Grades K-5) Price: $125

Bayou Study - If the location you want to go to has a body of water, we can run one of these. We will bring along nets, buckets, and worksheets that we can use to assess the health of a body of water by looking for macro invertebrates! (Grades 4-12) Price: $125

Bug Hunt - Similar to our Bayou Study, we will bring nets out to one of our fields or a location near you! We will help humanely capture, examine, and identify our backyard bugs, before we release them all back into the wild! (Grades 2-12) Price: $125

Travel Fees:

No Travel Fee: St. Tammany, Orleans, Upper Jefferson, Tangipahoa, St. Bernard; and MS counties: Harrison, Pearl River, Hancock.

$30 travel fee for the following parishes/counties: Upper Plaquemines, St. Charles, St. John the Baptist, Livingston, Washington, Stone, Lamar, & Jackson County

$45 travel fee for: Ascension, East Baton Rouge parishes

Travel fees are paid in addition to program fees and are to offset additional vehicle costs.