Volo Bog - Field Trips and Educational Resouce Loaner Trunks

Howdie Educators,

As you probably know, Volo Bog State Natural Area is an amazing place to learn! With guided tours of Volo Bog and 16 other educational programs as well as supporting materials, we are an extension of your classroom.
While we are currently booked for guided tours this fall, we do have some space for self-guided groups and...
Winter Field Trip Registration (January & February) begins next Wednesday, September 2nd at 8:00 a.m.
Registration is done by phone only - call us at 815-344-1294.

Winter is a lot of fun at Volo Bog. We especially enjoy Animal Tracking (grades 3 - 12) when the snow flies. Of course, Bog Life (2nd - 12th) is offered year-round. Winter is a great time to see carnivorous pitcher plants and tamarack trees sporting their winter starkness. Other programs lend themselves well to winter too: Mammals (2 - 6), Birds (2 - 6) , Dipping Into Astronomy with the Lake County Astronomical Society (4 - 6), Animal Homes (2 - 5) & Batty about Bats (1 - 6).

Please visit us at http://dnr.state.il.us/education/interprt/volo/volobog.htm#schools for complete program descriptions.

Also... Check out our Educational Resources (literally!)
Loaner Trunks!
12 trunks available for up to two weeks each!
Take a peek in each when you visit Volo Bog in person or visit http://dnr.state.il.us/education/CLASSRM/teach.htm to see a complete description and contents of each trunk. Most trunks include correlations to Illinois Learning Standards.

Aquatic Illinois 5—9

Illinois Birds PK—8

Illinois Fossils 7—10

Insects & Spiders PK—6

Illinois Prairies K—8

Illinois State Symbols K—6

Illinois Trees PK—10

Illinois Wild Mammals PK—8

Illinois Wetlands K -- 10

People & Animals from Illinois’ Past PK—6

Biodiversity* 4 R's Recycling*

All of the above were developed by IDNR except those marked *

Phone Volo Bog at 815-344-1294

to reserve yours today!

Stacy L. Iwanicki
Natural Resources (Education) Coordinator
Illinois Department of Natural Resources
Volo Bog State Natural Area
28478 W. Brandenburg Road
Ingleside, IL 60041
815-344-1294 (best times to reach me by phone are
Wed - Fri 2 - 4 p.m. and hit or miss otherwise)
dnr.volobog@illinois.gov
http://dnr.state.il.us/lands/education/interprt/volo/volobog.htm