Registration has closed for the 2019-2020 .
Location: Meeting Room Juvenile Justice Center, 200 Wilco Way
Please note: Class sessions will be at the Juvenile Justice Center, 200 Wilco Way. This is near the Regional Animal Shelter. The one exception, November 7 will meet at the AgriLife Extension Meeting Room, 100 Wilco Way. Upstairs. The first class will last until 8:00 p.m. as we need extra time to introduce the program and rules, etc.
Click here to be reminded when registration opens in May for the 2020-2021 year. The theme for the 2020-2021 year will be Water Wonders. We have plans to have two age groups: 3rd-5th Grade program that will be meet roughly twice on month on Thursday evenings with a few Saturday field trips and a 6-8th Grade program that will meet on Saturdays once a month.
Grades: 3rd-5th grade
Fee: JMN Registration $25.00
4H Membership: $25.00
Pay the JMN Registration fee as part of the registration process now through PayPal or check.
Registration is not complete until this fee is paid.
4H Fees are paid in August.
Time of Class: Thursday 6:00 pm-7:30 pm
Field Trips are listed on the calendar. Parents are expected to accompany their children on the field trips.
Each participant will receive a Junior Master Naturalist T-Shirt.
To earn the Junior Master Naturalist Pin each participate must attend 80% of meetings.
Earth Wonders
2019-2020 JMN Curriculum
Tentative schedule
September 5 – Worms & Earth Critters
September 19 – Soils
October 3 – Caves
October 17 – Prairies & Native Grasses
October 19 – Service Project
November 7 – Trees (AgriLife Extension meeting room)
December 5 – Astronomy
January 9 Paleontology
January 18 Paleontology Field trip
February 6 – Archaeology
February 20 – Geology
March 5 – Aquifers
March 12 – Invasives
April 2 – Wildflowers
April 18 – Wildflower field trip – Booty’s Crossing
May 7 – Odonates: Dragonflies and Damselflies
May 16 – Odonate Field Trip