Service Learning 2008 Fall/Winter Program Selection

Programs begin September 30, 2008



Service Learning programs at North Mountain Park offer exciting opportunities for hands-on learning and environmental stewardship! Through these programs students and community service groups will learn about local ecosystems and complete a service project.


  • Water Quality in Bear Creek (grades 4 – 12)
    • Learning Component: Test water quality at Bear and Beach Creek, ponds.
    • Service Component: Students will help plant, weed or mulch areas near the ponds or bioswale at the park.
    • Additional Information (PDF format)


  • Invasive Plants: Weed'em and Eat'em (grades 3 – 8)
    • Learning Component: Meet some of our local invasive plant species and learn how and where they live, who eats them and some reasons to control them.
    • Service Component: Help to identify and control some invasive plants in Ashland parks.
    • Additional Information (PDF format)

  • People and Plants (grades 3 – 7)
    • Learning Component: Students will identify plants used by Native Americans of this region and explore some of their traditional uses with hands-on activities.
    • Service Component: See above
    • Additional Information (PDF format)

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North Mountain Park will provide instruction and materials for one class or group at a time. We ask that teachers or leaders provide adult volunteers (one adult per eight students), transportation to and from the park, and name tags for each student.

Please contact North Mountain Park Nature Center to schedule a program, Email or call 541.552.2472.



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