3^rd - 8^th grade

Morning Program

What do people need to survive? Discover how Pacific Northwest Native peoples used the forest around them to provide shelter, food, and other necessities. Touch baskets, mats, and carvings, and learn how they are made. On our hike, identify plants in the forest that provide clothing, food, building supplies, and medicine, exploring how the forest gave life to people in our region for thousands of years.

Full Day Program

Practice traditional plant technologies yourself! Choose two of the four following activities: twine cordage from natural materials; listen to a Native American story, and practice storytelling; use dyes derived from roots and bark to tint fabric; or look at a model Chinook plankhouse, and see if you can build a small waterproof shelter.

- Details and Registration
- Topics

• Sensational Senses
• Trees are Terrific
• The Hidden World of Slugs
• Adaptable Animals
• Ethnobotany
• Forest Highs & Lows
• Create a Healthy Stream
• Watershed Programs
• Alien Invaders