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Initiative & Confidence
Initiative and Confidence courses are the fastest growing and most popular activities being offered today. Field games and low elements are used with all ages of students and adults to install communication and team building.
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Arlington Echo
Arlington
Echo Outdoor Education Center offers Anne Arundel County students year-round
opportunities to experience the natural environment.
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Drown Proofing
The Drownproofing Program is a comprehensive aquatic safety program for fifth grade students in Anne Arundel County Public Schools.
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Grasses in Classes
In conjunction with Department of Natural Resources and Chesapeake Bay Foundation's Grasses in Classes Program, schools grow and propagate redhead underwater grass in the classroom.
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Terrapin Connection
Terrapin Connection is a supplemental classroom program offered as part of AACPS/ Arlington Echo's Chesapeake Connections program, and is only available to AACPS/Chesapeake Connections participating classrooms.
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American Eel Raise & Release
American eels are an important component of the Bay, both ecologically and economically. Eels are a significant source of food for fish, mammals, turtles, and birds.
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Yellow Perch Raise & Release
Many of the county schools are involved in raising yellow perch from eggs which are collected in nearby rivers. The students take data, observe and make predictions as they raise the fish.
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Schoolyard Restoration
Restoration projects are conducted on the schoolyard or in the community. These projects include wildlife habitat restoration, meadows, raingardens or community stormwater management projects with the Anne Arundel County Department of Public Works.
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Cheseapeake Connections
Chesapeake Connections is the Outdoor Education outreach program which connects classroom instruction with a series of relevant hands-on experiences that lead to environmental stewardship.
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PURCHASE Echo Rain Barrels
Benefits you and the Environment!
Conveniently collect and conserve water, reduce the high energy water from your roof and transport airborne and deposited nutrients to your garden plants. Read More
Did you know?The Outdoor Education Program began with the renting of a church camp in Millersville from the Arlington Presbyterian Church in Baltimore.
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Who We AreWe are the Outdoor Education Program of Anne Arundel County Public Schools.
For thirty-three years we have provided an interdisciplinary outdoor education program for Anne Arundel County teachers, students, and parents by utilizing our site in Millersville as well as other satellite sites throughout the county. Each school year we serve over 25,000+ students and 8,000+ adults at our outdoor education facilities.
Thank you for visiting our site. We hope you find it enjoyable and informative. If you have any questions, please contact us !
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Watershed Stewards Academy
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