Autumn Wild Edibles Information Walk

NJ School of Conservation 1 Wapalanne Road, Sandyston, United States

10/6/23: POSTPONED TO SUNDAY, OCTOBER 8th Wild edibles: nutrition, gastronomy, survival and fun science Jumpstart a foraging habit for your soups, stews, salads, pestos and fritters! Your program leader, Joanne White, will lead you on a walk to discuss and photograph whatever is available in woods and meadow-like areas. Although this is not an eating […]

Rustic Bread Baking

NJ School of Conservation 1 Wapalanne Road, Sandyston, United States

10/5/23: THIS PROGRAM IS ON, DESPITE THE RAIN. PLEASE DRESS FOR THE WEATHER-- RAINCOAT & BOOTS-- AND DON'T FORGET YOUR SUPPLIES. Explore a hands-on experience in bread baking in an outdoor, wood fired oven! Warm homemade bread, fresh out of the oven, is a sumptuous culinary repast! Try this hands-on experience in rustic bread baking […]

Educators’ Open House

NJ School of Conservation 1 Wapalanne Road, Sandyston, United States

Spend a day at the NJ School of Conservation learning about the outdoor field experiences we have to offer to you and your students. We'll highlight upcoming professional development workshops, online resources and volunteer opportunities. Then, you'll get to "be a student for the day" and participate in several of our most popular field experiences, […]

SOC After Dark

NJ School of Conservation 1 Wapalanne Road, Sandyston, United States

Fall is the perfect time for stories around the campfire. And that's just the beginning!Fall is the perfect time to gather around the campfire with friends for some not-too-scary stories. Popular storyteller Ken Karnas will be our featured speaker at this Pre-Halloween event. Throughout his 42-year teaching career, Ken used stories to enhance every academic […]

Climate on My Campus: Using Field-Based Data in the Classroom

NJ School of Conservation 1 Wapalanne Road, Sandyston, United States

Increase your knowledge and classroom resources to implement the New Jersey Climate Change Standards across the curriculum! We will take advantage of the bucolic setting and exemplary natural resources at the NJ School of Conservation to investigate indicators of climate change and then connect our results to local and global communities. Numerous classroom resources will […]

Voices from the Land: Exploring Landscape and Language, Art and Culture

NJ School of Conservation 1 Wapalanne Road, Sandyston, United States

“Voices from the Land” is a creative process that encourages students to explore the connection between nature, art, language and culture. The Voices process is standards-based and experiential. Voices builds “community” among people of different backgrounds, ages and abilities: social and emotional learning are integral to the process. Communication, speaking and listening skills, compromise and […]

Holiday Tree Decorations with Natural Materials

NJ School of Conservation 1 Wapalanne Road, Sandyston, United States

Bring the outdoors in this holiday season with ornaments you make yourself!Usher in the Holidays with an afternoon of creating holiday tree decorations with natural materials. We'll take a short walk to collect acorns, pinecones, sticks, leaves, or whatever natural treasures you can find to create your own ornament. We will supply glitter, glue, string, […]

The 2024 Annual NJSOC Spring Cleanup

NJ School of Conservation 1 Wapalanne Road, Sandyston, United States

It's been a long winter and it's time for some Spring Cleaning! We need lots of help to spruce things up. Can we count on you?Join our work party as we make a clean sweep of NJSOC’s facilities and grounds to get everything ready for 2023 programming to begin. Some of the jobs we’ll be […]

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MacroBlitz: Citizen Science at the Next Level

NJ School of Conservation 1 Wapalanne Road, Sandyston, United States

Come learn about what NJSOC offers teachers and students and MacroBlitz, a new National Geographic project that inspires citizen scientists.Who doesn't love field trips?The NJ Science Teachers Assocation, the Alliance for the NJ Environmental Education and the NJ School of Conservation invite you to the NJSOC to learn about our resources for teachers and students […]

NJSOC Spring Cleanup II

NJ School of Conservation 1 Wapalanne Road, Sandyston, United States

We had so much fun and got so much done, we're doing it again! It's Spring Clean Up, Part Two! Can we count on you?Join our work party as we make a clean sweep of NJSOC’s facilities and grounds to get everything ready for 2024 programming to begin. Some of the jobs we’ll be tackling […]

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Celebrate World Archery Day at NJSOC! (for Adults and Children ages 8+)

NJ School of Conservation 1 Wapalanne Road, Sandyston, United States

Have fun learning the basics of Archery as we celebrate World Archery Day at NJSOC.You pull back the bowstring. You stare downrange at the bullseye. Release! The arrow flies away and plunges into the target. Bullseye!Join the fun! Drop by between 10 am and 1 pm for an hour-long lesson and some practice time with […]

$20.00

NJSOC 75th Anniversary Celebration Weekend

NJ School of Conservation 1 Wapalanne Road, Sandyston, United States

Come celebrate 75 years of NJSOC with us at our Anniversary Celebration!It's our 75th Anniversary Celebration Weekend and we have so much to celebrate!! In 2020, the School of Conservation was closed, and its future uncertain. The Friends of the NJSOC sprang into action to save the school and began offering programs again in just […]

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