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Sabino Canyon Volunteer Naturalists

Sabino Canyon Volunteer Naturalists

Appreciate the natural wonders of Sabino Canyon

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Elementary Program 13

Elementary Program

Every year, local teachers choose one of our six structured educational programs to offer as a field trip for their students. Teachers, children, and parents come to the canyon, in groups of up to 60 students, to learn from our naturalists through hands-on lessons, field activities and a nature walk. Many teachers elect to keep their classes in the canyon after the program for picnic lunches.

The Elementary Program has been in existence for over 40 years and is aligned with the Arizona Department of Education Science Standards and Social Studies Standards. The Program conducts field trips for grades 1 through 6, five days a week (Mon-Fri).
Each field trip lasts approximately two hours.

We will begin accepting field trip requests for the ’24-’25 school year at 12:01 a.m. (midnight) on August 1st.

Please check back here at that time.

Elementary Program 5

Elementary Field Trip Evaluation

Please help us out by completing this evaluation of your Elementary Field Trip

READ MOREElementary Field Trip Evaluation
Now You See It 3

Now You See It

Students discover how predators and prey hunt, hide and survive.

(Recommended for grades 1 & 2)

READ MORENow You See It
Pollinator Picnic 2

Pollinator Picnic

Students discover the connection between some of the pollinators and plants in Sabino Canyon.

(Recommended for grades 3 – 5
& for 2nd graders with some
knowledge of plants/pollinators)

READ MOREPollinator Picnic
Web of Life 2

Web of Life

Introduces students to the idea that all forms of life are interconnected.

(Recommended for grades 3 – 5)

READ MOREWeb of Life
Critter Scene Investigation

Critter Scene Investigation
(Creek and Desert)

Introduces students to the arthropods that live in Sabino Canyon.

(Recommended for grades 1 – 6)

READ MORECritter Scene Investigation
(Creek and Desert)
Strike It Rich 3

Strike It Rich

Introduces the geologic relationships between Sabino Canyon,
the Santa Catalina Mountains, and the Tucson Basin.

(Recommended for grades 1 – 6)

READ MOREStrike It Rich
Back to the Past

Back to the Past

Students discover the life of the Hohokam, who inhabited this area over 1000 years ago.

(Recommended for grades 1 – 6)

READ MOREBack to the Past

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5700 N Sabino Canyon Road
Tucson, AZ 85750

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