2016/08/15

9/3/2016 Naturalist lead walk

3 September 2016 1-3 pm NatSci Walk – a naturalist led hike

NatSci Walks – Only $6.54 a person for this 2 hour Naturalist/Scientist lead walk -includes park admission

Qualifies as NC Environmental Educator hours as Criteria II: Outdoor Instructor-led Experiences or Criteria III: Knowledge of Environmental Education Resources and Facilities (Piedmont Region) form B signed ( for participants) upon request. Check out our EE workshops here

Be sure to check out our nature identification classes offered prior to the NatSci Walk – HERE for those seeking your NC EE certificate you can get 2 hours for the class + 2 hours for the NatSci Walk in just one day.

Upcoming (to register select the link)

3 September 2016 1-3 pm NatSci Walk – a naturalist led hike @Kings Mountain State Park
17 September 2016 – Sat – 9 am – 4 pm LEAVE NO TRACE & WiNN Mentoring
1 October 2016 Sat 9-11 am Butterfly Migration and Release
1 October 2016 Sat 1-3 pm NatSci Walk – a naturalist led hike @Kings Mountain State Park
15 October 2016 Sat – 9 am – 4 pm Nature Leader Training** & WiNN @QueensUniv
19 November 2016 Sat 9 am – 4 pm Raptor class**WiNN Mentoring @CarolinaRaptorCenter
13 December 2016 Tues 7:30 – 9 pm Geminids Meteors over the Farm @KingsMountainSP**

Register in the store and please check the calendar for details on upcoming nature experiences, NatSci Walks and classes.

Posted in Enviro Edu & Conservation
Tagged #environmental education, #E_CorpsExped #MountHolly, #naturalist, #nature. #EnvironmentalEducation, #outdoors, #Walk, @kingsmountainstatepark

2015/12/01

Quick CPR First Aid AED Cert

Try the new format – do the book work online in the comfort of your home and the skills portion is only 3 hours. Sign up now to start the online portion 12/11/2015 and use the entire holiday break to complete the assignments. The skills class is 1/19/2016 at your choice of morning, afternoon or evening sessions. Visit CPR First Aid AED Adult and Pediatric | E-Corps Expeditions Inc. for all the details.

Posted in Community
Tagged #CPR, #E_CorpsExped #MountHolly, #FirstAid, #SaveALife, @CharlotteNC, @E_CorpsExped, Community

2015/02/23

Camp Press Release

For Immediate Release February 23, 2015

High school students create NatSci Camp at Queens University of Charlotte, NC.

Local high school students create innovative 2015 summer camp on Queens University of Charlotte campus, these natural leaders are founders of the non profit E-Corps. E-Corps believes there is a restorative power in nature, that replenishes our spirit, renews our bond with the great outdoors and causes us to come alive. These exceptional teens have spent the last summers diligently helping youth connect to nature and after a year of preparation have a new creation.

Is this the camp for your child? Are you concerned your child is suffering from what Richard Louv coined “Nature Deficit Disorder”? Does your child feel science is a foreign element not an integral part of nature, the environment or life? Is your child detached from the natural environment set on viewing it via a screen? Do you fear the skills of observation, imagination, and wonder are suppressed by commercialism?

The only cure is to shift the nature perspective, as the sustaining element of life with all scientific vastness and infinite wonders. This camp begins the journey to critical thinking, with STE(A)M* correlations and imaginative fun in nature.

Our NatSci Basic Training summer day camps adhere to the E-Corps mission and curriculum objectives. E-Corps camp staff strives to make out of school time learning fun, engaging and a rewarding experience for each camper. We respect and value the opportunity to share our love of science and nature to dispel fears and inspire curiosity.

General Information:

Times 8am – 4:30pm daily as weekly sessions for ages 8 – 13 years. Extended day is available.

July 13 – 17 Natural Arts – is our CREATIVE visual, dramatic, music which will exhibit natural in understand and appreciating nature creative side and interest in nature. Culminating in an artistic journey finale skit.

July 20 – 24 Green Machine Engineering (click here for more information) – Design and build your original ideas using eco-friendly techniques using repurposed materials. Yurt – of bamboo, aquaponics and alternative energy items.

August 3 – 7 Lawson Virtual (GIS) Voyage to the Carolinas, construct a spatial illustration of the Journey across the Carolinas. Mapping, GIS introduction, geocaching.

This camp is managed by E-Corps Expeditions crew of environmental educators and natural leaders. For more information and to register please visit https://e-corps.org/camps-natsci-bt/

(*= science, technology, engineering, art, mathematics) NatScinewsRelease150223