Project Based Learning Electives provided by the Berrien Springs Virtual Academy
Love Creek: Outdoor Explorers Spring 2025
All students must complete a project for these classes.
Love Creek Nature Center
- 9292 Huckleberry Road Berrien Center, MI 49102
- Instructor: Lamanda Hilty, Park Naturalist
- email: lhilty@berriencounty.org for more information.
- Format: In-person
- Masks: Optional
- Additional registration at location is NOT required.
Outdoor Explorers
Ages 8-12
Classes begin January 24th
In this class for 8-12 years old, we will focus on a different subject each class period. We will have many hands on activities in nature. Please see schedule below for list of subjects to be covered.
- January 24 – Snowshoes/Winter Hike
- February 7 – Winter Bird Adaptations
- February 21 – Amphibians and Reptiles of Southwest Michigan
- March 14 – Woodcock walk and Owl prowl 7:30pm
- March 28 – Galien River exploration*
- April 25 – Frog Pond
- May 2– Spring wildflowers
- May 9 – Rocks of Lake Michigan @ Rocky Gap County Park**
Outdoor Explorers Schedule - Spring 2025
*Please note: it is important to make as informed a decision as possible when choosing your student's Community Resource classes. Most locations will allow a student to drop a class after one meeting, at no charge if it wasn't a good fit for the student, but not all. Some classes plan ahead based on the number that have signed up and have purchased materials, hired teachers, etc. and there might be a fee for class time or materials given to the student if the student drops after one or two meetings. The school cannot pay for classes that students do not complete, so choose wisely; if you do not take the class off of your student's schedule by the deadline, you may be asked to pay for the class time incurred prior to dropping the class.
Teacher of Record: Tom Hurst
