Alliance Redwoods Outdoor Education

04/13/2023

Spring has arrived in the Redwood forest delivering a break from all the rain. Our staff and students enjoy photosynthesizing in the sunbeams. What is your favorite sunny-day activity?🌞

04/10/2023

A clover or not a clover, that is the question!

Give us a follow on TikTok to learn more fantastic forest facts: .outdoor.ed

04/05/2023

Our courageous students learn to fly on the Gecko Glider!
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Sitting on the edge can be a nerve-wracking experience, but our amazing instructors are there to encourage students and chaperones through the whole adventure. What is one courageous thing you've done this week?

04/01/2023

Miriam is basically a dinosaur 🦕

Did you know we have a dinosaur?!

03/25/2023

Come join our team!

https://allianceredwoods.com/open-positions/

03/22/2023

Thor isn't the only one who loves a hammer. In our Geology & Stream class, students use a hammer (or more accurately a "Rock Pick") to crack open rocks and identify them as metamorphic, sedimentary, or igneous. After smashing open rocks, they'll explore the color and texture of minerals with rock paint.

Although it's not the type of Rock most of the chaperones prefer, we still think it's pretty solid.

03/17/2023

How do you build a good team? We recommend a sturdy hammer, but if that fails, you can always sign up for a team-building session at Alliance Redwoods!

During this class our staff use low-ropes and initiatives to explore the five Cs of any group:
• Challenge
• Communication
• Care
• Cooperation
• Commitment
• (BONUS) Comedy

Over a couple hours the group can move through the four stages of a successful team: forming, norming, storming, and performing.

What’s your favorite Team Building activity?

03/08/2023

On Wednesday we learn about trees. Dive in with us as we go subterranean with some wild science about roots.
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Although the coastal Redwoods is the tallest tree species on the planet (380ft and counting), it’s roots only grow 6-12 feet beneath the ground. To maintain stability, a redwoods will stretch out its roots a hundred very in every direction grabbing onto the roots of other redwoods trees. It gets even wilder though; they don’t just grab onto the roots of other redwoods, they actually fuse together. Through the shared root system of a forest, redwoods can share water, nutrients, and (using mycelium fungal networks) even information. What’s roots you?

02/22/2023

Climbing to the top! The Condors had a great time scrambling to the top of the North Pole. The courageous adventures who make it to the top can balance for a moment... before they leap out into the sky!

02/11/2023

Happy faces from a fantastic week of science camp! We’re accepting applicants for program instructors. If you or anyone you know wants to join this fun-loving team, click the link in the bio!

01/28/2023

Basking in the sunshine 🌞

Both the staff and the reptiles are enjoying a little break from the rain to get some much needed vitamin D!

01/14/2023

Our staff just wrapped up a fun week of training. We are all so excited for a great spring season!