Cape Cod Learning Tours
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LifeLong Learning Adventures
Slow Down, Think Big, Dive Deep
Cape Cod Learning Tours is pleased to introduce our new LifeLong Learning Adventures. Geared towards those who wish to slow down, think big, and dive deep into the resilient habitats on Cape Cod. The LifeLong Learning Adventures will offer two new programs: Field Study Adventures and Evening Lecture & Discussion Adventures. Both are designed to inspire, inform, and edify Cape residents and visitors. You can combine Full Day Adventures with Evening Lectures Adventures to earn a certificate that will verify your participation. Enjoy the Cape this summer at a new level.
FIELD STUDY ADVENTURES ... come get muddy!
Explore the diverse Cape Cod habitats from Falmouth to Provincetown. We will delve into the moraines and outwash plains that sit beneath the surface of each habitat. We will map the freshwater cycles in streams, kettle ponds, and aquifers. We will peer into the micro-world of bacteria and plankton. We will learn the structure and function of plant and animal characteristics. We will diagram the zonation and interrelationships that bind these organisms into an ecosystem. We will also unearth the human history with embedded in these habitats, past and future. And finally, we will use strive to understand how to increase the resilience and adaptability of these lovely socio-ecological systems for the future generations of children of all species who live there.
EVENING LECTURE & DISCUSSION ADVENTURES ... come get heady!
Enjoy a series of four evening lecture-discussion adventures. The series will be available from Falmouth to Provincetown. Participants will enjoy a slide presentation and engage in a meaningful discussion about the history and future of Cape Cod.
Lecture Topics |
A Big History of Cape Cod from the Big Bang to the new Bourne Bridge.
When does the history of Cape Cod begin? In 1602, 1000 CE, or 10,000 BCE? Let’s start 13.8 billion years ago with the big bang and retrace our steps. How did we get from there to here?
Native to Nauset
The past, present, and future of all children of all species who have ever called Nauset home. Although the time line is a mere 11,000 years, the story line entwines biogeochemistry, microbiology, evolution, ecology, archeology, economics, religion, juris prudence, globalism, hinterlands, tourism, and climate change.
“A most pleasant, fruitful, and commodious soil” A Portrait of the Cape with Words.
Pamet, Nauset, Tonset, —these are traces of the first descriptions of Cape Cod. The Wampanoag were followed by Brereton, Champlain, Mourt, Thoreau, Beston, Hay, and Finch, all of whom paint pictures of Cape Cod with words.
Sustaining Cape Cod: Ten Lessons from the Universe.
Most of us enjoy the comfortable notion that there is intelligent life in the universe. In light of climate change, will our descendants believe the same thing? How can we become good ancestors to a long line of future generations who can fall in love with the Cape?
Adult Education Manager: Lucy Bennison Laffitte, Ph.D., M.Ed.
Lucy earned a B.S. in natural science from the University of Oregon. She received a Master’s in adult education and information design and a Ph.D. in environmental history and natural resource policy, both from North Carolina State University. For 55 years, she summered in Eastham. Lucy enrolled in the first class of Wellfleet Bay Audubon Sanctuary’s new Day Camp at age 8 and returned as counselor during college. She worked as a natural resource assistant with Phil Schwinn and Henry Lind. She wrote a nature column called “Native to Nauset” for The Cape Codder. She is currently working with the International Big History Association, serving as as secretary, vice president, and president.
When does the history of Cape Cod begin? In 1602, 1000 CE, or 10,000 BCE? Let’s start 13.8 billion years ago with the big bang and retrace our steps. How did we get from there to here?
Native to Nauset
The past, present, and future of all children of all species who have ever called Nauset home. Although the time line is a mere 11,000 years, the story line entwines biogeochemistry, microbiology, evolution, ecology, archeology, economics, religion, juris prudence, globalism, hinterlands, tourism, and climate change.
“A most pleasant, fruitful, and commodious soil” A Portrait of the Cape with Words.
Pamet, Nauset, Tonset, —these are traces of the first descriptions of Cape Cod. The Wampanoag were followed by Brereton, Champlain, Mourt, Thoreau, Beston, Hay, and Finch, all of whom paint pictures of Cape Cod with words.
Sustaining Cape Cod: Ten Lessons from the Universe.
Most of us enjoy the comfortable notion that there is intelligent life in the universe. In light of climate change, will our descendants believe the same thing? How can we become good ancestors to a long line of future generations who can fall in love with the Cape?
Adult Education Manager: Lucy Bennison Laffitte, Ph.D., M.Ed.
Lucy earned a B.S. in natural science from the University of Oregon. She received a Master’s in adult education and information design and a Ph.D. in environmental history and natural resource policy, both from North Carolina State University. For 55 years, she summered in Eastham. Lucy enrolled in the first class of Wellfleet Bay Audubon Sanctuary’s new Day Camp at age 8 and returned as counselor during college. She worked as a natural resource assistant with Phil Schwinn and Henry Lind. She wrote a nature column called “Native to Nauset” for The Cape Codder. She is currently working with the International Big History Association, serving as as secretary, vice president, and president.