I-SPY Packs
Do-It-Yourself Discovery Field Trips in a Backpack
$10/day
Sign up to rent one of our I-SPY Packs and lead your own exploration through our park, any day of the week! This program is funded by the Georgia Department of Natural Resources Watchable Wildlife program. This program option was developed especially for schools, scouts, and families who would like to have a field trip at DNC outside our regularly scheduled programming.
Self-guided activities, games, learning tools and more will engage Pre-K through High School students in outdoor learning. Homeschool families, who seek activities for a wide age-range, will appreciate the variety of resources in each pack.
Classroom teachers may use a pack for a follow-up field trip at a lower cost than the programs taught by DNC educators. Youth groups, daycare centers and scout troops can combine a pack with a picnic for a great outing.
We’ll provide advance information if you reserve a pack, so you’ll know what materials you’ll find. Check out the pack contents below:
» BIRDS
Other packs include Streams & Wetlands and Rocks & Minerals.
Rentals are only $10, with a valid credit card required as a deposit.
Pollinators
Inside the Backpack:
- Notebook of Information and Activities
- How Insects See (5-piece set)
- Book – Starting Life, Butterfly
- Bug Bingo
- Professor Noggin's Game – Insects
- Book – The Grouchy Ladybug
- Bug Boxes
- Insect Nets
- Book – The Forgotton Pollinators
- Insect Learning Cards
- Insect Fact Cards
- Peterson First Guide – Insects
- Peterson First Guide – Butterflies & Moths
- Play Insects
- Magnifiers
- Colored Pencils Set
- Watercolor Set
- 500mL Bottle
- Measuring Tape
- Thermometer
Plants & Trees
Inside the Backpack:
- Backpack
- Notebook of Information and Activities
BOOKS
- The Dandelion Seed
- The Lorax
- How Leaves Change
- Oak Tree
- Peterson Guide – Eastern Forests
- Audubon Pocket Guides – Eastern Trees (5)
SUPPLIES
- Plants Chart Set
- How Plants Make Food Poster
- Magnifiers
- Juniper – Game Of Trees
- Botany Flip Chart
- Fandex Field Guide – Trees
- Colored Pencils Set
- Watercolor Set
- 500mL Bottle
- Measuring Tape
- Thermometer
- Dial Thermometer
Birds
Inside the Backpack:
- Backpack
- Notebook of Information and Activities
- Bird Bingo Game
- Wild Bird Bandana Bingo
- Beginner Binoculars
- Peterson Guide – Birds of Eastern & Central N.A.
- Audubon Pocket Guides – Eastern Birds (5)
- Professor Noggin's Bird Game
- Bird Song Identifier
- Identifier Cards (3)
- Birds Chart Set
- Bright Child Fact Cards
- How Plants Make Food Poster
- Magnifiers
- Colored Pencils Set
- Watercolor Set
- 500mL Bottle
- Measuring Tape
- Thermometer