Birds of a Feather
4th-6th Grades
Fee: $7 per child for 2 hour program
Time of Year: Year-round
Birds have long-facinated us, from their flight capabilities to their beauty and lyrical songs. During this program your students will come to know the characteristics and adaptations of birds, as well as learn how to identify common birds of this area through artifacts, mounts and a slide program. We’ll then head outdoors for a walk with binoculars in hand in search of our featured friends. This program will conclude with the children making their very own bird feeder to take home.
Colossal Fossil
1st-3rd Grades
Program Length: 90 minutes/2 hours*
Fee: $6 / $8* per child
Time of Year: March 1 – Nov. 30
4th-6th Grades
Program Length: 90 minutes/2 hours*
Fee: $6 / $8* per child
Time of Year: March 15 – Oct. 30
Dig this! Here’s an opportunity for your students to learn about fossils, from identification to how they were made. We’ll head down to Rush Creek in search of the real thing among the shale and limestone deposits and the students will work together to find the best fossil to take back to class for further study.
Please note this program involves getting in the water. Tennis shoes or boots are required footwear for children and adults. No sandals, CrocsTM or aqua socks allowed. Bring extra socks and shoes.
*Optional Activity: Your students can make a “fossil” using plaster and seashells. The extended program requires two hours and a total fee of $8 per student.
Pond Neighbors or Creek Neighbors
Pre-K – Kindergarten
Program Length: 60 minutes
Fee: $5 per child
Offered April 15 – September 30.
Water is important to all of us, and no more so than to the critters that live in it. During this interactive program, your children will be introduced to the world of water using nets to look for water insects, frogs, and other inhabitants of the pond or creek.
Note: During the creek program, children and adults will wade in the water. During the pond program, children could be on muddy banks. Please be sure to have children and accompanying adults wear shoes that completely enclose the foot and that can get muddy and wet. Closed toe and heel shoes or boots are required footwear for children and adults. No sandals, CrocsTM or aqua socks are allowed.