3^rd - 8^th grade

Morning Program

Explore the layers of the forest, and the habitat trees create from the canopy to the soil. As a group in the classroom, students will “create” a tree, modeling how plants transport nutrients, sugar and water between roots and leaves. Children will observe different kinds of trees and plants and observe the tree cycle on a hike through the woods.

Full-Day Program

How do trees turn light into sugar? Play the photosynthesis game, acting out how plants create their own food with this full–body introduction to chemistry. Then, make a model of the layers of a forest using clay and natural material and, given time, collect different kinds of leaves in the forest, and sort them by shape and color with the aid of a dichotomous key.

- Details and Registration
- Topics

• Sensational Senses
• Trees are Terrific
• The Hidden World of Slugs
• Adaptable Animals
• Ethnobotany
• Forest Highs & Lows
• Create a Healthy Stream
• Watershed Programs
• Alien Invaders