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Want to get hands-on plant science into your home-school curriculum? Consider an Arboretum learning experience. For individuals or homeschool groups the Arboretum offers hands-on plant experiences that address state science standards in a unique and engaging educational setting.
Come for any one or all of our Homeschool days offered during the 2011-2012 schoolyear.
Cost: $10/student non-member, $8/student member. Tuition includes adult admission for home school educators. Siblings are welcome. All participating siblings should be registered. Limit 45. |
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(965-02-24-12)
Friday, February 24, 9:30-11:30. Meet at the Learning Center.
Suggested for grades 1-2
Discover the plants that become our groceries, growing in the Greenhouse. Investigate the source of chocolate bars, banana pudding, wheaties, pizza sauce, etc. Trace the energy flow in a food chain from sun to tummy. Make a delicious snack from plants and take home your own plant to use in making the same snack at home. |
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(956-03-23-12)
Friday, March 23, 1:15-2:30. Park in Visitor Center Lot. Meet at Frog Hollow.
Suggested for grades 1-6
Hike into the sugarbush to tap a maple tree and taste its sap. Visit the sugarhouse where sap is cooked to syrup. Learn about maple sugaring traditions of Native People. Greet spring and sample the sweet flavor of photosynthesis. |
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(956-05-17-12)
Thursday, May 17, 12:15-2:15. Meet at the Learning Center.
Suggested for grades 2-6
Follow the boardwalk from dry to squishy, to underwater habitats, in the restored sedge meadow wetland. Use pond scoops and binoculars to survey what plants and animals live here now. Help monitor Arboretum scientists' work to bring nature back in a former cornfield. |
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Home School groups of 12 or more students may pre-register for any of the Arboretum fieldtrips. Click here for fieldtrip guide.
Fee: $60 for up to 12 students. $5 for each additional student.
Full payment due in advance of the program.
Call to Register your group: 952-443-1422
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SUMMER CAMPS AND CHILDREN'S GARDEN
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To register, make note of class
name(s) and number(s), then click
the leaf to go to our OnLine store!
Questions? or to Register
Call 952-443-1422
or email: ArbEdu@umn.edu
See our fieldtrip guide:
LEARN! for Schools & Teachers
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