Homeschool Day: Plant-Works, Water-Works

Suggested ages: Grades 2 - 4

Monday, December 16, 12:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. (965-12-16-19)

Become real-life plant propagators and learn how to grow new plants from cuttings of existing plants! This field trip also includes a classroom experiment that offers extended learning opportunities for weeks to come.

• Watch a puppet show to learn how plants breathe and use water, both inside and out
• Examine root hairs, stem pipelines, leaf veins, and stomata up close in the Prove-It Lab
• Tour the Greenhouse and learn how plants affect moisture levels in the atmosphere
• Propagate your own take-home plant!

Limit 30, Learning Center

	$8 member/$10 non-member
	includes program registration and supplies for one student & accompanying adult educator.  *NOTE that this program takes place on Free Third Monday, so there is no charge for Arboretum gate admission

Homeschool Day: Pollinator Partnerships

Suggested ages: Grades 3 - 5

Select a session
Monday, January 20 MORNING, 9:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. (965-01-20-20)
Monday, January 20 AFTERNOON, 1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. (965-01-20-20-01)

Flowers are designed to fit pollinator bodies in a unique partnership that benefits plants, pollinators, and people. Learn more about the critical relationships between pollinators and plants, and find out what role people play in helping these relationships remain productive and healthy.

• Taste-test honey, a gift from the hive!
• Use microscopes to discover honey bees’ special adaptations for working with plants
• Plant your own pollinator-friendly plant to take home!
• Explore the Pollinator Center interactive exhibits

Limit 20, Bee Center

	Monday, January 20 MORNING, 9:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. $8 member/$10 non-member
	includes program registration and supplies for one student & accompanying adult educator.  *NOTE that this program takes place on Free Third Monday, so there is no charge for Arboretum gate admission

	Monday, January 20 AFTERNOON, 1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. $8 member/$10 non-member
	includes program registration and supplies for one student & accompanying adult educator.  *NOTE that this program takes place on Free Third Monday, so there is no charge for Arboretum gate admission

Homeschool Day: Plants and Their Habitats

Suggested ages: Grades 3 - 6

Monday, February 17, 12:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. (965-02-17-20)

• Identify and examine plant adaptations in the Mixed Up Plant lab using scope-on-a-rope technology
• Explore the Greenhouse to seek-and-find countless real live plants from each habitat
• Students make their own take-home terrariums with rainforest plants!

Limit 30, Learning Center

	$8 member/$10 non-member
	includes program registration and supplies for one student & accompanying adult educator.  *NOTE that this program takes place on Free Third Monday, so there is no charge for Arboretum gate admission

Homeschool Day: Maple Syrup Time

Suggested ages: Grades 1 - 6

Select a session
Monday, March 16 MORNING, 11:15 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. (965-03-16-20)
Monday, March 16 AFTERNOON, 1:15 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. (965-03-16-20-01)

• Hike into the woods to tap a maple tree
• Visit the sugarhouse where sap is cooked to syrup, try a syrup taste test
• Learn about maple sugaring traditions of different cultures through time

Limit 30, Maple Sugar House at Frog Hollow

	Monday, March 16 MORNING, 11:15 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. $8 member/$10 non-member
	includes program registration and supplies for one student & accompanying adult educator.  *NOTE that this program takes place on Free Third Monday, so there is no charge for Arboretum gate admission

	Monday, March 16 AFTERNOON, 1:15 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.  $8 member/$10 non-member
	includes program registration and supplies for one student & accompanying adult educator.  *NOTE that this program takes place on Free Third Monday, so there is no charge for Arboretum gate admission

Homeschool Day: Sprout!

Suggested ages: Grades PreK - K

• Get your whole body moving with an action story about plant life cycles
• Use your senses in scavenger hunt for different plants in the Greenhouse
• Plant seeds to take home
• Receive a science experiment follow up activity

Limit 30, Learning Center

	Monday, March 16 MORNING, 11:15 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. 965-03-16-20-02) $8 member/$10 non-member
	includes program registration and supplies for one student & accompanying adult educator.  *NOTE that this program takes place on Free Third Monday, so there is no charge for Arboretum gate admission

	Monday, March 16 AFTERNOON, 1:15 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. (965-03-16-20-03) $8 member/$10 non-member
	includes program registration and supplies for one student & accompanying adult educator.  *NOTE that this program takes place on Free Third Monday, so there is no charge for Arboretum gate admission

Homeschool Day: Green Grocery: "Did You Eat a Plant Today?" 
Suggested ages: Grades 1 - 2

• Go inside the giant leaf exhibit to find out how a photosynthesis food factory works
• Meet a real live chocolate tree and 21 other favorite food plants on a special Greenhouse Grocery Shopping trip
• Make and taste garlic toast in the Harvest Kitchen 
• Plant a garlic bulb and take it with you to make garlic toast again and again

	$8 member/$10 non-member
	includes program registration and supplies for one student & accompanying adult educator.  *NOTE that this program takes place on Free Third Monday, so there is no charge for Arboretum gate admission

Homeschool Day: Ready, Set, Grow! 
Suggested ages: Grades K - 1

• Watch a Talking Tree puppet show to learn how to plant habitats for birds, butterflies and other wildlife
• Take a silent bird walk to look for habitat clues in the Learning Center's backyard
• Observe aphids up close using scope-on-a-rope technology
• Release ladybugs in the greenhouse
• Plant some seeds and take them home! The seeds will grow into plants that will feed Black Swallowtail butterflies and caterpillars

Limit 30, Learning Center

	$8 member/$10 non-member
	includes program registration and supplies for one student & accompanying adult educator.  *NOTE that this program takes place on Free Third Monday, so there is no charge for Arboretum gate admission