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Adventure Team
Amazing Adaptations
At Home in Your Habitat
Common Sense
Communities at Work
Cycling and Recycling
Findings of Fall
Geology and Landforms
Get the Connections – Humans and the Environment NEW
Insects in Winter – Where have
they gone? NEW

Lenape Lore
Lenape Sense
Nature at Night
Seeds Please UPDATED
Signs of Spring
Signs of Animals in Winter
Stream Sense
Terrific Trees
Winter Exploration
and Experimentation NEW
Wonderful Wetlands UPDATED

Adventure Team
Grades 4-5; 2 hours;
5.75/participant

Can you untangle a human knot? Can two groups create an identical piece of art while playing whisper down the lane? Students will participate in a variety of simulated problem solving experiences that require group cooperation and physical activity. Activities are designed to break down barriers, build teamwork and identify leadership potential among students. This program is recommended at the beginning of the school year or prior to group projects or problem-solving activities.

Amazing Adaptations
Standards: 4.6.4/4.7.4
Grades 3-5;
2 hours; $5.50/participant or
1.5 hours; $5.00/participant

Observe a variety of structural and behavioral adaptations of plants and animals at the Myrick Center. Students will learn about the color of worms and the beaks of birds through games, then go on a hike to see examples of how plants and animals adapt to survive.

At Home in Your Habitat
Standards: 4.3.4/4.4.4/4.6.4/4.7.4
Grades K-3;
1.25 hours; $4.25/ participant

Search for signs of wildlife while learning the four basic components of a habitat. Students discover a variety of animal homes while understanding how specific habitats provide food, water, shelter and space.

Common Sense
Standards: 4.7.4
Grades K-4; 1 hour; $3.50/ participant.

Test your sense of touch, smell, sight and hearing in the outdoors during an exploratory walk. Students will learn to use their "tools" to become more aware of the world of nature.

Communities at Work
Standards: 4.1.4/4.2.4/
4.3.4/4.6.4/4.7.4
Grades 4-5; 2 hours; $5.75/participant

Explore the inhabitants of a pond, stream, or field/forest community while discovering how they interact and adapt. For each community, students collect organisms and examine their interdependency through the transfer of energy. Small groups may request which community they would like to explore. Due to physical limitations, large groups will need to be divided so that each student explores only one of the three communities.

Cycling and Recycling
Standards:4.1.4/4.2.4/
4.3.4/4.6.4/4.8.4
Grades 3-5; 1.5 hours; $5.00/participant

Explore nature’s air, water and soil cycles to see how the building materials of life are used over and over again in a balanced ecosystem. Students will follow nature’s example and minimize their impact on the environment. Maximum: 60 students

Findings of Fall
Standards: 4.64/4.74
Grades K-2; 1.25 hours;
$4.00/participant
Available September 8 to November 21

Discover how plants and animals change in the fall to prepare for the upcoming winter. Observe the beautiful variety of autumn colors; learn how animals plan ahead and check out the adaptations of special seeds.

Geology and Landforms
Standards: 4.2.4/4.8.4
Grades 3-5; 1.5 hours; $4.75/participant

Explore a rock outcropping that was quarried in the 1800’s and go through the tests geologists use to identify rocks. Discover connections between the rock and soil cycles using a scavenger hunt. Observe how man and nature impact the cycles. Discover how weather, water, and plants affect landforms. Maximum: 30 students.

NEW PROGRAM
Get the Connections –
Humans and the Environment
Standards: 3.5.4/3.6.4/
4.2.4/4.3.4/4.9.4
Grades 3-5; 2 hours; 5.75/participant

What do humans need from the environment to survive? Do humans around the world use the environment in the same way? Play games about population change and the consumption and use of natural resources.

NEW PROGRAM
Insects in Winter –
Where have they gone?
Standards: 4.6.4/4.7.4
Grades 2-4; 1.25 hours; 4.25/participant

Insects use a variety of strategies to survive the winter. Some insects migrate, others form clusters to stay warm, and others even produce anti-freeze to keep their bodies from freezing during the cold winter months. Learn about insect galls and explore the Myrick Center in search of insects.

Inspect an Insect
Standards: 4.6.4/4.7.4/4.8.4
Grades 3-5; 1.5 hours; $5.00/participant
Available April 22 to
October 11

Collect fascinating insects in a sweep net. Learn the characteristic of insects and observe the similarities and differences between the various insects and other invertebrates collected at the Myrick Center. Compare and contrast the adaptations of insects that live on the land with those that live in water.

Lenape Lore
Standards: 4.2.4/4.6.4/
4.7.4/4.8.4
Grades 3-5; 2.5 hours; 6.50/participant

Explore the ways of ‘pre-contact’ Lenape, our local Native Americans. Experience and learn about home life, hunting, foraging , fishing and games while doing hands-on activities in our Lenape Village. Find out about giving back to the earth and taking only what you can use. Maximum 50 students. Minimum 25 students.

Lenape Sense
Standards: 4.7.4
Grades 2-3; 1.5 hours; $4.75/participant

This lesson is designed as an introduction to the 4th grade Lenape Lore Program. Students travel back in time and imagine the life of the Lenape. Students use their five senses to sharpen their observational skills and gain a better understanding of how animals and people use their senses to survive. Various games and hands-on activities are used to connect students with the ways of the Lenape. The lesson emphasizes how indigenous peoples lived in harmony with nature and why this is important for us today. Maximum 60 students.

Nature at Night
Standards: 4.7.4
Grades 3-5; 2 hours; $5.50/participant

Come explore the mysteries of nature at night. See how your eyes, ears and nose adjust to the darkness and talk about the adaptations of nocturnal animals. Play a game to see how bats find their prey and learn more about owls. All programs are by special arrangement and begin at dusk. Maximum: 50 students

PROGRAM UPDATED
Seeds Please
Standards: 4.2.4/4.7.4
Grades 3-5; 2 hours; $5.50/participant
Available September 8 to November 20

Explore the life cycle of a seed by dissecting a flower, playing a game about pollination and collecting seeds. Examine your seeds to figure out how they are dispersed. Learn about the importance of seeds as food for wildlife and people.

Signs of Spring
Standards: 4.64/4.74
Grades K-2; 1.25 hours; $4.00/participant
Available March 25
to June 21

Watch the spring unfold as buds and wildflowers pop up, hibernators emerge from their winter shelters and activity picks up again as the days grow longer and warmer. Students will learn how and why plants and animals change with the season.

Signs of Animals in Winter
Standards: 4.6.4/4.7.4
Grades K-5; 1 hour; $3.75/participant

Look for signs animals leave behind in winter clues about how they adapt to the conditions of this harsh, cold season. Search for tracks, birds and animal homes while learning about habitat, migration, and winter survival strategies such as hibernation and migration.

Stream Sense
Standards: 4.1.4/4.6.4/4.7.4
Grades K-3; 1.5 hours; $4.25/participant

Practice using your senses as you explore a stream and its surroundings. Students will discover what lives in and near a stream and how the plants and animals that live near a stream are different from those that live in a field. Maximum: 30 students.

Terrific Trees
Standards: 4.2.4/4.6.4
Grades 4-5; 1.5 hours; $4.75/participant

Explore the terrific and complex world of trees by examining their seeds, adopting trees and building a human tree. Students will learn to identify trees by their leaves using a tree identification guide. Program provides ideas for adopting trees back at school.

NEW PROGRAM
Winter Exploration and Experimentation
Standards: 4.6.4/4.7.4
Grades 4-8; 1.5 hours at $5.00/participant or 2 hours at $5.50/participant

How do animals protect themselves from winter temperatures? Some animals build nests, burrows or other structures to stay warm. We will conduct an experiment using different materials to insulate a cup of water, record how the temperature drops over time, and determine which material was the best insulator. Search for birds, tracks and other signs of animals while learning about habitat, adaptations and winter survival mechanisms.

UPDATED
Wonderful Wetlands
Standards: 4.1.4
Grades 3-5; 2 hours; 5.50/participant

Take a wetland walk along a stream corridor and participate in hands on activities to see how wetlands soak up water, act as filters and help to slow runoff. Search for animals and their signs and discover the unusual adaptations of wetland plants. Discover the biological diversity of the wetland environment and why protection of wetlands is important. Maximum: 40 students

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