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Education
All of the programs below are available at the Myrick
Conservation Center.
Elementary School |
Middle School | High
School
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PROGRAMS
ELEMENTARY
SCHOOL PROGRAMS
Adventure
Team
Grades 4-5; 2 hours; $6.25/participant
Can you untangle a human knot? Can two groups create an
identical piece of art while whispering down the lane? Students
will participate in a variety of problem solving experiences
that require group cooperation and physical activity. Activities
are designed to break down barriers, foster 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.
All About
Owls
Standards: 3.3.4/3.3.7/4.7.4/4.7.7
Grades 3-6; 1.5 hours; $6.00/participant OR 2 hours;
$8.50/participant with owl pellet dissection (one pellet per
student pair included)
What makes an owl a great nocturnal predator? Can an owl really
turn its head all the way around its body? Learn about the
fascinating lives of owls through an exploration of their
amazing adaptations. Get a close look at taxidermy mounts of at
least two different species of owls that live in Southeastern
Pennsylvania.
Amazing
Adaptations
Standards: 3.3.4/3.3.7/4.6.4/4.7.4
Grades 3-5; 2 hrs; $6.25
Observe a variety of structural and behavioral adaptations of
plants and animals at the Myrick Center or other location of
your choice. Students will play games and go on a hike to see
examples of how plants and animals have adapted in order 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; $5.25/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.
Backyard
Farming
Standards: 3.6.4/4.4.4/4.5.4/4.6.4/4.8.4
Grades 2-5; 2 hours; $6.25/participant
Available Sept.4 -Oct.12, 2012 and April 15-Oct 11, 2013
Learn about the life cycle of plants and insects while exploring
the Myrick Center's organic vegetable garden and greenhouse.
Students will test the soil, search for insects and help plant
and harvest vegetables as the season permits. Produce is donated
to local food cupboards. See "Growing, Growing, Gone" for a
Double program option.
Common Sense
Standards: 4.7.4
Grades K-4; 1.5 hours; $5.25/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 around them.
Ecosystem
Explorations
Standards:
3.1.4/3.1.7/3.3.4/3.3.7/4.1.4/4.2.4/4.3.4/4.6.4/4.7.4
Grades 4-5; 2 hours; $6.25/participant
Explore a pond, stream or field/forest ecosystem while
discovering how its inhabitants interact and adapt. During each
ecosystem study, students collect organisms and examine their
interdependency through the transfer of energy. Small groups may
request which ecosystem they would like to explore. Due to
property limitations, large groups will need to be divided so
that each student explores only one ecosystem.
Findings of
Fall
Standards: 4.6.4/4.7.4
Grades K-2; 1.25 hours; $5.00/participant Available Sept. 4 -
Nov. 16, 2012
Discover how plants and animals change in the fall to prepare
for the upcoming winter. Observe the beautiful variety of autumn
colors; learn how different animals plan ahead, migrate, and
hibernate and investigate the adaptations of special seeds.
Geology and
Landforms
Standards: 3.5.4/3.5.7/4.2.4/4.8.4
Grades 3-5; 1.5 hours; $6.00/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 humans and nature impact these cycles.
Discover how weather, water and plants affect landforms.
Inspect an
Insect
Standards:
4.6.4/4.7.4/4.8.4
Grades 1-5; 1.5 hours;
$5.50/participant
Available
Sept 4- Oct.12, 2012 and April 15 – Oct. 11, 2013
Collect fascinating insects in a sweep net. Learn the
characteristics 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-
Full
Day
Standards: 4.2.4/4.6.4/4.7.4/4.8.4
Grades
3-5; 3 hours;
$10.00/participant
Step back in time and explore the lives of ‘pre-contact’ Lenape,
our local Native Americans. Students will participate in
hands-on activities in our Lenape Village and beyond as they
learn about home-life, hunting, foraging, medicinal plants,
fishing and games. This program is broken into two, 1.5 hour
learning sessions with a 30-45 minute lunch break in-between.
Maximum 100 students. Minimum 25 students
Lenape
Lore-Half
Day
Standards: 4.2.4/4.6.4/4.7.4/4.8.4
Grades
3-5; 1.5 hours;
$6.00/participant
Want
to learn about Native American life and still have time for
another program? Then step back in time and explore the lives of
‘pre-contact’ Lenape, our local Native Americans with our
half-day program. Students will participate in hand’s-on
activities in our Lenape Village as they learn about home-life,
hunting and games.
Maximum 100 students. Minimum 25 students
Lenape Sense
Standards: 4.7.4
Grades 1-2; 1.5 hours; $5.25/participant
Travel back in time to learn about the life of the Lenape
people. Through various games and hands-on activities, students
will gain an insight into how animals and people use their
senses to survive. Students will experience the importance of
living in harmony with nature like the indigenous peoples lived.
This lesson is designed as an introduction to the Lenape Lore
programs and does not include a visit to the Lenape Village.
Pebbles,
Sand and Silt
Standards: 4.6.4
Grades 1-3; 1.25 hours; $5.50/participant
Based on the FOSS® kit of the same name, this program brings the
inquiry based approach outside. Students will observe rocks and
other earth materials interacting with water in a stream, learn
about some of our local rocks and sort a river rock mixture by
particle size. Students will also learn what soil is comprised
of by dissecting it using soil sorter charts. Use this program
as an introduction to the kit or as a general overview of earth
materials!
Pond Sense
Standards: 4.1.4/4.7.4/4.8.4
Grades K-3; 1.5 hour; $5.25/participant
Complete a sensory journey around the pond. Discover how a frog
is adapted to survive in a pond and learn the different stages
of its life. Collect and look at other animals and plants that
live in ponds. Compare animals and plants that live in the pond
to those that live around the pond.
Signs of
Spring
Standards: 4.6.4/4.7.4
Grades K-2; 1.25 hours; $5.00/participant
Available Mar.25-June 14, 2013
Watch 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.
Stream Sense
Standards: 4.1.4/4.6.4/4.7.4
Grades K-3; 1.5 hours; $5.50/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.
What's
Bugging You?
Integrated Pest Management (IPM)
Standards: 4.3.4/4.4.4/4.5.4/4.6.4
Grades 3-5; 2 hours; $6.25/participant
Available
Sept. 4 – Oct. 12, 2012 and April 15 – Oct. 11,
2013
Explore the Myrick Center's organic garden to see different
ways of monitoring pest populations and various IPM tactics to
deal with these pests. Students will work in teams to collect
and identify garden insects to determine which ones are harmful
to plants and which ones are beneficial in the garden. Students
will play a game to learn how pesticides and other chemicals
bioaccumulate in the food chain.
Wonderful
Wetlands
Standards: 4.1.4
Grades 3-5; 2 hours; $6.00/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 the protection of wetlands is important.
MIDDLE SCHOOL PROGRAMS
Amazing
Adaptations
Standards: 4.6.7/4.7.7
Grades 5-6; 2 hours; $6.25/participant
Observe a variety of structural and behavioral adaptations of
plants and animals at the Myrick Center or other natural area.
Students will learn about the color of worms, play games to
learn about adaptations and go on a hike to see examples of how
plants and animals adapt to survive.
Backyard
Farming
Standards: 4.4.7/4.5.7/4.6.7/4.8.7
Grades 6-8; 2 hours; $6.25/participant
Available Sept 4-Oct
12, 2012 and April 15-Oct.11, 2013
Learn about the life cycle of plants and insects while exploring
the Myrick Center's organic vegetable garden and greenhouse.
Students will explore the soil, search for insects and help
plant and harvest vegetables as the season permits. Produce is
donated to local food cupboards. Call for details about a double
(two visit) program option.
Brandywine
Watershed Tour
Standards: 4.8.7
Grades 6-8; 2-4 hours; by special arrangement
Most residents of the Brandywine Watershed know very little
about where their water comes from, what happens after they have
used it, and where their garbage goes. Students will tour your
choice of a water treatment plant, a sewage treatment plant or a
landfill to understand traditional resource management. They
will also view farms with conservation practices, a spray
irrigation site and/or a recycling center. The tour is designed
specifically for your students. This is a great program for
students in environmental problems, conservation or community
planning courses. Maximum of 45 students.
Canoeing
Water Quality Program
Standards: 4.1.7/4.3.7/4.6.7/4.7.7/4.8.7
Grades 7-8; 4 hours; $30.00/participant (transportation
included)
Available
Sept 4-Oct. 12, 2012 and April 15-Oct 11, 2013
Search for aquatic organisms in a stream and learn how to use
them as indicators of stream health and change. Students stop at
water quality testing sites along the Brandywine Creek. Canoeing
experience is not necessary. Basic instruction will be provided.
An east branch or west branch trip is available; please indicate
which trip at the time of registration. Organizing adult canoes
for free. Additional adults cost $15 each.
Evil?
Weevils?
Integrated Pest Management (IPM) in your backyard
Standards: 4.3.7/4.5.7/4.6.7
Grades 5-8; 2 hours; $6.00/participant
Discuss when plants and animals are pests while considering the
different ways they can be controlled. Explore the Myrick
Conservation Center property in search of IPM techniques used to
control pests. Play a game that demonstrates how quickly
noninvasive plants spread. You will even visit the organic
vegetable garden to see some nonchemical methods used to control
garden pests and learn about an innovative biological control
which is being monitored at the Center.
Human Impact
on the Environment
Standards:
4.2.7/4.3.7/4.8.7/4.9.7
Grades 6-8; 2 hours; $6.50/participant
Learn about natural resources and play games about population
change and carrying capacity. Use aerial photographs to see how
the local area has changed over time. Compare American use of
natural resources and waste generation with other parts of the
world.
Pond Study
Standards:
3.3.7/4.1.7/4.3.7/4.6.7/4.7.7
Grades 9-12; 3 hours; $10.25/participant
Analyzing the physical, biological and chemical parameters of a
pond, students will determine the health of the system. They
will then hypothesize how to fix the problem(s). This program
can be done at the Myrick Center or a pond closer to your
school.
Stream Study
Standards: 3.3.7/4.1.7/4.3.7/4.6.7/4.7.7
Grades 6-8; 2 hours; $6.25/participant
Explore a stream while collecting, identifying and categorizing
vertebrates and invertebrates found in this community. Evaluate
the physical and chemical parameters of the stream and learn how
scientists determine water quality.
Team
Challenge
Grades 6-8; 2 hours; $6.25/participant
How do you get back to your base camp if you must first cross an
alligator- infested swamp? Can you get a bucket of nitroglycerin
away from the approaching prairie fire if the only way out is
across a canyon? Students will participate in a variety of
problem-solving experiences requiring group cooperation and
physical activity. Activities are designed to break down
barriers, foster 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.
Working
Watershed
Standards: 3.5.4/4.1.7/4.3.7
Grades 6-8; 2 hours; $6.25/participant
Learn about the water cycle, why water is so precious and why it
must be protected. Students will see how a watershed is defined
by topography and how watersheds are affected by human
development. Students will pollute a water sample and build a
filter to attempt to clean it up.
HIGH SCHOOL PROGRAMS
Brandywine
Watershed Tour
Standards: 4.8.10
Grades 9-12; 2-4 hours; by special arrangement
Most residents of the Brandywine Watershed know very little
about where their water comes from, what happens after they have
used it, and where their garbage goes. Students will tour your
choice of a water treatment plant, a sewage treatment plant or a
landfill to understand traditional resource management. They
will also view farms with conservation practices, a spray
irrigation site and/or a recycling center. The tour is designed
specifically for your students. This is a great program for
students in environmental problems, conservation or community
planning courses. Maximum of 45 students.
Canoeing
Water Quality Program
Standards: 4.1.10/4.3.10/4.6.10/4.7.10/4.8.10
Grades 9-12; 4 hours; $30.00/participant (transportation
included)
Available
Sept 4-Oct. 12, 2012 and April 15-Oct 11, 2013
Search for aquatic organisms in a stream and learn how to use
them as indicators of stream health and change. Students stop at
water quality testing sites along the Brandywine Creek. Canoeing
experience is not necessary. Basic instruction will be provided.
An east branch or west branch trip is available; please indicate
which trip at the time of registration. Organizing adult canoes
for free. Additional adults cost $15 each
Pond Study
Standards: 3.5.10/4.1.10/4.1.12/4.3.10/4.7.10/4.7.12
Grades 9-12; 3 hours; $10.25/participant
Analyzing the physical, biological and chemical parameters of a
pond, students will determine the health of the system. They
will then hypothesize how to fix the problem(s). This program
can be done at the Myrick Center or at a pond closer to your
school.
Stream Study
Standards: 3.5.10/4.1.10/4.1.12/4.3.10/4.7.10/4.7.12
Grades 9-12; 3 hours; $10.25/participant
Students will analyze the physical, biological and chemical
parameters of a stream to determine its health. Students will
then strategize how to turn a red stream blue. This program can
be done at BVA's Saalbach Farm or at a stream closer to your
school.
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