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Tree Math - Shape, Size, and Weight
Explore trunk circumference, crown spread, leaf dimensions, tree height, and seed weight using measuring tools. Charts, graphs, and math will be used to compare each group’s measurements with the rest of the class and with other trees around the world.
Site: At your school or a nearby park of your choice
Length: 75 minutes
Fee: $ 155 or $135 if pa.id by credit card at time of booking.
Size: up to 35 students; add $10.00 per additional student: max 38.
Standards:
Third - Science: 3a, 3b, 5c. Math: Number Sense 1.2, 1.4, 2.1, 2.4, 2.5; Algebra 1.4; Measurement 1.1
Fourth - Science: 3b, 3c, 6b, 6e. Math: Number Sense 3.3, 3.4; Measurement 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 3.2, 3.4; Data Analysis 1.3 
Out on a Limb - Leaf and Branch Structures
Examine, compare, and sort leaves from a variety of trees while discussing the function of their features. Study the buds, leaf scars, and old growth on branches from a variety of trees. Then, use a key to identify the leaves and branches.
Site: In your classroom
Length: 75 minutes
Fee: $ 150 or $130 if paid by credit card at time of booking.
Size: up to 35 students; add $10.00 per additional student: max 38.
Standards:
Third- Science: 3b, 5e. Math: Measurement: 1.1. English Language Arts: Writing 2.2
Fourth- Science: 3b, 3c, 6b. English Language Arts: Writing 2.1
The Sun and the Energy Cycle
The sun is a star that produces rays providing heat and light that is essential for life on Earth. Take a ride on the energy cycle and discover how the sun supports photosynthesis in plants and explore how the sun's energy drives the water cycle.
Length: 75 minutes
Fee: $ 145 or $131 if paid by credit card at time of booking.
Size: up to 30 students; add $5.00 per additional student: max 38.
Standards:
Third Grade - Physical Science: 1a, 1b, 1c, 1d, 1e, 1f Investigation & Experimentation 5b Math: Statistics, Data Analysis & Probability: 1.1 Mathematical Reasoning: 1.1, 1.2 English-Language Arts: 1.5, 2.2 Listening & Speaking 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.7, 1.11
The Art of Adaptation
Investigate the ways that animals "adapt" - develop certain traits and behaviors over time- to suit their environment. Group animals using common characteristics; compare and contrast the various types of adaptations and discuss how adaptations help animals to survive. Examine the differences between carnivores, herbivores, and omnivores. Investigate the specialized body parts that assist the animals when they eat and experience animal adaptations through a variety of hands-on activities.
Length: 75 minutes
Fee: $ 145 or $131 if paid by credit card at time of booking.
Size: up to 30 students; add $5.00 per additional student: max 38.
Standards:
Third Grade - Life Science: 3a, 3b, 3c, 3d, 3e Investigation & Experimentation 5b Math: Statistics, Data Analysis & Probability: 1.1 Mathematical Reasoning: 1.1, 1.2 English-Language Arts: 1.5, 2.2 Listening & Speaking 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.7, 1.11
Reaching for the Stars
Investigate the night sky. Explore the stars, moon and planets. Discover our calendar, seasons, day and night.
Length: 75 minutes
Fee: $ 145 or $131 if paid by credit card at time of booking.
Size: up to 30 students; add $5.00 per additional student: max 38.
Standards:
Third Grade - Earth Science: 4a, 4b, 4c, 4d, 4e Investigation & Experimentation 5b Statistics, Data Analysis & Probability: 1.1 Mathematical Reasoning: 1.1, 1.2 English-Language Arts: 1.5, 2.2 Listening & Speaking 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.7, 1.11
What's Eating You: Food Chain Pyramid
Discover the basics of food chains and food webs through various hands-on activities. Explore producers, consumers, and decomposers, role play predator/prey situations, conduct research, analyze data and predict what living things would be found in the food chain and where they would be placed in that chain.
Length: 75 minutes
Fee: $ 145 or $131 if paid by credit card at time of booking.
Size: up to 30 students; add $5.00 per additional student: max 38.
Standards:
Fourth Grade - Life Science: 2a, 2b, 2c History & Social Science: 4.1.2, 4.1.3, 4.1.4 Mathematical Reasoning: 1.1 English & Language Arts: Listening & Speaking Strategies: Comprehension: 1.1, 1.2, 1.4, Organization and Delivery of Oral Communication 1.5, 1.6, 1.7, 1.8, 1.9
What rock is it?
Can you dig being a Geologist? Explore the differences between rocks and minerals. Investigate the formation of metamorphic, igneous, and sedimentary rocks. Discover how to identify different rocks and minerals and how various types of rocks and minerals are used.
Length: 75 minutes
Fee: $ 145 or $131 if paid by credit card at time of booking.
Size: up to 30 students; add $5.00 per additional student: max 38.
Standards:
Fourth Grade - Earth Science: 4a, 4b, 5a, 5b, 5c History & Social Science: 4.1.2, 4.1.3, 4.1.4 Mathematical Reasoning: 1.1 English & Language Arts: Listening & Speaking Strategies: Comprehension: 1.1, 1.2, 1.4, Organization and Delivery of Oral Communication 1.5, 1.6, 1.7, 1.8, 1.9
