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Autumn Nature Adventure: (October)
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Combine classic autumn fun with hands-on learning:
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Participate in a traditional hayride through the sights, sounds and scents of autumn
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Observe how native plants and wildlife are adapting to seasonal changes on a guided hike
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Enjoy a seasonal story or a Smithsonian Backyard story (your choice)
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Finish with the always fun selection of the perfect "take home" pumpkin
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Remember to plan for pumpkin transport!
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Cost: $9/person, $100.00 minimum/class.
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Limit: 3 classes or 75 students per visit.
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Due to the up-front expenses, this program must be paid in full in advance; no refunds
Tennessee Standards (Science GLE 0307): Inq.1, 2.1, 2.2, 3.1, 4.1, 5.1 (English GLE 0301): 8.4 (Social Studies 3): 3.02c |
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Butterflies, Butterflies! (August, September; April, May)
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Butterflies are a beautiful and non-threatening introduction to insects and life cycles:
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Search for and compare caterpillars and their parents
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Study the butterfly life cycle
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Identify common local butterflies
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Use a simple check list to document your finds
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Find out how different kinds of butterflies deal with winter
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Learn how to collect, raise and release your own local caterpillars
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Collect information about host plants and nectar plants.
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The program may include a short slide show
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Cost: $5/person, $50 minimum/class.
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Limit three classes per visit
Tennessee Standards (Science GLE 0301): Inq.1, Inq.2, Inq.4, 1.1, 2.1, 2.2, 3.1, 4.1, 5.1, 5.2 (Social Studies 3): 3.03c, 5.02c |
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Forest Habitat: (August through May)
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Explore forest habitats in different stages of succession:
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Learn to identify common Middle Tennessee trees, using bark, leaves, twigs, shape, location
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Understand the relationship between plants and animals in an ecosystem
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Visit the old trees
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Discuss the effects of fire in the forest, both positive and negative
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Make a simple leaf press during autumn visits
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Includes a simple field guide
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Cost: $5/person, $50.00 minimum/class
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Limit three classes per visit
Tennessee Standards (Science GLE 0301): Inq. 1, Inq, 2, 1.1, 2.1, 2.2, 3.1, 4.1, 5.1, 5.2 (Social Studies 3): 1.01, 1.02b,3.02c, 5.02, 5.02c
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Interpretive Habitat Hike: (August through May)
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Designed to encourage observation, stimulate curiosity and increase sensory awareness in the natural world:
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Focus on evidence of the season
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Autumn hikes abound with fruit, seeds, spiders and insects
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Winter provides burrows, fossils and tracks
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Spring offers nesting birds, mating amphibians, and paths of wildflowers
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Visit varied habitats, including old orchard, pond and forest
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Consider the adaptations needed to survive in each habitat.
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Look for signs of herbivores, carnivores, omnivores, decomposers
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Listen for bird and amphibian sounds
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Cost: $5/person, $50.00 minimum/class
Tennessee Standards (Science GLE 0307): Inq.1, Inq.2, 2.1, 2.2, 3.1, 4.1, 5.1, 5.2 (Social Studies 3): 3.02c |
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Meet an Owl: (August through May)
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Middle Tennessee is the year-round home to four species of owl; meet a live non-releasable representative of each species:
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Learn about their different habits
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Discover the place of each in the ecosystem.
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Take a guided hike through owl territory
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See how rehabilitated birds of prey are prepared for release back to the wild
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Cost: $5/person, $50.00 minimum/class.
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Limit two classes per visit.
Tennessee Standards (Science GLE 0307): Inq.1, Inq.2, 2.1, 2.2, 3.1, 4.1, 5.1, 5.2 (Social Studies 3) 3.02c |
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Native American Program: (November)
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This program provides an archaeological window on past inhabitants of Middle Tennessee and the Americas
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Experiment with picture language to design a "power shield"
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Follow natural trail signs to activities and a Native American story
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Compare the needs and resources of early residents of Tennessee and today's inhabitants
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Attend an interpreter's presentation of the Owl's Hill collection of Native American artifacts
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Store seeds to take home and plant as Native Americans did
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Cost: $5/person, $50 minimum/class
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Limit three classes per visit
Tennessee Standards (Science GLE 0307): Inq.1, Inq. 2, T/E.1, T/E.2, T/E.4, 2.1 (English GLE 0301): 8.4 (Social Studies 3) 1.01, 1.02b, 5.02, 5.02c (Visual Art): 4.1, 5.1 |
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Pond Ecology: (August, September, after April 15)
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Participate in a feet-wet, hands-on study of an aquatic habitat:
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Wade into the pond to collect specimens for identification
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Observe the life cycles of amphibians and aquatic insects
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Study basic insect classification
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Build and test a simple watershed
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Perform basic water chemistry tests
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Wear old clothes and shoes; bring a change of clothes and shoes to wear home
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Cost: $5/student, $50.00 minimum.
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Limit one class per visit.
Tennessee Standards (Science GLE 0307): Inq.1, Inq.2, Inq.4, T/E.1, 1.1, 2.1, 2.2, 3.1, 4.1, 5.1, 5.2 (English GLE 0301): 6.1, 6.2 (Social Studies 3) 5.02 |
Tennessee State Curriculum Standards for Third Grade
In addition to the Tennessee Standards listed with each program, all Owl's Hill Third Grade programs address the following standards:
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English GLE 0301: 2.1, 5.1, 5.2, 6.1
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Physical Education: 3.1, 5.1, 5.2, 5.5
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