12-14 y.o.
T'was the Night Before Christmas
Stages Theatre Company
Home School: Water Quality Monitoring
Become a hydrologist. Use tablets to test the pond for natural chemicals dissolved in the water. Scoop up water insects with nets and use magnifying glasses to identify them. Discover how pollutants can have harmful effects on both the aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems. Learn about the types of pollutants, their sources, pathways, impacts and strategies to control. Find out how to reduce the impacts on your local watershed. Meet and touch local turtles. Bring a bag lunch. Reservations required.
Grimm Farm Day for Homeschoolers
Step back in time and explore a restored 1870's farmhouse. In the morning imagine you are leaving your home forever and traveling over 5000 miles across the ocean and half a continent to start a new life in a foreign land. Learn about Wendelin Grimm's journey and discover the items many immigrants brought with them on the journey. In the afternoon get hands-on experience of work and play activities typical to life on a late 19th century Minnesota farm. Sign up for a.m., p.m. or both sessions. Reservations required.
Homeschool Earth Science
Examine the dynamic nature of the earth's surface through hands-on activities. Conduct research on key geological sites around the world, model earth formations such as slip-strike faults and sea floor spreading. Classify rocks and minerals and make crystals. Go on a fossil hunt Oct. 31 with your family and an expert paleontologist.
When: Four Thursdays, Oct 22, 29, Nov 5 and 12; 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
Ages: 10 to 13
Fee: $143, $133 mbr
Registration opens August 31, 2009
Homeschool Electricity and Magnetism
Examine atoms and matter and their relationship to electricity. Build circuits and electromagnets and construct electrical inventions of your own design.
When: Four Wednesdays, Oct 21, 28, Nov 4 and 11; 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
Ages: 10 to 13
Fee: $112, $100 mbr
Registration opens August 31, 2009
For more information or to register: http://www.smm.org/homeschool/
Homeschool Science Club: Ice and Snow
5-6 year olds will make frost, paint with ice and experiment with insulation and conduction. 7-9 year olds will make a comet, see a snowstorm in a box and make a frosty treat. 10-13 year olds will measure the resistance of ice and snow and use this data to create a range of crazy sound effects.
When: Friday, Dec 18; 1-4 p.m.
Fee: $28, $25 mbr
Registration opens August 31, 2009
For more information or to register: http://www.smm.org/homeschool/
Homeschool Science Club: Newton's Figments
5-6 year olds will learn about Sir Isaac Newton's laws by playing with objects at rest and in motion. 7-9 year olds will play with objects at rest and in motion. 10-13 year olds will design a marble run from top to bottom. Use digital technology to influence gravity and inertia.
When: Friday, Nov 20; 1-4 p.m.
Fee: $28, $25 mbr
Registration opens August 31, 2009
For more information or to register: http://www.smm.org/homeschool/
MN Harvest: Eating Healthy from and for the Earth
(meet at the Learning Center)
Apples for Minnesota
(meet at the Horticultural Research Center)
Suggested age: 6-12 years
Tour the orchard to see apple trees loaded with ripening fruit. Help make apple cider in an old-time cider press. Try an apple taste test, learn about apple blossom pollination, and taste apple cider. Take home an apple!
Dodge Nature Center Home School Program: Raptors
Course Description:
Meet one of nature's most amazing groups of animals -- raptors. Get up close with one of Dodge's year-round raptor residents and participate in hands-on activities to better understand the crucial role these birds play in the environment.
This program is designed specifically for home school groups. Pre-registration is required.
See http://www.dodgenaturecenter.org/Activities/Public-Programs/?activityId=169 to register, and for more information.
