Tours of the Park may be tailored to fit the specific needs of a group with focuses including transportation, invention, and settlement history. This workshop introduces building methods and materials found on most buildings and artifacts associated with Miami Valley's history. Students will organize observations and analyze building methods and designs from the 19th and 20th centuries to discover how architectural and natural resources of an area provided an historic record of a commmunity's development. One free teacher admission per class. Students will have the opportunity to read from the classic McGuffey Reader and work arithmetic on traditional slates.
Classes are limited to thirty students with a maximum of five chaperones.
One free teacher admission per class. This workshop offers an in-depth look at the Wright Brothers and the lessons in character, creativity, ingenuity, and perseverance which they continue to offer us today. Hands-on activities demonstrate some of the principles the Wrights had to consider while perfecting their early aircraft. The workshop lasts 60 minutes and is designed for students in grades 3-8. Classes are limited to 30 students.