While the apple and peach trees bloom, the orchard is literally buzzing with activity. This program focuses on the reproduction of flowering plants, the critical role of pollinators and plight of the native honey bee. After a review of the basic parts and functions of the flowering plants, students travel to the Graves Mountain Orchard via hay wagon. While in the orchard, they will view an observation hive, dress a few classmates as bees and play a pollination game. Each child will receive a honey straw or vegetable or flower seedling suitable for container gardening.
Students discover the wonders of nature right beneath their feet.
Student teams also explore rotting logs and the topsoil layer, while collecting and identifying a variety of insects and other decomposers. All programs are 45 minutes in length. Two classes maximum per session. An age appropriate version of the program above. Children will use several different senses as they explore the barnyard, garden and nature trail and hunt for a variety of shapes, colors and textures.