Tour highlights include the plants that give us Vanilla, Bananas, Coconut and Chocolate. Dried fruits and chocolate are offered to students to sample. Tropical flower fragrances highlighted include Ylang Ylang, Jasmine and Plumeria. Through the sensory tour, students experience the value of plants in our everyday lives. Students learn about soil properties, soil type and take a core sample.
Water is essential to all living things.
But though it's everywhere, water is a limited resource. Students create their own seed adaptations and dispersal methods after studying examples found in nature. Learn about the relationships between backyard plants and birds. Through a series of Discovery Stations, students explore different beak styles adapted to secure different foods through tools we can relate to as humans. In the summary exercise, students begin to identify different types of birds native to the region and migrating through our Quad Cities area.