Explorer Program (K to 5)

Explorer 2008-2009 annual report

Immerse your students in active learning explorations as they are guided by docents and staff throughout our 83-acre living museum. Students are involved in a variety of hands-on activities, take a narrated tram tour of the garden, participate in a propogation lesson in the outdoor classroom and make a botanical souvenir to take home.

This program offers Sunshine State Standards-based, guided, grade specific tours for grades K-5 students. Teachers receive key curriculum materials designed to introduce science-based concepts and allow for student-learning evaluation. The field studies coupled with pre and post-visit material is designed to enhance your students FCAT performance and environmental understanding.

Explorer includes:

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To view and print the Field Studies Brochure, please click here(Brochure) or on the image above
  • Guided walking tours
  • Planting lesson
  • Tram tour
  • Pre- and post-visit materials

Program Cost and Dates

  • $6 per participating student
  • One adult admission is free for every ten students
  • Maximum of 60 students per day
  • Maximum of 10 adults per school group
  • Tours are scheduled on specific days for each grade level
  • Accessible to students with special needs. Please call ahead for consideration.

Registration


Programs
 
Living with Plants- Grades K - 2, Mondays and Fridays
Plants are amazing! Discover plants from root to tip in a plant part scavenger hunt. Students observe various plants that humans have used for many years and for many purposes as they explore arid gardens and rainforests.
Sunshine State Standards: Grades K - 2, Living with Plants
Pre/Post Visit Activities and Lesson Plans, Grades K-1
Pre/Post-Visit Activities and Lesson Plans, Grades 1-2

Life in a Rainforest- Grade 3, Wednesdays
Discover the plants that gave us chewing gum, vanilla and chocolate in Florida's largest rainforest exhibit. Students examine authentic rainforest tools and toys and compare their lifestyle with that of the Chachi people of the Ecuadorian rainforest.
Sunshine State Standards: Grade 3, Life in a Rainforest
Pre/Post Visit Activities and Lesson Plans


Where We Live- Grade 4, Tuesdays
South Florida is home to a variety of astounding ecosystems. Investigate mangrove and pine rockland ecosystems by identifying native plants, searching for native wildlife and digging in the soil. Students also become part of a food web to understand the flow of energy through a mangrove ecosystem.
Sunshine State Standards: Grade 4, Where We Live
Pre/Post Visit Activities and Lesson Plans  

Tropical Explorations- Grade 5, Thursdays
Take a closer look at photosynthesis and plant reproduction. Use hand lenses to examine the reproductive parts of plants - from spores and seeds to flowers and cones. Students will also see the tiniest and largest seeds in the world.
Sunshine State Standards: Grade 5, Tropical Explorations
Pre/Post Visit Activities and Lesson Plans


Questions? education@fairchildgarden.org
last updated 12/2008