Grade Level: Pre-K
Program Time: 30-45 minutes each
Program Fee: $50 each at your site.
Maximum # /program: 25 children
VPK Standards: VI: B (a) 1; B (a) 2; B (a) 3; C.d.1; C.d.2

Through hands-on activities such as sorting items that produce, consume and decompose into categories, students will see the interdependency of plants and animals. Students will also have a chance to see a live animal up close. Students will exercise comprehension skills and critical thinking skills, as well as build vocabulary. Teachers will be given a pre-visit vocabulary list, post-visit activities, as well as an evaluation tool. Students will practice following the 2/3 step direction process, practice and learn vocabulary in the context of the story, and participate in group activities with classmates.

Grade Level: Pre-K
Program Time: 30-45 minutes each
Program Fee:$50 each at your site.
Maximum # /program: 25 children
VPK Standards: IV.C.1.b.a; VI.D.a.1; VI.B.a.1

Students will exercise comprehension skills and critical thinking skills, as well as build vocabulary. Visual vocabulary cards will be available to help guide students through the vocabulary words. Through a variety of hands on activities such as: exploring sea and beach items, as well as an up close encounter with a spider in its own traveling ecosystem, students will gain an understanding and appreciation for the many creatures in an ecosystem. Teachers will be given a pre-visit vocabulary list, post-visit activities, as well as an evaluation tool. Students will practice following the 2/3 step direction process, practice and learn vocabulary in the context of the story, and participate in group activities with classmates.

Grade Level: Pre-K
Program Time: 30-45 minutes each
Program Fee:$50 each at your site.
Maximum # /program: 25 children
VPK Standards: A.1; B.1; B.3; D.1; D.3; A.1; A.2; C.1; A.4; B.2; VI. A.b.2; A.b.3; C.d.2

Through hands-on activities like: observing a salamander in a terrarium and their own classroom, students will understand the distinctions between the two habitats. Teachers will be given a pre-visit vocabulary list, post-visit activities, as well as an evaluation tool. Students will practice following the 2/3 step direction process, practice and learn vocabulary in the context of the story, and participate in group activities with classmates.

Grade Level: Pre-K
Program Time: 30-45 minutes each
Program Fee:$50 each at your site.
Maximum # /program: 25 children
VPK Standards: LA.D.2.1; LA.E.2.1; SC.H.2.1; SC.F.1.1

Through hands-on activities like: examining the mouth of a mounted alligator head with a life-like baby alligator, students will understand how a mother alligator carries her young. Students will also have a chance to touch a live alligator’s skin and compare it to the pelt of another animal that lives in the same habitat. Teachers will be given a pre-visit vocabulary list, post-visit activities, as well as an evaluation tool. Students will practice following the 2/3 step direction process, practice and learn vocabulary in the context of the story and participate in group activities with classmates.

Grade Level: Pre-K
Program Time: 30-45 minutes each
Program Fee:$50 each at your site.
Maximum # /program: 25 children
VPK Standards: B.3; D.1; D.3; A.1; A.2; C.1

Through hands-on activities like: observing and comparing an owl wing with their arm, students will explore why human movements are different from some animals. Students will also have an animal encounter with a nocturnal animal to aid in their understanding of the species’ adaptations for the night. Teachers will be given a pre-visit vocabulary list, post-visit activities, as well as an evaluation tool. Students will practice following the 2/3 step direction process, practice and learn vocabulary in the context of the story, and participate in group activities with classmates.

Grade Level: Pre-K
Program Time: 30-45 minutes each
Program Fee:$50 each at your site.
Maximum # /program: 25 children
VPK Standards: A.2, C.1; VI; A.b.1, A.e.2; B.3

Through hands-on activities like: observing and predicting what types of food the rabbit will choose, children will exercise scientific thinking and mathematical thinking skills. Teachers will be given a pre-visit vocabulary list, post-visit activities, as well as an evaluation tool. Students will practice following the 2/3 step direction process, practice and learn vocabulary in the context of the story, and participate in group activities with classmates.

Grade Level: Pre-K
Program Time: 30-45 minutes each
Program Fee:$50 each at your site.
Maximum # /program: 25 children
VPK Standards: B.3; D.1; D.3; A.1; A.2; B.1, C.1; A.2

Through hands-on activities like: observing a frog eating mealworms, students will explore differences in how animals catch and eat food. Students will compare frog movements to human movements and recognize the differences among them. Teachers will be given a pre-visit vocabulary list, post-visit activities, as well as an evaluation tool. Students will practice following the 2/3 step direction process, practice and learn vocabulary in the context of the story, and participate in group activities with classmates.