Insectigation Station
60 minutes
How does a caterpillar become a butterfly? Do all ants look alike? Here’s an opportunity for your students to become “field entomologists” as they learn to identify insect body parts, life stages, and basic needs. Each child will collect and observe an insect, and then discuss their findings with the rest of the class.
Meets GSE S2L1
Metamorphosis Magic
60 minutes
Did you know that butterflies and frogs begin their lives as eggs? Learning the stages of butterfly and frog metamorphosis is a perfect introduction to learning about life cycles. Students will enjoy a discovery based nature hike as they visit a pollinator garden and a tadpole pond. Most importantly the students will learn how these little creatures survive in Georgia.
Meets GSE S2L1
Tree Cycles
60 minutes
Students will explore the living and non-living things found throughout the various habitats of Dunwoody Park. By participating in a variety of activities such as a tree life cycle scavenger hunt and a plant survival game, students will experience how and why trees change during the seasons of the year.
Meets GSE S2L1, SS2G1
Native American Life
60 minutes
Students step back in time, becoming various Native American groups that lived in Georgia hundreds and thousands of years ago. They will learn several survival skills such as fire making, shelter building, hunting and gathering.
Meets GSE SS2H2
