Walt Schrader Nature Trail System
K–12th Grade

Walk the Nature Trail, Bratton Trail and Battlefield Trail at Historic Brattonsville. Located in a 600-acre natural area, this network of paths crosses land steeped in both local history and geographical diversity. Self-guided trails are clearly marked with directional signs.

Monday - Saturday: 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. Sunday: 1 – 5 p.m.
Free with any program

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The Rooster Crows!
Preschool–Kindergarten

Program Length: 45 minutes; Maximum of 20 students per time slot.
Chickens, horses and sheep, oh my! Come visit the animals that live on the farm. This is a great opportunity for young children to tour the barnyard and meet the animals that live and work on the farm. An interpreter will share a basket of touchable treasures.

9:30, 10:30 & 11:30 a.m.
$4 per student

Standards: Science K-2, Social Studies K-5.2, K-6.2

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Life on the Plantation
1st–12th Grades

Program Length: 90 minutes; Maximum of 100 students per time slot.
Cotton is King! This is the cash crop. How did the plantation operate to support this economy before the Civil War? Exploring an 1840s plantation,
students will gain insight and participate in activities to appreciate how people worked, lived and survived. Activities change seasonally and may include a plantation house tour, slave life, textiles, cooking, hands-on cotton processing and a farm animal tour.

9:30 & 11:30 a.m.
$6 per student

Standards: Social Studies 1-1.2, 2-1.2, 2-1.3, 2-1.4, 2-2.4, 3-2.7, 4-2.6, 4-6.3, 8-3.1, USHC-3.3, USHC-4.1

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Kindergarten Harvest Home
Kindergarten

Program Length: 1 hour; 9:30 and 10:45 a.m. & 12 noon. Maximum of 100 students per time slot. Kindergartners experience Thanksgiving season of the past. Children tour the barnyard and see traditional hearth-cooking. Teachers receive samples of natural fibers (cotton and wool) and a picture booklet summarizing the visit.

November 11, 12, 18 and 19, 2008
$5 per student

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Nature Trail

Explore the ecology of a Piedmont forest along the Museum of York County’s 3/4 mile Nature Trail. From lichens to lizards, pitcher plants to pine trees, take a close look at nature from the bottom up. Activity sheets available; pencils not provided. Self-guided.

Monday-Saturday: 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. Sunday: 1 p.m. - 5 p.m.

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Africa Unmasked
1st and 2nd Grade

African culture today is a mix of ancient traditions and contemporary lifestyles. Students will examine how communities in several African countries operate on a daily basis while making comparisons to their own daily lives. Hunting, toy-making, women’s wealth displays and the use of masks will be highlighted. Teachers are encouraged to check out the African Culture trunk prior to your visit to make this an all-encompassing cultural experience for your students.

Please call to schedule.
Tours led by guides are $3 per student. Self-guided tours are $2 per student.

Standards: Social Studies 1-1, 1-1.2, 1-1.4, 1-2, 1-2.2, 2-2, 2-2.2, 2-2.4, 2-2.5 Visual Arts V, VI

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Guided Highlights Tour
1st Grade–Adult

The Guided Highlights Tour has been designed to provide a quality educational experience for groups of all ages. Tours of the Museum exhibit areas are conducted by specially trained museum volunteers, who will welcome your group, coordinate your scheduled activities and interpret Museum collections. If you would like your tour to focus on a specific exhibit or subject, please request this at the time of your reservation and we will make every effort to accommodate you.

Please call to schedule.
Tours led by guides are $3 per student. Self-guided tours are $2 per student.

Standards: Science 1-2, 2-2, 3-2, 4-2, 5-2, 6-3, 7-4, 8-2, B-6

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Animal Adventure Tour
Preschool–2nd Grade

This 30-minute tour is specially designed to introduce our younger visitors to the Museum and its natural history collection. Children will journey on an animal adventure. They will hear make-believe stories about animals and learn some amazing animal facts as well.

Please call to schedule.
Tours led by guides are $3 per student. Self-guided tours are $2 per student.

Standards: Science K-2.2, K-2.4, 2-2, 2-2.1, 2-2.2, 2-2.3

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Follow the Drinking Gourd
2nd–4th Grade

During the era of slavery in the U.S., many slaves fled to freedom in Canada. A special coded song helped them find their way by using the stars in the sky for navigation. Based on the children’s book of the same name, this planetarium program contains a live demonstration of the Northern sky, showing the Big Dipper (The Drinking Gourd) and the North Star. An excellent accompaniment to multi-cultural studies.

Program length: 30–45 minutes and accommodates a minimum of 15, maximum of 60 participants.
Planetarium admission $1 per student with group general admission of $3. Planetarium only, $2 per person.

Standards: Social Studies 2-1.3, 3-2.3, 4-1.3

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The Secret of the Cardboard Rocket
K5–2nd Grade

In this exciting 30-minute planetarium show, two youngsters build a cardboard rocket and set off on an amazing voyage of exploration through the solar system. An informative and quick-paced program, perfect for introducing outer space to young ones!

Program length: 30–45 minutes and accommodates a minimum of 15, maximum of 60 participants.
Planetarium Admission: $1, with group general admission of $3. Planetarium only: $2 per person.

Standards: Science K-5.1, 1-3, 2-4.1

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The Friendly Stars
K4

Did you know the sun and stars could talk? Well, here in the planetarium they can! Sol, or sun, will take us on a tour of this family we call the solar system. The stars won’t be left out as they guide us across the night sky to find the Big Dipper. Only 30 minutes long, this program is an interactive introduction to the night sky especially suited for K4 level students.

Program length: 30–45 minutes and accommodates a minimum of 15, maximum of 60 participants.
Planetarium Admission: $1, with group general admission of $3. Planetarium only: $2 per person.

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Billy Jonas
K – 5th Grades

A Billy Jonas performance is an explosion of energy. In original songs, soundscapes, stories and improvisations, traditional boundaries disappear. Everyone becomes part of a performance that reaches out and ”. . . touches even the most hardened of hearts.” Billy delights audiences with his clear, tenor voice, acoustic guitar and found and foraged instruments.

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Thursday, April 2, 2009 9:30 & 11:00 am
$7 per person

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Aesop’s Fables
Pre K – 5th Grades (Ages 3-11)

A Billy Jonas performance is an explosion of energy. In original songs, soundscapes, stories and improvisations, traditional boundaries disappear. Everyone becomes part of a performance that reaches out and ”. . . touches even the most hardened of hearts.” Billy delights audiences with his clear, tenor voice, acoustic guitar and found and foraged instruments.

Bright Star Theatertest
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Thursday, February 26, 2009 3:30 pm
$7 per person

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The Velveteen Rabbit
PreK – 5th Grades (Ages 4-11)

Dramatized by Scott Davidson from the story by Margery Williams
The Velveteen Rabbit is an ordinary stuffed bunny filled with sawdust. All the other toys in the nursery snub him for being boring and “out-of-date.” But once the Boy discovers the forlorn little rabbit they become instant friends. As their friendship grows, the Velveteen Rabbit learns what it means to be truly loved – and what it means to be real.

Tarradiddle Playerstest
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Thursday, November 20, 2008 9:30 & 11:00 am and 3:30 pm
$7 per person

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Three Little Pigs
PreK – 5th grades (Ages 4-11)

Opera Express, Opera Carolina’s educational touring company, engages children and families throughout the Carolinas with professional performances of opera for young people. Join The Three Little Pigs as they visit the library to learn how to build their houses. The characters of Cherbino, Despina and Don Giovanni are introduced as well as our first childhood villain, the Big Bad Wolf, who devilishly attempts to blow down the little pigs’ houses.

Opera Expresstest
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Thursday, October 30, 2008 9:30 & 11:00 am and 3:30 pm
$7 per person

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Animal Apparel
K5–6th Grade

Scaly, rough, soft or tough… All animals have some kind of outer covering. Mammals grow hair, birds grow feathers and reptiles grow scales. In this class, students will gain an understanding of the importance of the varied outer coverings as an adaptation for survival.

Classes are 30- 45 minutes and serve a minimum of 15, maximum of 28 students.
Group general admission is $3 per student, $5 per adults. To add a class or guided tour, $1 per student. Classes only, $2 per person.

Standards: Science K-2.1, K-2.4, 1-1.1, 2-2.1, 2-2.2, 3-1.1, 3-2.1, 3-2.2, 3-2.3, 4-2.1, 4-2.2, 4-2.3, 4-2.4, 5-2.2, 5-2.4, 6-3.1, 6-3.3, 6-3.4, 6-3.5

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Sounds Sensational!
1st–8th Grade

Students will explore the principles of sound through a series of hands-on, minds-on, all senses-on activities. They will create a thunderstorm with their bodies and investigate the ways sound travels through different mediums. An African drum, singing glass and sound tubes will be used for demonstrating the transfer of sound.

Classes are 30- 45 minutes and serve a minimum of 15, maximum of 28 students.
Group general admission is $3 per student, $5 per adults. To add a class or guided tour, $1 per student. Classes only, $2 per person.

Standards: Science 1-5.4,3-5.3, 3-5.5, 3-5.6, 3-5.7, 3-5.8, 8-6.3, 8-6.5

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Your Wild Neighbors
2nd–6th Grade

You may be surprised what scurries, slithers and soars in your backyard! Get acquainted with some of your Piedmont animal neighbors. A variety of mounted animals, skulls, feathers, claws and skins provides a close-up look at how your backyard wild animals meet their needs.

Classes are 30- 45 minutes and serve a minimum of 15, maximum of 28 students.
Group general admission is $3 per student, $5 per adults. To add a class or guided tour, $1 per student. Classes only, $2 per person.

Standards: Science 2-2.1, 2-2.2, 2-2.4, 3-2.1, 3-2.2, 3-2.3, 3-2.4, 4-2.1, 4-2.2, 4-2.3, 4-2.5, 5-2.5, 6-3.1, 6-3.2, 6-3.3, 6-3.6

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The Sun’s Family
K5–2nd Grade

Circling, bending and tilting, children will become rocky midgets or gas giants of the Solar System as they revolve around the Sun. This kinesthetic program introduces students to the basic properties of the Solar System. The planetarium program, The Secret of the Cardboard Rocket, is a perfect complement to this interactive program. Students are required to wear or bring a pair of socks for participation in this program.

Classes are 30- 45 minutes and serve a minimum of 15, maximum of 28 students.
Classes can be tailored to meet the needs of other grade levels. Group general admission is $3 per student, $5 per adults. To add a class or guided tour, $1 per student. Classes only, $2 per person.

Standards: Science K-1.1, K-2.1, K-5.1, K-5.2, 1-1.1, 1-2.1, 1-3.1, 1-3.2, 1-4.1, 1-5.1, 2-4.1 Social Studies K-4.2

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Triangles, Rectangles and Rhinos!
K5–2nd Grade

Can a circle become a head? Can a triangle become a beak? It’s up to your imagination. Drawing animals can be easy and fun for all ages! This early elementary program demonstrates how learning to see animals as shapes can make anyone an adept animal artist! Perfect for reviewing shapes and colors, and provides good practice in copying and following directions. This is a quick paced and informative class designed for the young at art! Supplies will be provided.

Classes are 30- 45 minutes and serve a minimum of 15, maximum of 28 students.
Group general admission is $3 per student, $5 per adults. To add a class or guided tour, $1 per student. Classes only, $2 per person.

Standards: Science K-1.1, K-2.4, 1-1.1, 2-1.3, 2-2.3 Social Studies K-6.1

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Art ‘n Play in Africa
1st–2nd Grade

African culture today is a mix of ancient traditions and contemporary
lifestyles. Students will tour the exhibit, “New Perspectives on African People and Places,” immersing themselves into activities described in the exhibit. Participants will express themselves by creating an African wealth display and playing mancala, the oldest game in human history that is still played today.

Classes are 30- 45 minutes and serve a minimum of 15, maximum of 28 students.
Group general admission is $3 per student, $5 per adults. To add a class or guided tour, $1 per student. Classes only, $2 per person.

Standards: Social Studies 1-1, 1-1.2, 1-1.4, 1-2, 1-2.2, 2-2, 2-2.2, 2-2.4, 2-2.5 Visual Arts V, VI

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Quills, Slates & Graces: Schooldays of 1840
3rd–4th Grade

From the minute the school bell rings, students become scholars in an 1840s academy. They walk, talk and play as children did in the 1840s. This highly immersive program shows students, first-hand, what school was like before the Civil War. Lesson includes: ciphering (on slates), grammar, quill penmanship, spelling, geography and games.

Program Length: 4 hours; 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Maximum of 25 students. Only two adults are admitted due to the special nature of the program.
$10 per student

Standards: Social Studies 3-1.2, 3-4.1, 4-3.7

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The Backcountry in Revolt: A Revolutionary War Experience
3rd–12th Grade

Program Length: 90 minutes; 9:30 & 11:30 a.m. Maximum of 100 students per time slot.
Liberty or death? The choice is yours! In this interactive program, students learn how people from all walks of life including civilian and enslaved people were drawn into the Revolutionary War. Students will march and train as a militia unit. Other activities may include a musket-firing demonstration, cooking, spinning, backcountry medicine or storytelling.

9:30 & 11:30 a.m. Maximum of 100 students per time slot.
$6 per student

Standards: Social Studies 3-3.1, 3-3.2, 4-2.4, 4-2.6, 4-2.7, 4-3.1, 4-3.2, 4-3.6, 4-3.7, 7-1.2, 7-1.3, 8-2.1, 8-2.2, USHC 1.1, USHC 2.1

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3rd Grade History Days
3rd Grade

Program Length: 90 minutes; 9:30 & 11:30 a.m. Maximum of 125 students per time slot.
History Days are special days for third graders. Enjoy the hospitality of our costumed interpreters as they lead you and your class through the 19th century plantation. Hearth-cooking, music, enslaved experience, sheep shearing or woodworking are some skills you may experience during this exciting day.

April 21, 22 and 23, 2009
$5 per student

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Living History Civil War Experience
4th Grade–Middle School

Program Length: 90 minutes; 9:30 & 11:30 a.m. Maximum of 180 students per time slot.
Students explore Civil War campsites and stations to experience and hear about life during the Civil War period. Demonstrations may include: artillery, infantry, cavalry, surgery, artifacts, and flags. Programs are structured in 90-minute blocks.

Friday, October 17, 2008
$5 per student

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Walt Schrader Nature Trail System
K–12th Grade

Walk the Nature Trail, Bratton Trail and Battlefield Trail at Historic Brattonsville. Located in a 600-acre natural area, this network of paths crosses land steeped in both local history and geographical diversity. Self-guided trails are clearly marked with directional signs.

Monday - Saturday: 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. Sunday: 1 – 5 p.m.
Free with any program

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Life on the Plantation
1st–12th Grades

Program Length: 90 minutes; Maximum of 100 students per time slot.
Cotton is King! This is the cash crop. How did the plantation operate to support this economy before the Civil War? Exploring an 1840s plantation,
students will gain insight and participate in activities to appreciate how people worked, lived and survived. Activities change seasonally and may include a plantation house tour, slave life, textiles, cooking, hands-on cotton processing and a farm animal tour.

9:30 & 11:30 a.m.
$6 per student

Standards: Social Studies 1-1.2, 2-1.2, 2-1.3, 2-1.4, 2-2.4, 3-2.7, 4-2.6, 4-6.3, 8-3.1, USHC-3.3, USHC-4.1

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Awesome Animal Adaptations Tour
3rd–7th Grade

Explore animal classification along with special adaptations that allow animals to survive in their distinct environments. This one-hour tour is highly recommended for 3rd-7th graders and is an excellent complement to the science curriculum.
Students will investigate the following topics:

* Classification of organisms, focusing on vertebrates
* Characteristics of distinct environments (biomes) that determine the plants and animals that live there
* Diversity of tooth structure for an animal’s survival
* Super senses that nocturnal animals use to live in a world with little light

Please call to schedule.
Tours led by guides are $3 per student. Self-guided tours are $2 per student.

Standards: Science 3-2, 3-2.2, 3-2.3,3-2.4, 4-2.1, 4-2, 4-2.2, 4-2.3, 4-2.5, 5-2, 5-2.2, 5-2.3, 5-2.4, 6-3.6-3.3, 6-3.6, 7-4

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Nature Trail

Explore the ecology of a Piedmont forest along the Museum of York County’s 3/4 mile Nature Trail. From lichens to lizards, pitcher plants to pine trees, take a close look at nature from the bottom up. Activity sheets available; pencils not provided. Self-guided.

Monday-Saturday: 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. Sunday: 1 p.m. - 5 p.m.

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Guided Highlights Tour
1st Grade–Adult

The Guided Highlights Tour has been designed to provide a quality educational experience for groups of all ages. Tours of the Museum exhibit areas are conducted by specially trained museum volunteers, who will welcome your group, coordinate your scheduled activities and interpret Museum collections. If you would like your tour to focus on a specific exhibit or subject, please request this at the time of your reservation and we will make every effort to accommodate you.

Please call to schedule.
Tours led by guides are $3 per student. Self-guided tours are $2 per student.

Standards: Science 1-2, 2-2, 3-2, 4-2, 5-2, 6-3, 7-4, 8-2, B-6

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Planet Patrol
3rd–4th Grade

Become a P.I. – that’s a Planetary Investigator! Come along on a mission with Sam Snork and his assistant Elmo as they search for strange alien transmissions. Together you will explore each planet in our solar system from the frozen planet Pluto to the rock world of Mercury. As a P.I., your mission is to discover which planet is suitable for life.

Program length: 30–45 minutes and accommodates a minimum of 15, maximum of 60 participants.
Planetarium admission $1 per student with group general admission of $3. Planetarium only, $2 per person.

Standards: Science 3-4.1,4-3.

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Piedmont Skies
4th–8th Grade

Did you ever wonder how people journeyed long distances from home before modern navigation equipment? They used the sky to keep them on course. The heavens above told their approximate directions as well as foretelling the change of seasons. Knowing the change of seasons several months in advance allowed people to prepare for the scarcity of food in winter and spring. You, too, can learn these ancient techniques as we
explore the day and night sky above and learn the ways of bygone centuries.

Program length: 30–45 minutes and accommodates a minimum of 15, maximum of 60 participants.
Planetarium admission $1 per student with group general admission of $3. Planetarium only, $2 per person.

Standards: Science 4-3, 5-5.2, 6-4.7, 7-5.9, 7-5.10, 8-4

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Planetquest
5th–8th Grade

Join the crew of an alien spaceship and scout the planets of our solar system! The journey may be fictional, but the exploration is factual. We’ll examine each planet with the help of robotic spacecraft such as the Voyager, Magellan, Cassini, Viking, Ulysses, Galileo and the Mars Explorers. The images sent to Earth by these robot explorers present each planet in stunning detail.

Program length: 30–45 minutes and accommodates a minimum of 15, maximum of 60 participants.
Planetarium admission $1 per student with group general admission of $3. Planetarium only, $2 per person.

Standards: Science 5-5.2, 6-4.7, 7-5.9, 7-5.10, 8-4

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Skywatch
4th Grade–Adult

Skywatch is a general astronomy program about “what’s up” in the night sky. Constellations, planets, the Sun and Moon will be studied according to grade level. A live sky constellation and planet presentation, how to use a star chart, followed by a question and answer period will be included in each program. The students will leave the planetarium knowing how to locate several constellations and any planets currently visible in the night sky.

Program length: 30–45 minutes and accommodates a minimum of 15, maximum of 60 participants.
Planetarium admission $1 per student with group general admission of $3. Planetarium only, $2 per person.

Standards: Science 4-3, 5-5.2, 6-4, 7-5.9, 8-4

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Follow the Drinking Gourd
2nd–4th Grade

During the era of slavery in the U.S., many slaves fled to freedom in Canada. A special coded song helped them find their way by using the stars in the sky for navigation. Based on the children’s book of the same name, this planetarium program contains a live demonstration of the Northern sky, showing the Big Dipper (The Drinking Gourd) and the North Star. An excellent accompaniment to multi-cultural studies.

Program length: 30–45 minutes and accommodates a minimum of 15, maximum of 60 participants.
Planetarium admission $1 per student with group general admission of $3. Planetarium only, $2 per person.

Standards: Social Studies 2-1.3, 3-2.3, 4-1.3

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My Heart in a Suitcase: A Holocaust Story of Hope
4th – 9th Grades (Ages 9-15)

With courage, hope, and her parents’ love as her only guideposts, Anne Lehmann embarks upon a journey that will change her life forever. This moving drama tells the remarkable and true story of Anne’s life in 1938 Berlin and her courageous decision to board the Kindertransport and leave Nazi Germany without her family. Anne’s struggle to find meaning from despair will inspire audiences everywhere.

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Tuesday, March 3, 2009 9:30 & 11:00 a.m.
$10 per person

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Heroes of the Underground Railroad
3rd – 8th Grades (Ages 8-14)

This unique theatrical experience combines traditional music and drama to honor the heroic figures of America’s Underground Railroad. (Those Americans who dared to go against a nation in order to stand up for what they knew was right.) From Harriet Tubman and the Abolition Movement to Levi Coffin and the inspiring tale of Henry “Box” Brown, this play introduces students to those who bravely brought light to America’s darkest chapter.

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Thursday, February 26, 2009 9:30 & 11:00 a.m.
$7 per person

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Billy Jonas
K – 5th Grades

A Billy Jonas performance is an explosion of energy. In original songs, soundscapes, stories and improvisations, traditional boundaries disappear. Everyone becomes part of a performance that reaches out and ”. . . touches even the most hardened of hearts.” Billy delights audiences with his clear, tenor voice, acoustic guitar and found and foraged instruments.

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Thursday, April 2, 2009 9:30 & 11:00 am
$7 per person

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Aesop’s Fables
Pre K – 5th Grades (Ages 3-11)

A Billy Jonas performance is an explosion of energy. In original songs, soundscapes, stories and improvisations, traditional boundaries disappear. Everyone becomes part of a performance that reaches out and ”. . . touches even the most hardened of hearts.” Billy delights audiences with his clear, tenor voice, acoustic guitar and found and foraged instruments.

Bright Star Theater
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Thursday, February 26, 2009 3:30 pm
$7 per person

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The Velveteen Rabbit
PreK – 5th Grades (Ages 4-11)

Dramatized by Scott Davidson from the story by Margery Williams
The Velveteen Rabbit is an ordinary stuffed bunny filled with sawdust. All the other toys in the nursery snub him for being boring and “out-of-date.” But once the Boy discovers the forlorn little rabbit they become instant friends. As their friendship grows, the Velveteen Rabbit learns what it means to be truly loved – and what it means to be real.

Tarradiddle Players
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Thursday, November 20, 2008 9:30 & 11:00 am and 3:30 pm
$7 per person

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Three Little Pigs
PreK – 5th grades (Ages 4-11)

Opera Express, Opera Carolina’s educational touring company, engages children and families throughout the Carolinas with professional performances of opera for young people. Join The Three Little Pigs as they visit the library to learn how to build their houses. The characters of Cherbino, Despina and Don Giovanni are introduced as well as our first childhood villain, the Big Bad Wolf, who devilishly attempts to blow down the little pigs’ houses.

Opera Express
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Thursday, October 30, 2008 9:30 & 11:00 am and 3:30 pm
$7 per person

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Animal Apparel
K5–6th Grade

Scaly, rough, soft or tough… All animals have some kind of outer covering. Mammals grow hair, birds grow feathers and reptiles grow scales. In this class, students will gain an understanding of the importance of the varied outer coverings as an adaptation for survival.

Classes are 30- 45 minutes and serve a minimum of 15, maximum of 28 students.
Group general admission is $3 per student, $5 per adults. To add a class or guided tour, $1 per student. Classes only, $2 per person.

Standards: Science K-2.1, K-2.4, 1-1.1, 2-2.1, 2-2.2, 3-1.1, 3-2.1, 3-2.2, 3-2.3, 4-2.1, 4-2.2, 4-2.3, 4-2.4, 5-2.2, 5-2.4, 6-3.1, 6-3.3, 6-3.4, 6-3.5

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Sounds Sensational!
1st–8th Grade

Students will explore the principles of sound through a series of hands-on, minds-on, all senses-on activities. They will create a thunderstorm with their bodies and investigate the ways sound travels through different mediums. An African drum, singing glass and sound tubes will be used for demonstrating the transfer of sound.

Classes are 30- 45 minutes and serve a minimum of 15, maximum of 28 students.
Group general admission is $3 per student, $5 per adults. To add a class or guided tour, $1 per student. Classes only, $2 per person.

Standards: Science 1-5.4,3-5.3, 3-5.5, 3-5.6, 3-5.7, 3-5.8, 8-6.3, 8-6.5

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Carolina Piedmont Past
3rd – 8th Grade

Forest bison, dugout canoes and howling wolves are all represented in the Piedmont Hall. Go back in time as the Piedmont is portrayed 600 years ago. Whether 600 years ago or today, people rely on the land to survive and often change it to support their ways of life. How are the ways we interact with the land different today from the past?

Classes are 30- 45 minutes and serve a minimum of 15, maximum of 28 students.
Group general admission is $3 per student, $5 per adults. To add a class or guided tour, $1 per student. Classes only, $2 per person.

Standards: Social Studies 3-1.4, 3-2.4, 4-2.2, 8-1.1

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Your Wild Neighbors
2nd–6th Grade

You may be surprised what scurries, slithers and soars in your backyard! Get acquainted with some of your Piedmont animal neighbors. A variety of mounted animals, skulls, feathers, claws and skins provides a close-up look at how your backyard wild animals meet their needs.

Classes are 30- 45 minutes and serve a minimum of 15, maximum of 28 students.
Group general admission is $3 per student, $5 per adults. To add a class or guided tour, $1 per student. Classes only, $2 per person.

Standards: Science 2-2.1, 2-2.2, 2-2.4, 3-2.1, 3-2.2, 3-2.3, 3-2.4, 4-2.1, 4-2.2, 4-2.3, 4-2.5, 5-2.5, 6-3.1, 6-3.2, 6-3.3, 6-3.6

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The Backcountry in Revolt: A Revolutionary War Experience
3rd–12th Grade

Program Length: 90 minutes; 9:30 & 11:30 a.m. Maximum of 100 students per time slot.
Liberty or death? The choice is yours! In this interactive program, students learn how people from all walks of life including civilian and enslaved people were drawn into the Revolutionary War. Students will march and train as a militia unit. Other activities may include a musket-firing demonstration, cooking, spinning, backcountry medicine or storytelling.

9:30 & 11:30 a.m. Maximum of 100 students per time slot.
$6 per student

Standards: Social Studies 3-3.1, 3-3.2, 4-2.4, 4-2.6, 4-2.7, 4-3.1, 4-3.2, 4-3.6, 4-3.7, 7-1.2, 7-1.3, 8-2.1, 8-2.2, USHC 1.1, USHC 2.1

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Living History Civil War Experience
4th Grade–Middle School

Program Length: 90 minutes; 9:30 & 11:30 a.m. Maximum of 180 students per time slot.
Students explore Civil War campsites and stations to experience and hear about life during the Civil War period. Demonstrations may include: artillery, infantry, cavalry, surgery, artifacts, and flags. Programs are structured in 90-minute blocks.

Friday, October 17, 2008
$5 per student

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Walt Schrader Nature Trail System
K–12th Grade

Walk the Nature Trail, Bratton Trail and Battlefield Trail at Historic Brattonsville. Located in a 600-acre natural area, this network of paths crosses land steeped in both local history and geographical diversity. Self-guided trails are clearly marked with directional signs.

Monday - Saturday: 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. Sunday: 1 – 5 p.m.
Free with any program

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Life on the Plantation
1st–12th Grades

Program Length: 90 minutes; Maximum of 100 students per time slot.
Cotton is King! This is the cash crop. How did the plantation operate to support this economy before the Civil War? Exploring an 1840s plantation,
students will gain insight and participate in activities to appreciate how people worked, lived and survived. Activities change seasonally and may include a plantation house tour, slave life, textiles, cooking, hands-on cotton processing and a farm animal tour.

9:30 & 11:30 a.m.
$6 per student

Standards: Social Studies 1-1.2, 2-1.2, 2-1.3, 2-1.4, 2-2.4, 3-2.7, 4-2.6, 4-6.3, 8-3.1, USHC-3.3, USHC-4.1

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Awesome Animal Adaptations Tour
3rd–7th Grade

Explore animal classification along with special adaptations that allow animals to survive in their distinct environments. This one-hour tour is highly recommended for 3rd-7th graders and is an excellent complement to the science curriculum.
Students will investigate the following topics:

* Classification of organisms, focusing on vertebrates
* Characteristics of distinct environments (biomes) that determine the plants and animals that live there
* Diversity of tooth structure for an animal’s survival
* Super senses that nocturnal animals use to live in a world with little light

Please call to schedule.
Tours led by guides are $3 per student. Self-guided tours are $2 per student.

Standards: Science 3-2, 3-2.2, 3-2.3,3-2.4, 4-2.1, 4-2, 4-2.2, 4-2.3, 4-2.5, 5-2, 5-2.2, 5-2.3, 5-2.4, 6-3.6-3.3, 6-3.6, 7-4

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Nature Trail

Explore the ecology of a Piedmont forest along the Museum of York County’s 3/4 mile Nature Trail. From lichens to lizards, pitcher plants to pine trees, take a close look at nature from the bottom up. Activity sheets available; pencils not provided. Self-guided.

Monday-Saturday: 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. Sunday: 1 p.m. - 5 p.m.

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Guided Highlights Tour
1st Grade–Adult

The Guided Highlights Tour has been designed to provide a quality educational experience for groups of all ages. Tours of the Museum exhibit areas are conducted by specially trained museum volunteers, who will welcome your group, coordinate your scheduled activities and interpret Museum collections. If you would like your tour to focus on a specific exhibit or subject, please request this at the time of your reservation and we will make every effort to accommodate you.

Please call to schedule.
Tours led by guides are $3 per student. Self-guided tours are $2 per student.

Standards: Science 1-2, 2-2, 3-2, 4-2, 5-2, 6-3, 7-4, 8-2, B-6

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Piedmont Skies
4th–8th Grade

Did you ever wonder how people journeyed long distances from home before modern navigation equipment? They used the sky to keep them on course. The heavens above told their approximate directions as well as foretelling the change of seasons. Knowing the change of seasons several months in advance allowed people to prepare for the scarcity of food in winter and spring. You, too, can learn these ancient techniques as we
explore the day and night sky above and learn the ways of bygone centuries.

Program length: 30–45 minutes and accommodates a minimum of 15, maximum of 60 participants.
Planetarium admission $1 per student with group general admission of $3. Planetarium only, $2 per person.

Standards: Science 4-3, 5-5.2, 6-4.7, 7-5.9, 7-5.10, 8-4

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Planetquest
5th–8th Grade

Join the crew of an alien spaceship and scout the planets of our solar system! The journey may be fictional, but the exploration is factual. We’ll examine each planet with the help of robotic spacecraft such as the Voyager, Magellan, Cassini, Viking, Ulysses, Galileo and the Mars Explorers. The images sent to Earth by these robot explorers present each planet in stunning detail.

Program length: 30–45 minutes and accommodates a minimum of 15, maximum of 60 participants.
Planetarium admission $1 per student with group general admission of $3. Planetarium only, $2 per person.

Standards: Science 5-5.2, 6-4.7, 7-5.9, 7-5.10, 8-4

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Skywatch
4th Grade–Adult

Skywatch is a general astronomy program about “what’s up” in the night sky. Constellations, planets, the Sun and Moon will be studied according to grade level. A live sky constellation and planet presentation, how to use a star chart, followed by a question and answer period will be included in each program. The students will leave the planetarium knowing how to locate several constellations and any planets currently visible in the night sky.

Program length: 30–45 minutes and accommodates a minimum of 15, maximum of 60 participants.
Planetarium admission $1 per student with group general admission of $3. Planetarium only, $2 per person.

Standards: Science 4-3, 5-5.2, 6-4, 7-5.9, 8-4

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Point of No Return

You don't need a degree in astronomy or math to understand black holes. See stunning picutres from the Hubble space telescope as well as fantastic graphical representations createduseing a super computer.

Program length: 30–45 minutes and accommodates a minimum of 15, maximum of 60 participants.
Planetarium admission $1 per student with group general admission of $3. Planetarium only, $2 per person.

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My Heart in a Suitcase: A Holocaust Story of Hope
4th – 9th Grades (Ages 9-15)

With courage, hope, and her parents’ love as her only guideposts, Anne Lehmann embarks upon a journey that will change her life forever. This moving drama tells the remarkable and true story of Anne’s life in 1938 Berlin and her courageous decision to board the Kindertransport and leave Nazi Germany without her family. Anne’s struggle to find meaning from despair will inspire audiences everywhere.

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Tuesday, March 3, 2009 9:30 & 11:00 a.m.
$10 per person

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Heroes of the Underground Railroad
3rd – 8th Grades (Ages 8-14)

This unique theatrical experience combines traditional music and drama to honor the heroic figures of America’s Underground Railroad. (Those Americans who dared to go against a nation in order to stand up for what they knew was right.) From Harriet Tubman and the Abolition Movement to Levi Coffin and the inspiring tale of Henry “Box” Brown, this play introduces students to those who bravely brought light to America’s darkest chapter.

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Thursday, February 26, 2009 9:30 & 11:00 a.m.
$7 per person

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Animal Apparel
K5–6th Grade

Scaly, rough, soft or tough… All animals have some kind of outer covering. Mammals grow hair, birds grow feathers and reptiles grow scales. In this class, students will gain an understanding of the importance of the varied outer coverings as an adaptation for survival.

Classes are 30- 45 minutes and serve a minimum of 15, maximum of 28 students.
Group general admission is $3 per student, $5 per adults. To add a class or guided tour, $1 per student. Classes only, $2 per person.

Standards: Science K-2.1, K-2.4, 1-1.1, 2-2.1, 2-2.2, 3-1.1, 3-2.1, 3-2.2, 3-2.3, 4-2.1, 4-2.2, 4-2.3, 4-2.4, 5-2.2, 5-2.4, 6-3.1, 6-3.3, 6-3.4, 6-3.5

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Sounds Sensational!
1st–8th Grade

Students will explore the principles of sound through a series of hands-on, minds-on, all senses-on activities. They will create a thunderstorm with their bodies and investigate the ways sound travels through different mediums. An African drum, singing glass and sound tubes will be used for demonstrating the transfer of sound.

Classes are 30- 45 minutes and serve a minimum of 15, maximum of 28 students.
Group general admission is $3 per student, $5 per adults. To add a class or guided tour, $1 per student. Classes only, $2 per person.

Standards: Science 1-5.4,3-5.3, 3-5.5, 3-5.6, 3-5.7, 3-5.8, 8-6.3, 8-6.5

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Carolina Piedmont Past
3rd – 8th Grade

Forest bison, dugout canoes and howling wolves are all represented in the Piedmont Hall. Go back in time as the Piedmont is portrayed 600 years ago. Whether 600 years ago or today, people rely on the land to survive and often change it to support their ways of life. How are the ways we interact with the land different today from the past?

Classes are 30- 45 minutes and serve a minimum of 15, maximum of 28 students.
Group general admission is $3 per student, $5 per adults. To add a class or guided tour, $1 per student. Classes only, $2 per person.

Standards: Social Studies 3-1.4, 3-2.4, 4-2.2, 8-1.1

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Your Wild Neighbors
2nd–6th Grade

You may be surprised what scurries, slithers and soars in your backyard! Get acquainted with some of your Piedmont animal neighbors. A variety of mounted animals, skulls, feathers, claws and skins provides a close-up look at how your backyard wild animals meet their needs.

Classes are 30- 45 minutes and serve a minimum of 15, maximum of 28 students.
Group general admission is $3 per student, $5 per adults. To add a class or guided tour, $1 per student. Classes only, $2 per person.

Standards: Science 2-2.1, 2-2.2, 2-2.4, 3-2.1, 3-2.2, 3-2.3, 3-2.4, 4-2.1, 4-2.2, 4-2.3, 4-2.5, 5-2.5, 6-3.1, 6-3.2, 6-3.3, 6-3.6

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The Backcountry in Revolt: A Revolutionary War Experience
3rd–12th Grade

Program Length: 90 minutes; 9:30 & 11:30 a.m. Maximum of 100 students per time slot.
Liberty or death? The choice is yours! In this interactive program, students learn how people from all walks of life including civilian and enslaved people were drawn into the Revolutionary War. Students will march and train as a militia unit. Other activities may include a musket-firing demonstration, cooking, spinning, backcountry medicine or storytelling.

9:30 & 11:30 a.m. Maximum of 100 students per time slot.
$6 per student

Standards: Social Studies 3-3.1, 3-3.2, 4-2.4, 4-2.6, 4-2.7, 4-3.1, 4-3.2, 4-3.6, 4-3.7, 7-1.2, 7-1.3, 8-2.1, 8-2.2, USHC 1.1, USHC 2.1

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Walt Schrader Nature Trail System
K–12th Grade

Walk the Nature Trail, Bratton Trail and Battlefield Trail at Historic Brattonsville. Located in a 600-acre natural area, this network of paths crosses land steeped in both local history and geographical diversity. Self-guided trails are clearly marked with directional signs.

Monday - Saturday: 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. Sunday: 1 – 5 p.m.
Free with any program

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Life on the Plantation
1st–12th Grades

Program Length: 90 minutes; Maximum of 100 students per time slot.
Cotton is King! This is the cash crop. How did the plantation operate to support this economy before the Civil War? Exploring an 1840s plantation,
students will gain insight and participate in activities to appreciate how people worked, lived and survived. Activities change seasonally and may include a plantation house tour, slave life, textiles, cooking, hands-on cotton processing and a farm animal tour.

9:30 & 11:30 a.m.
$6 per student

Standards: Social Studies 1-1.2, 2-1.2, 2-1.3, 2-1.4, 2-2.4, 3-2.7, 4-2.6, 4-6.3, 8-3.1, USHC-3.3, USHC-4.1

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Nature Trail

Explore the ecology of a Piedmont forest along the Museum of York County’s 3/4 mile Nature Trail. From lichens to lizards, pitcher plants to pine trees, take a close look at nature from the bottom up. Activity sheets available; pencils not provided. Self-guided.

Monday-Saturday: 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. Sunday: 1 p.m. - 5 p.m.

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Guided Highlights Tour
1st Grade–Adult

The Guided Highlights Tour has been designed to provide a quality educational experience for groups of all ages. Tours of the Museum exhibit areas are conducted by specially trained museum volunteers, who will welcome your group, coordinate your scheduled activities and interpret Museum collections. If you would like your tour to focus on a specific exhibit or subject, please request this at the time of your reservation and we will make every effort to accommodate you.

Please call to schedule.
Tours led by guides are $3 per student. Self-guided tours are $2 per student.

Standards: Science 1-2, 2-2, 3-2, 4-2, 5-2, 6-3, 7-4, 8-2, B-6

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Skywatch
4th Grade–Adult

Skywatch is a general astronomy program about “what’s up” in the night sky. Constellations, planets, the Sun and Moon will be studied according to grade level. A live sky constellation and planet presentation, how to use a star chart, followed by a question and answer period will be included in each program. The students will leave the planetarium knowing how to locate several constellations and any planets currently visible in the night sky.

Program length: 30–45 minutes and accommodates a minimum of 15, maximum of 60 participants.
Planetarium admission $1 per student with group general admission of $3. Planetarium only, $2 per person.

Standards: Science 4-3, 5-5.2, 6-4, 7-5.9, 8-4

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Point of No Return

You don't need a degree in astronomy or math to understand black holes. See stunning picutres from the Hubble space telescope as well as fantastic graphical representations createduseing a super computer.

Program length: 30–45 minutes and accommodates a minimum of 15, maximum of 60 participants.
Planetarium admission $1 per student with group general admission of $3. Planetarium only, $2 per person.

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My Heart in a Suitcase: A Holocaust Story of Hope
4th – 9th Grades (Ages 9-15)

With courage, hope, and her parents’ love as her only guideposts, Anne Lehmann embarks upon a journey that will change her life forever. This moving drama tells the remarkable and true story of Anne’s life in 1938 Berlin and her courageous decision to board the Kindertransport and leave Nazi Germany without her family. Anne’s struggle to find meaning from despair will inspire audiences everywhere.

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Tuesday, March 3, 2009 9:30 & 11:00 a.m.
$10 per person

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