Early to Rise
Preschool–2nd Grades

Program Length: 50 minutes; Maximum: 80 students

Rise and shine! Wake up to sounds of farm animals, the smell of breakfast in the brick kitchen, washing up in the house, and daily chores on the plantation. This is a great opportunity for children to engage with the 1840’s plantation by being a part of the morning routine.

9:30 & 11:30am
$5 per student

Standards: Science K-1.1, K-2, K-4.3, K-5.2, 1-5.1, 1-5.2, 2-2.1 Social Studies K-1.1, K-1.2, K-6.2, 1-2.2, 1-6, 2-1, 2-2.4, 2-5

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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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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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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 $4 per student. Self-guided tours are $3 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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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 $4 per student. Self-guided tours are $3 per student.

Standards: Social Studies 3-1.4, 3-5.1, 4-3.6 Science 1-2, 2-2, 3-1.1, 3-1.2, 3-1.7, 3-1.6, 3-1.3, 3-1.4, 3-2, 3-5.1, 3-5.2, 3-5.3, 4-1.3, 4-1.4, 4-1.6, 4-2, 5-1.2, 5-1.3, 5-2,5-5.1, 5-5.3, 5-5.4, 5-5.5, 5-5.6, 6-3, 6-5.2, 6-5.6, 7-4, 8-2 Visual Arts IV-B, V-A

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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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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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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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Movin' Into Math
K - 5th grade

Ages 5-11
Kinetyx is a four member ensemble that links dance to Math, Science, Language Arts, and Social Studies. Active Learning Performances include audience participation activities and choreographic works. Basic math skills such as division, multiplication, fractions, patterns and sequences, geometric forms and transformations, use of diagrams and how we apply these skills to the creation of dances.

Kinetyxtest
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October 16, 2009; 9:30 a.m. & 11 a.m.
$7 per person

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Laura Ingalls Wilder
2nd - 6th

Ages 7-12
Laura and her family travel across America in search of a place they can call home. Facing obstacles such as scarlet fever and eviction from their land, their pioneering spirit and family bonds are tested but never broken. This uplifting story of one of America’s most beloved authors comes to life in ArtsPower’s popular musical.

ArtsPowertest
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December 10, 2009; 9:30 a.m., 11 a.m. & 3:30 p.m.
$10 per person

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Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel
Pre K- 2nd Grades

Ages 3-7
Mike Mulligan and his beloved Steam Shovel, Mary Anne, have been together for many years. They’ve dug holes for famous canals, railroads, highways, airports and skyscrapers. But times have changed and newer, fancier shovels have become fashionable, leaving Mike and Mary Anne out of work and down to their last dime. Their final hope could be the little town of Poppesville, which needs a basement dug for its new City Hall

Tarradiddle Playerstest
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March 11, 2010; 9:30 & 11 a.m.
$7 per person

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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 50 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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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 50 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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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 50 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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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 50 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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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.

Class Length 45 minutes
Price $125.00 for first class; $85.00 for additional classes; Min 15 Max 30 Receive $1 discount for an onsite program at the Museum of York County or Historic Brattonsville when booking an onsite visit the same day as outreach class.

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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Safari So Good
2nd – 7th Grade

Safari to Africa and explore the varied mammals of Africa’s diverse biomes! Learn what makes a mammal a mammal. Using skins, skulls, hooves and claws, learn the characteristics and adaptations of the mammals that stalk, shadow and survive in Africa’s grasslands, rainforests and deserts. Join us on safari!

Class Length 45 minutes
Price $125.00 for first class; $85.00 for additional classes; Min 15 Max 30 Receive $1 discount for an onsite program at the Museum of York County or Historic Brattonsville when booking an onsite visit the same day as outreach class.

Standards: Science 2-2.1, 2-2.3, 2-2.4, 3-2.2, 3-2.3, 3-2.4, 3-2.5, 4-2.2, 4-2.3, 4-2.5, 4-2.6, 5-2.3, 5-2.4, 5-2.5, 6-3.2, 7-4.1, 7-4.2 Social Studies 7-7.7

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Bear Necessities
PreK-2nd Grade

What does it mean to be a bear? What do you eat and what do you wear? How do you look? How do you feel? What will you find for your next meal? Explore bear biology with a variety of hands-on materials including reproduction skulls, fur, claws, and photos.

Class Length 45 minutes
Price $125.00 for first class; $85.00 for additional classes; Min 15 Max 30 Receive $1 discount for an onsite program at the Museum of York County or Historic Brattonsville when booking an onsite visit the same day as outreach class.

Standards: Science K-1.1, K-1.3, K-2.1,K-2.3, K-2.4, K-2.5, 1-1.1, 2-1.4, 2-2.1, 2-2.2, 2-2.3, 2-2.4, 2-2.5 Language Arts K-6, 1-6, 2-6.1, 2-6.2 Social Studies 1-2.2

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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
3rd–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 3-2.7, 3-4.1, 3-4.2, 3-5.1, 4-1.4, 4-2.5, 4-2.6, 4-5.2, 4-6.3, 5-1.4, 7-3.4, 8-3.1, 8-7.3 USHC-3.3, USHC-4.1

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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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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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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.

Logistics of Your Visit
Pre & Post Visit Activities
Copy Book Instructions
Cover Design for Copy Book
US Presidents for Copy Book
Grammar for Copy Book
Pre-visit Video

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, 3-1.3, 3-4.1, 4-3.7 English & Language Arts 3-3.1, 3-4.2, 4-4.2 Mathematics 3-1.1, 3-1.3, 3-1.5, 4-1.3, 4-1.5 Physical Education 5-1.1, 5-1.2, 5-1.3, 5-5.6, 5-6.2

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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.

Click here to download Pre- and Post-Visit Materials

Tues, April 20 & Wed, April 21, 2010
$5 per student

Standards: Social Studies 3-2.6, 3-2.7, 3-4.1, 3-4.2, 3-5.1, 3-5.3 Math 3-5.2 Music I.A, I.B, I.C, VII.A, VIII.A, VIII.C, IX.A, IX.B, IX.C Science 3-1.1, 3-2.4 Visual Art I.A, IV.C, VI.B

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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. 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

This one-hour tour is highly recommended for 3rd – 7th graders and is an excellent complement to the science curriculum.

For a science/social studies component add the Carolina Piedmont Past, featuring the landscapes and lifeways of the Carolina Piedmont 600 years ago.

Please call to schedule
Tours led by guides are $4 per student. Self-guided tours are $3 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 $4 per student. Self-guided tours are $3 per student.

Standards: Social Studies 3-1.4, 3-5.1, 4-3.6 Science 1-2, 2-2, 3-1.1, 3-1.2, 3-1.7, 3-1.6, 3-1.3, 3-1.4, 3-2, 3-5.1, 3-5.2, 3-5.3, 4-1.3, 4-1.4, 4-1.6, 4-2, 5-1.2, 5-1.3, 5-2,5-5.1, 5-5.3, 5-5.4, 5-5.5, 5-5.6, 6-3, 6-5.2, 6-5.6, 7-4, 8-2 Visual Arts IV-B, V-A

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Skywatch
4th Grade–Adults

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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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: 4th grade science curriculum. Science 3-4.1,4-3

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The Sun, Planets & Beyond
4th–8th Grade

Take a glance at our solar system by viewing current images taken deep in space. You will be exposed to the planets’ orbits, their tilt of inclination, comet and asteroid impact, and the effects of
gravity on planets. This program examines the geology of the inner planets and the atmospheres of the outer planets. We will explore from the working of our sun to the outer realms of the
orbits of the planets, and venture out into other galaxies beyond the Milky Way.

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, 5-5.1, 5-5.2, 6-4.1, 6-4.7, 7-5.9, 7-5.10, 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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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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Movin' Into Math
K - 5th grade

Ages 5-11
Kinetyx is a four member ensemble that links dance to Math, Science, Language Arts, and Social Studies. Active Learning Performances include audience participation activities and choreographic works. Basic math skills such as division, multiplication, fractions, patterns and sequences, geometric forms and transformations, use of diagrams and how we apply these skills to the creation of dances.

Kinetyx
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October 16, 2009; 9:30 a.m. & 11 a.m.
$7 per person

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Laura Ingalls Wilder
2nd - 6th

Ages 7-12
Laura and her family travel across America in search of a place they can call home. Facing obstacles such as scarlet fever and eviction from their land, their pioneering spirit and family bonds are tested but never broken. This uplifting story of one of America’s most beloved authors comes to life in ArtsPower’s popular musical.

ArtsPower
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December 10, 2009; 9:30 a.m., 11 a.m. & 3:30 p.m.
$10 per person

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New Kid
3rd - 8th

Ages 8-14
Has someone in your family ever felt different or out of place, maybe a little lonely or left out? How would you treat someone new, someone who might look or sound strange to you? New Kid is a unique, award-winning play that tells the story of a boy named Nick who leaves the fictitious country of Homeland and comes to America with his parents.

Tarradiddle Players
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March 25, 2010; 9:30 a.m. & 3:30 p.m.
$7 per person

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The Spin on Tops
3rd-6th Grade

Explore the Made in Nature exhibit with a focus on toys hand-made from natural materials. Students will participate in hands-on experiences to observe a display of hand-made toys, discuss materials and styles of spinning tops, investigate and report how long a top will spin, record the results in a graph, compare the dynamics of design in tops, and make and take a top using recycled materials.

Classes are 30- 45 minutes and serve a minimum of 15, maximum of 50 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 3-1.1, 3-1.2, 3-1.7, 3-1.6, 3-1.3, 3-1.4, 3-5.1, 3-5.2, 3-5.3, 4-1.3, 4-1.4, 4-1.6, 5-1.2, 5-1.3, 5-5.1, 5-5.3, 5-5.4, 5-5.5, 5-5.6, 6-5.2, 6-5.6 Math 3-4.1, 3-6.2, 3-6.3, 4-6.3, 5-6.3 Visual Arts I-C, II-B, IV-B, V-A Social Studies 3-1.4, 3-5.

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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 50 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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Colonial Medicine
3rd-4th; 7th Grade

Spices, herbs, ashes, and leeches are some commodities your doctor had in a first aid kit! Discover remedies of the past. Learn about 18th and19th Century medicine and methods to cure aches & pains and illnesses & diseases.

Class Length 45 minutes
Price $125.00 for first class; $85.00 for additional classes; Min 15 Max 30 Receive $1 discount for an onsite program at the Museum of York County or Historic Brattonsville when booking an onsite visit the same day as outreach class.

Standards: Science 3-1.3, 3-4.1, 7-3 Social Studies 3-4.1, 4-1.4, 4-2.4, 4-3.6, 7-3.1

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King Cotton!
3rd-8th Grade

A tiny seed grows into a powerful plant! Learn about the invention of the cotton gin and the introduction of short staple cotton into the Upland South. From planting to producing, this little plant dramatically reshaped the social, cultural, economic and natural landscape of the Old South. Learn the steps involved in getting this important natural fiber ready for market, and explore other natural fibers that were used during the 1840’s.

Class Length 45 minutes
Price $125.00 for first class; $85.00 for additional classes; Min 15 Max 30 Receive $1 discount for an onsite program at the Museum of York County or Historic Brattonsville when booking an onsite visit the same day as outreach class

Standards: Social Studies 3-1.2, 3-1.4, 3-4.1, 3-4.2, 3-4.5, 3-5.1, 3-5.3, 4-6.1, 4-6.6, 5-1.4, 5-3.1, 5-3.3, 5-5.2, 5-6.2, 5-6.3, 7-3.4, 7-3.5, 7-7.3, 7-7.6, 8-1.6, 8-2.5, 8-3.1, 8-3.6, 8-4.2, 8-5.3, 8-6.3, 8-7.3 Science 3-2.1, 3-2.3, 3-5.3, 4-2.1, 5-5.1, 6-2.5, 6

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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.

Class Length 45 minutes
Price $125.00 for first class; $85.00 for additional classes; Min 15 Max 30 Receive $1 discount for an onsite program at the Museum of York County or Historic Brattonsville when booking an onsite visit the same day as outreach class.

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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Safari So Good
2nd – 7th Grade

Safari to Africa and explore the varied mammals of Africa’s diverse biomes! Learn what makes a mammal a mammal. Using skins, skulls, hooves and claws, learn the characteristics and adaptations of the mammals that stalk, shadow and survive in Africa’s grasslands, rainforests and deserts. Join us on safari!

Class Length 45 minutes
Price $125.00 for first class; $85.00 for additional classes; Min 15 Max 30 Receive $1 discount for an onsite program at the Museum of York County or Historic Brattonsville when booking an onsite visit the same day as outreach class.

Standards: Science 2-2.1, 2-2.3, 2-2.4, 3-2.2, 3-2.3, 3-2.4, 3-2.5, 4-2.2, 4-2.3, 4-2.5, 4-2.6, 5-2.3, 5-2.4, 5-2.5, 6-3.2, 7-4.1, 7-4.2 Social Studies 7-7.7

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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
3rd–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 3-2.7, 3-4.1, 3-4.2, 3-5.1, 4-1.4, 4-2.5, 4-2.6, 4-5.2, 4-6.3, 5-1.4, 7-3.4, 8-3.1, 8-7.3 USHC-3.3, USHC-4.1

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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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Awesome Animal Adaptations + Tour
3rd–7th Grade

Explore animal classification along with special adaptations that allow animals to survive in their distinct environments. 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

This one-hour tour is highly recommended for 3rd – 7th graders and is an excellent complement to the science curriculum.

For a science/social studies component add the Carolina Piedmont Past, featuring the landscapes and lifeways of the Carolina Piedmont 600 years ago.

Please call to schedule
Tours led by guides are $4 per student. Self-guided tours are $3 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 $4 per student. Self-guided tours are $3 per student.

Standards: Social Studies 3-1.4, 3-5.1, 4-3.6 Science 1-2, 2-2, 3-1.1, 3-1.2, 3-1.7, 3-1.6, 3-1.3, 3-1.4, 3-2, 3-5.1, 3-5.2, 3-5.3, 4-1.3, 4-1.4, 4-1.6, 4-2, 5-1.2, 5-1.3, 5-2,5-5.1, 5-5.3, 5-5.4, 5-5.5, 5-5.6, 6-3, 6-5.2, 6-5.6, 7-4, 8-2 Visual Arts IV-B, V-A

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Skywatch
4th Grade–Adults

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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The Sun, Planets & Beyond
4th–8th Grade

Take a glance at our solar system by viewing current images taken deep in space. You will be exposed to the planets’ orbits, their tilt of inclination, comet and asteroid impact, and the effects of
gravity on planets. This program examines the geology of the inner planets and the atmospheres of the outer planets. We will explore from the working of our sun to the outer realms of the
orbits of the planets, and venture out into other galaxies beyond the Milky Way.

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, 5-5.1, 5-5.2, 6-4.1, 6-4.7, 7-5.9, 7-5.10, 8-4

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Laura Ingalls Wilder
2nd - 6th

Ages 7-12
Laura and her family travel across America in search of a place they can call home. Facing obstacles such as scarlet fever and eviction from their land, their pioneering spirit and family bonds are tested but never broken. This uplifting story of one of America’s most beloved authors comes to life in ArtsPower’s popular musical.

ArtsPower
View Website
December 10, 2009; 9:30 a.m., 11 a.m. & 3:30 p.m.
$10 per person

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New Kid
3rd - 8th

Ages 8-14
Has someone in your family ever felt different or out of place, maybe a little lonely or left out? How would you treat someone new, someone who might look or sound strange to you? New Kid is a unique, award-winning play that tells the story of a boy named Nick who leaves the fictitious country of Homeland and comes to America with his parents.

Tarradiddle Players
View Website
March 25, 2010; 9:30 a.m. & 3:30 p.m.
$7 per person

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The Spin on Tops
3rd-6th Grade

Explore the Made in Nature exhibit with a focus on toys hand-made from natural materials. Students will participate in hands-on experiences to observe a display of hand-made toys, discuss materials and styles of spinning tops, investigate and report how long a top will spin, record the results in a graph, compare the dynamics of design in tops, and make and take a top using recycled materials.

Classes are 30- 45 minutes and serve a minimum of 15, maximum of 50 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 3-1.1, 3-1.2, 3-1.7, 3-1.6, 3-1.3, 3-1.4, 3-5.1, 3-5.2, 3-5.3, 4-1.3, 4-1.4, 4-1.6, 5-1.2, 5-1.3, 5-5.1, 5-5.3, 5-5.4, 5-5.5, 5-5.6, 6-5.2, 6-5.6 Math 3-4.1, 3-6.2, 3-6.3, 4-6.3, 5-6.3 Visual Arts I-C, II-B, IV-B, V-A Social Studies 3-1.4, 3-5.

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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 50 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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Colonial Medicine
3rd-4th; 7th Grade

Spices, herbs, ashes, and leeches are some commodities your doctor had in a first aid kit! Discover remedies of the past. Learn about 18th and19th Century medicine and methods to cure aches & pains and illnesses & diseases.

Class Length 45 minutes
Price $125.00 for first class; $85.00 for additional classes; Min 15 Max 30 Receive $1 discount for an onsite program at the Museum of York County or Historic Brattonsville when booking an onsite visit the same day as outreach class.

Standards: Science 3-1.3, 3-4.1, 7-3 Social Studies 3-4.1, 4-1.4, 4-2.4, 4-3.6, 7-3.1

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King Cotton!
3rd-8th Grade

A tiny seed grows into a powerful plant! Learn about the invention of the cotton gin and the introduction of short staple cotton into the Upland South. From planting to producing, this little plant dramatically reshaped the social, cultural, economic and natural landscape of the Old South. Learn the steps involved in getting this important natural fiber ready for market, and explore other natural fibers that were used during the 1840’s.

Class Length 45 minutes
Price $125.00 for first class; $85.00 for additional classes; Min 15 Max 30 Receive $1 discount for an onsite program at the Museum of York County or Historic Brattonsville when booking an onsite visit the same day as outreach class

Standards: Social Studies 3-1.2, 3-1.4, 3-4.1, 3-4.2, 3-4.5, 3-5.1, 3-5.3, 4-6.1, 4-6.6, 5-1.4, 5-3.1, 5-3.3, 5-5.2, 5-6.2, 5-6.3, 7-3.4, 7-3.5, 7-7.3, 7-7.6, 8-1.6, 8-2.5, 8-3.1, 8-3.6, 8-4.2, 8-5.3, 8-6.3, 8-7.3 Science 3-2.1, 3-2.3, 3-5.3, 4-2.1, 5-5.1, 6-2.5, 6

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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.

Class Length 45 minutes
Price $125.00 for first class; $85.00 for additional classes; Min 15 Max 30 Receive $1 discount for an onsite program at the Museum of York County or Historic Brattonsville when booking an onsite visit the same day as outreach class.

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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Safari So Good
2nd – 7th Grade

Safari to Africa and explore the varied mammals of Africa’s diverse biomes! Learn what makes a mammal a mammal. Using skins, skulls, hooves and claws, learn the characteristics and adaptations of the mammals that stalk, shadow and survive in Africa’s grasslands, rainforests and deserts. Join us on safari!

Class Length 45 minutes
Price $125.00 for first class; $85.00 for additional classes; Min 15 Max 30 Receive $1 discount for an onsite program at the Museum of York County or Historic Brattonsville when booking an onsite visit the same day as outreach class.

Standards: Science 2-2.1, 2-2.3, 2-2.4, 3-2.2, 3-2.3, 3-2.4, 3-2.5, 4-2.2, 4-2.3, 4-2.5, 4-2.6, 5-2.3, 5-2.4, 5-2.5, 6-3.2, 7-4.1, 7-4.2 Social Studies 7-7.7

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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
3rd–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 3-2.7, 3-4.1, 3-4.2, 3-5.1, 4-1.4, 4-2.5, 4-2.6, 4-5.2, 4-6.3, 5-1.4, 7-3.4, 8-3.1, 8-7.3 USHC-3.3, USHC-4.1

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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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Skywatch
4th Grade–Adults

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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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 $4 per student. Self-guided tours are $3 per student.

Standards: Social Studies 3-1.4, 3-5.1, 4-3.6 Science 1-2, 2-2, 3-1.1, 3-1.2, 3-1.7, 3-1.6, 3-1.3, 3-1.4, 3-2, 3-5.1, 3-5.2, 3-5.3, 4-1.3, 4-1.4, 4-1.6, 4-2, 5-1.2, 5-1.3, 5-2,5-5.1, 5-5.3, 5-5.4, 5-5.5, 5-5.6, 6-3, 6-5.2, 6-5.6, 7-4, 8-2 Visual Arts IV-B, V-A

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