Seasonal School Programs
Winter

The Incre-Edible School Program

Grades 2 to 4/Cycle 1 and Cycle 2

$10 per student
Duration: 3 hours (90 minutes before lunch and 90 minutes after)
November 10, 2010, to February 23, 2011

Who said you can’t do it all? During this special half-day program, discover where your food comes from and study the four food groups while visiting the Museum’s barns. As they play games, students learn about the life cycles of plants and animals and their role in a food chain and on a pizza. They explore how farmers grow vegetables in greenhouses, how plants can be grown without soil, and why mushrooms grow in the dark. To top it all off, students make and eat a delicious pizza snack! (A-36)

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Pioneer Children

JK to Grade 1/K and Cycle 1

$7 per student
Duration: 90 minutes
November 10, 2010, to February 23, 2011

How were a pioneer child’s life and responsibilities different from today? Students explore these differences as they dress up like pioneers and play-act a day in the life of a pioneer child. They will make a beeswax candle to take home, taste some apple butter, and play a button game! (A-31)

A Pioneer Winter

Grades 2 and 3/Cycle 2

$7 per student
Duration: 2 hours
November 10, 2010, to February 23, 2011

Students learn how pioneers prepared for the long, dark days of winter in Upper Canada. They will look at pioneer tools, do a little woodworking, make a beeswax candle to take home, work some wool, celebrate like a pioneer, dress in pioneer costume, and have their photos taken to decorate the classroom. (A-26)

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