PRESCHOOL & KINDERGARTEN PROGRAMS

Download the 2009-2010 Field Trip Brochure

Four programs are offered during the 2009 - 2010 school year for preschool and kindergarten children. Each program is classroom-based and lasts for 30 minutes and includes a hands on activity. It is followed by a walk through the Conservatory.

LIFE CYCLES AND SEASONS • September 14 - March 12
Investigate how plants and seasons change through the year.

BLOOMS & BUTTERFLIES • March 15 - June 11
Butterfly life cycles and plants are featured in our 16th year of this exhibit.

NEW! CHIHULY REIMAGINED • September 14 - March 26
Art and nature combine in this fine art experience in the Conservatory.

NEW! ! GROWING FUN IN THE GARDEN • April 12 – June 11
Where does your food come from? Join this hands-on garden adventure.

Field trips for Grades 1 - 12

Franklin Park Conservatory provides an active learning environment—a living classroom for your school tour. Students interact with native and exotic plant collections and have fun learning about science, the environment, and the arts. Each of the programs offered has been evaluated with regard to Ohio’s Academic Content Standards.

Each school tour program lasts approximately 50 minutes. Through January 3, 2010, groups may choose to include a visit the Franklin Park Conservatory Hot Shop with their tour and watch as local, professional glass blowers – gaffers – transform molten glass into hand blown art glass pieces. The 25 minute demonstrations begin on the half hour from 11 a.m. - 2 p.m. weekdays. The Hot Shop is located in an outdoor courtyard, under roof, and will operate through January 3, 2010.

HABITAT ADVENTURE • September 14 - June 11
Review the basic needs of plants and animals. Compare and contrast plant
adaptations and food webs in mountain, desert, and tropical habitats.

BLOOMS & BUTTERFLIES • March 15 - June 11
Witness plant and animal interactions. Discover how butterflies rely on
plants at every life stage and pollination’s value to insects, plants
and humans.

BOTANY BASICS • September 14 - June 11
Plant science comes alive for you and your students in the most biodiverse
plant collection under glass in central Ohio. Walk through a rainforest in
winter, reviewing plant classification, form and function.

PLANTS AND OUR CHANGING ENVIRONMENT • September 14 - June 11
Plants cope with their environment with a dazzling array of adaptations.
As climate changes, how will plants adapt? Learn about climate and human
impacts on this tour.

COLUMBUS COUNTS • September 14 - June 11
Learn about the carbon cycle, measure your carbon footprint and count the
ways that trees improve our urban environment in this hands-on program
supported by AEP-Ohio. go to columbus counts page

GARDENING CONNECTIONS • April 12 – June 11
Gardening involves climate, soils, life cycles, animal interactions, and human
social systems. Explore the amazing new ScottsMiracle-Gro Community
Garden Campus on this tour, and kick-start your own school garden!

NEW! CHIHULY REIMAGINED • September 14 - March 26
Art and nature combine in this fine art tour of the Conservatory.

NEW! CHIHULY IN COLUMBUS • Limited dates only: Oct. 9 & 23, Nov. 6 & 20
Tour two exhibitions of Dale Chihuly’s artwork: visit the Conservatory
(a.m., and lunchtime) and the Columbus Museum of Art (after lunch).
$8 per student for both locations. Register with the Columbus Museum
of Art, 614-221-6801

QUESTIONS regarding field trip conntent may be directed to 614.645.5863

TO REGISTER complete this downloadable registration form.

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES

Use our pre- and post-visit lesson plans and activities, located on the Conservatory’s website www.fpconservatory.org.

Visit the JOHN F. WOLFE CHIHULY RESOURCE CENTER, where you can view a collection of books and DVDs on Dale Chihuly, as well as revolving displays about the artist. An e-mailable resource guide for K-12 teachers is available. Send your request by email to education@fpconservatory.org.

Visit the CRANE FAMILY COMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTER at the Scotts Miracle-Gro Company Community Garden Campus,where you will find a non-lending resource library, gardening magazines and periodicals, and computers featuring garden design programs and information to help gardeners create and maintain their gardens.

Start a LEARNING GARDEN at your school. Contact the Conservatory’s community gardening outreach program, Growing to Green, for information and assistance in starting and sustaining your school garden. Contact Bill Dawson at bdawson@fpconservatory.org or 614.645.5952