     
SEASONAL SCHOOL PROGRAMS 2006-2007
SPRING
Peter Cottontail
K and Grade 1
$4 per student
Duration: 75 minutes
March 27 to April 27, 2007
Meet a rabbit face to face and discover
the world through folk “tails” and stories.
Feel a rabbit’s soft fur and learn why they have such big ears,
wiggly noses and thumping feet. Students will make a bunny
craft and do the bunny hop too! (A-19)
Say Cheese!
K and Grade 1
$4 per student
Duration: 75 minutes
March 27 to April 27, 2007
Little Miss Muffet has nothing on us! Dress up like
cheese makers and explore the steps to making
cheese as you make it yourself. Using the senses,
explore the kinds of cheese available in a supermarket
and taste your own cheese. Make a craft and hear a
cheesy story. (A-25)
Spring Planting
Grades 3 and 4
$4 per student
Duration: 90 minutes
May 9 to June 1, 2007
During this hands-on program, students examine
components of soil and the community of organisms
that lives in it. They also learn the importance of vegetation
in preventing soil erosion, study a plant’s life cycle, and
plant a farm crop seed to bring back to class. (A-6)
A Handful of Soil
 K and Grade 1
$4 per student
Duration: 75 minutes
May 8 to June 15, 2007
There’s new life above and below the ground in
spring. Examine compost samples and learn the
vital role earthworms play in creating healthy soil for
plants. Explore the magic of germination through role
play and by germinating a bean to take back to class.
Then get ready to dig in the soil as students plant a
garden at the Museum. (A-20)
Chill Out!
Grades 1 to 3
$5 per student
Duration: 90 minutes
May 8 to June 15, 2007
Students learn the journey from cow to cone as they
tour the Museum’s dairy barn and our demonstration
milk house. They race against time as they decide
which method is most efficient — an electric ice-cream
maker or an old-fashioned manual one. If they break
a sweat, there is plenty of ice cream to help them
cool off at the end of this program! (A-33)
 Sheep Shearing Festival
K to Grade 4
$5 per student
May 17 to 18, 2007
Our annual sheep extravaganza
is an unforgettable
experience! Watch sheep
being shorn, make felt,
card and dye wool, meet
a lamb up close and
watch sheep dogs in
action—these are just a
few of the activities
students can do at our
hands-on stations! Book
a morning or an afternoon:
9 a.m. to noon or noon
to 3 p.m. (A-2)
 What’s to Eat?
Grades 1 and 2
$4 per student
Duration: 90 minutes
March 21 to June 15, 2007
Head to the Museum to learn
how food gets from the farm
to the dinner table. Students
have fun while learning about
food groups, a healthy diet and
how to keep food safe. And to top
it off, learn how good diet and an
active lifestyle go hand in hand
for a healthy body. (A-34)
 “Chews” Wisely
Grades 5 and 6
$4 per student
Duration: 90 minutes
March 21 to June 15, 2007
Guar gum, annatto, fructose, carbohydrates,
carrageenan…words from a foreign language?
No, food ingredients that were probably in your
lunch! During this program, students decipher
food labels and discover what nutrients their bodies
need to perform well at their favourite sports. They
explore the factors that influence their food choices
and, as food safety “detectives,” they identify which
micro-organisms can contaminate improperly
handled food. (A-35)
Food for Health is an innovative travelling exhibition on the vital importance of food and food safety in our
everyday lives, opening at the Museum in March 2007.
These two school programs have been created
to complement this exciting new exhibition.
Go back to Program Descriptions
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