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Out-of-Classroom Learning Experiences
Tops & Bottoms for early childhood development, Plants 101 for grades K-3 and Math at the Gardens for grades 4-6 are designed to support curricula needs in Fox Cities area schools and meet Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction Standards. Please see brochures attached below.
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Tops & Bottoms
(Early Childhood Development)
Tour Gardens of the Fox Cities during a hands-on and feet-moving field trip! Explore the Gardens using your senses and review plant structure in the learning stations: story time, play a game, and make art.
Meets Wisconsin Early Learning Standards, Third Edition: C.EL.1 (Health and Physical Development), A.EL.1, A.EL.2, A.EL.3, B.EL.1 (Language Development and Communication), A.EL.1, B.EL.1 (Approaches to Learning), A.EL.1, A.EL.2, A.EL.3, B.EL.4, C.EL.1 (Cognition and General Knowledge)
Tops & Bottoms brochure
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Plants 101 (Grades K-3)
This engaging educational experience will include a tour of Gardens of the Fox Cities and rotation through hands-on learning stations. Throughout, students will learn and review the structure, function, needs, and importance of plants, and plant life cycle including pollination. Learning Stations include
Parts of the Plant, What a Plant Needs to Grow, and Our Friendly Pollinators.
Meets Wisconsin Model Academic Standards for Science: F.4.1, F.4.2, F.4.3, F.4.4 (Life and Environmental Science)
Plants 101 brochure
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Math at the Gardens
(Grades 4-6)
Fourth through sixth grade students will examine how gardeners, farmers, and naturalists use math on a regular basis. They will practice math skills and review the importance of plants participating in real-world activities. Your visit will include two hands-on lessons and a phenology tour of Gardens of the Fox Cities.
Hands-on lessons are: Roots & Shoots and Value of Vegetables. Students will work together on hands-on activities in small groups and discuss findings as a large group. During the outdoor phenology tour, students will act as citizen scientists and contribute their phenological observations to our phenolog.
Meets Wisconsin Model Academic Standards for Mathematics: A.4.1, A.4.2, A.4.3, A.8.1 (Mathematical Processes), B.4.5, B.4.7, B.8.5, B.8.7 (Number Operations & Relationships), D.4.1, D.4.2, D.4.4, D.4.5, D.8.3, D.8.4 (Measurement)
Meets WDPI Math Common Core Standards: 4.MD.1, 4.MD.2, 5.MD.1, 6.RP.1, 6.RP.2, 6.RP.3
Meets Wisconsin Model Academic Standards for Science: C.4.2, C.8.1, C.8.2 (Science Inquiry), E.4.5 (Earth and Space Science), F.4.2, F.8.6, F.8.7 (Life and Environmental Science)
Math at the Gardens brochure
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Gardens of the Fox Cities is part of the Community Learning Connections (CLC). The goal of the CLC is to increase awareness of area informal educational venues, encourage visits to them and promote their benefits throughout the community. Discover Fox Cities FUN brochure
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New Out-of-Classroom Learning Experience Opportunity
Gardens of the Fox Cities and Building for Kids join together Plants 101 and Super Kids Save the World, out of classroom learning experiences for students in grades K-3, together in a one day field trip.
Dates available for registration are Wednesdays, Feb. 1, Feb. 8, Feb. 15, Mar. 7, Mar. 14, Mar. 21, & Mar. 28.
Morning session and lunch at The Building for Kids (2.5 hours)
Afternoon session at Gardens of the Fox Cities (1.5 hours)
Plants 101 - Participate in an engaging winter opportunity in the Scheig Learning Center. Our Plants 101 experience will include a rotation through hands-on learning stations, including a seed needs game, take-home planting project, and vermicomposting lesson. Learning stations are: Parts of the Plant, What a Plant Needs to Grow, Our Friendly Pollinators, and Meet Red Wigglers. Throughout, students will learn and review the structure, function, needs, and importance of plants. Meets WDPI Science Standards F.4.1, F.4.2,F.4.3,F.4.4
Super Kids Save the World
Play and explore Super Kids Save the World, a traveling exhibit focusing on the Four R's: Reduce, Recycle, Repair and Reuse. In conjunction with this exhibit, students will participate in a one-hour, hands-on science lab experience: I Can Make Clean Water. The lesson will challenge students to create and test a water filtering system to answer the question, "What can I do to make clean water?"
Science Process Skills: Observing, Measuring, Classifying, and Communicating
Connections to Curriculum and National Education Standards: Science (NSES) and Health (NHES)
To register your school group:
- Call The Building for Kids at 920-734-3226
- Limited to 40 students per session; Groups larger than 30 may be split into two smaller, rotating groups
- $5.50 per student; There is no charge for teachers and chaperones; A ratio of four students to one adult is suggested
- Should be scheduled at least two weeks in advance
- Availability is upon a first-come, first-serve basis
- Payment is due at least two weeks in advance to The Building for Kids.
For additional information please contact: Hannah Schraufnagel, Gardens of the Fox Cities at hschraufnagel@gardensfoxcities.org or Kristen Trimberger, The Building for Kids at ktrimberger@tds.net
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Gardens of the Fox Cities
1313 E. Witzke Blvd. Appleton, WI 54911
(920) 993-1900 info@gardensfoxcities.org
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