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2. Museum of York County - Tours
3. Museum of York County - Settlemyre Planetarium
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Historic Brattonsville

• Carroll School - 1932 Rosenwald School 4th - 6th Grades The Rosenwald School history is a perfect way to convey the Depression Era of history to students. This Rosenwald School was built in 1929 and served the community until 1954. This field trip takes the children back to 1932 and provides inquiry-based lessons on life during this time with hands on activities revolving around sharecropping, cotton, corn, and more. Program Length: 4 hours (9 am – 1 pm) $12 per student. Minimum: 15 students; Maximum: 30 students back to top

• 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 back to top

• 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 back to top

• 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 back to top

Museum of York County - Tours

• 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 back to top

• 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. Access to Dutchman Creek for water lessons. Monday-Saturday: 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. Sunday: 1 p.m. - 5 p.m. back to top

• 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. 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 back to top

Museum of York County - Settlemyre Planetarium

• 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 back to top

Museum of York County - Classes

• Archaeology Dig 6th Grade The student will be able to understand how we know about past history and the wonderful work Archaeologists do in helping us understanding the past. The students will graph the area where the artifacts were found. The students will use their understanding of the artifacts to answer questions about what was found. Topic: Hunter-Gatherers in Sixth Grade Social Studies 45-60 minutes Group general admission is $3 per student, $5 per adults. To add a class or guided tour, $1 per student. Naturalist Center Class only, $3 per person. Standards: Social Studies Standard 6-1: 6.1.1 6.1.5 back to top

• Fight, Flight or Fright - Animal Style 6th Grade The student will be able to: Identify and label structures of animals for defense, movement, and resource obtainment. Summarize the basic functions that animals have for defense, movement, and resource obtainment Topic: Life Science – Animal structures, processes and responses 45-60 minutes $5 includes museum admission Standards: 6.3.2 back to top

• Get Some Backbone! Vertebrates vs. Invertebrates 6th Grade The student will be able to: Identify specific invertebrate and vertebrate groups based on visual cues, Classify an animal into a particular group based on its characteristics Topic: Life Science – Animal structures, processes and responses 45-60 minutes $5 includes museum admission Standards: 6.3.1 Compare the characteristic structures of invertebrate animals (including sponges, segmented worms, echinoderms, mollusks, and arthropods) and vertebrate animals (fish, amphibians, reptiles, bird, and mammals). back to top

• Simplest to Complex 6th Grade Objectives: The student will be able to analyze specimens and make conclusions about the complexity of the organism Topic: Classification 45-60 minutes $5 includes museum admission Standards: 6-3.1, 6-3.2 back to top

• Taxonomy 6th Grade The student will study animal structures and use a taxonomic key to identify animals into phylum and class. Topic: Classification 45-60 minutes $5 includes museum admission Standards: 6-3.1, 6-1.3 back to top

• NSI: Naturalist Scene Investigator (Gathering Evidence from Skulls) 7th What effect does the type of teeth and eye position have on predator/prey survival? The students will be able to distinguish between herbivores, carnivores, and omnivores and to identify predator/prey by looking at the skulls and teeth of animals. Topic: Predator/Prey relationships in ecology 45-60 minutes $5 includes museum admission Standards: 7-4.2 back to top

• You Are What You Eat 7th Grade The student will be able to create a food chain from given organisms and identify roles that other organisms serve within a food chain. Topic: Food Chains 45-60 minutes $5 includes museum admission Standards: 7-4, 7.4.2 back to top

• Animal Adaptations 8th Grade The student will be able to observe characteristics of animals, use observations to predict characteristics of animals, predict adaptations using research information and observations, and compile design ideas for a drawing lesson (TSW create an animal who adapts a new physical feature in a follow-up lesson.) Topic: Visual Art, Science 45-60 minutes $5 includes museum admission Standards: Visual Art 8-1.3 back to top

• It’s a Rock to Me 8th Grade Guiding Questions: 1) How do scientists classify rocks? 2) What physical characteristics separate rocks into the three categories? Objectives: The student will be able to identify the three types of rocks and explain the interrelationships between them. Topic: Rocks and Minerals 45-60 minutes $5 includes museum admission Standards: 8-3, 8-3. back to top

• 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. 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 back to top

Outreach

• 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 $4 per student - Minimum of 25 students 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 back to top

• 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 $4 per student - Minimum of 25 students 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 back to top