REACH Homeschool Group

Fly Girls of WWII traveling WASP exhibit is currently in Kalamazoo. For more info view their website at http://wings1944.blogspot.com/2010/05/wasp-flygirls-whats-next.html

Register for the Maple Syrup tour at Lloyd A Stage Nature Center on March 6 or March 13, 2010. Short intro to maple syruping indoors, then hike the trails to see how sap is collected. Then stop in the sugar shed and see the wood-stoked sap evaporator in action. The tour ends with syrup tasting over warm mini-pancakes.

Cost is $5.00 at the door. Register by calling Stage Nature Center at 248-524-3567. Starts every half hour between 9:00am – 3:30pm and last approx 1-1/2 hours. For ages 4-adults.

Stage Nature Center
6685 Coolidge Hwy
Troy, MI 48098
248-524-3567

Scroll down to see the info from Troy Parks & Rec

November 14 & 15 Pine Lake Glassworks is offering a free glassblowing demonstration and a wonderful display of artwork from 12:00pm to 5:00pm.
1040 South Coats Road
Oxford, MI 48371
248-425-9887

The Parade Company has developed an education program for the Studio Tours Program. Curriculum guides for grades PreK-5 are available for download. These curriculum units are meant to give lesson plan ideas and educational talking points for student before, during and after your tour of the Parade Studio.

You’re invited to take a behind the scenes look and discover Detroit’s hidden treasures at The Parade Company Studio. Step into a story land of color and fun as we get ready for one of Detroit’s most anticipated holiday events, America’s Thanksgiving Parade. Wonder through a wonderland of fantasy and floats. Marvel at the world’s largest collection of antique papier-mâché heads. See the Costume Department where our characters come to life. Meet award winning artisans who bring the magic to YOU! The tour is wheelchair and stroller friendly. Contact Cheryl at cferguson727@hotmail.com to attend.

9500 Mt. Elliott, Studio A Detroit, MI 48211

When: Tuesday, Nov. 17th, 11:00 a.m.
Cost: Children $5, Adults $10, Under 2 is Free

Oakland Historical Society Tour May 18, 2009

The Oakland County Historical Society tour has been rescheduled to Monday, May 18, 2009. The Oakland Historical Society is located at 405 Cesar E. Chavez Avenue, Pontiac. The fee is $3 per child, $5 per adult.

Please contact Ros Hartigan rfh@xrgb.com asap if you are attending.

Cancelled due to the weather

Monday, October 27, 2008, 11:00am to 12:30pm
Porter’s Orchard and Cider Mill, 12160 Hegel Road, Goodrich, MI 48438. It is almost half way between M-15 and Hadley Road. 810-636-7156
Cost: $4.00 per kids and $2.00 per adult (Without pumpkin)

Includes:
Hay Ride
Corn Maze
U-pick small pumpkin (there is also larger pumpkins for sale)
U-pick apples (If there are some left)
Cider
Donught
Tour of Cider Mill

This very nice farm has animals that you are allowed to feed. If you are interested in joining Sandy & her DD they’d love to have you.
Sandy Klersy <wolflover1@hughes.net>

This will be the Geology Field Trip reminder The info is posted below. Marie did ask the center to leave out the evolution based info (billions of years, etc.). Marie has people signed up – if you didn’t respond before and are interested, please email Marie directly at mnmtabar@comcast.net – or if you cannot come anymore, please let her know. Please bring cash ($1 per child and $3.50 for each mineral card you’d like to buy – optional – and it helps if you have exact change – thanks)

Marie mnmtabar@comcast.net

Geology – Friday, May 30, 2008 10:00am – 12:00pm
Fees: $1/person (ages 3 years and older) + $3.50/rock and mineral card (Note: Tim mis-quoted the price of these cards…they are $3.50 each – and are available to anyone who would like to purchase them…it’s totally optional).

Younger students (pre-school through 2nd grade)
*Uses of rocks and minerals
*3 categories of rocks and how they form
*volcano demo
*magma hardening into rock
*Rock & Mineral ID
*How rocks and minerals break down to help form soil
*Nature Hike – reinforce as many of the above as possible

Older students (3rd grade and up)
*All of the above….plus….
*Discuss methods used to ID rocks (streak test, hardness scale etc.)
*Differences between elements, minerals and rocks
*”Fossils” – MI state symbols (Petosky Stone, Isle Royals Greenstone, Mastadon)

Please let me know if you have any quesions.

Yours in nature,
Lynn Conover
Assistant Naturalist
Lewis Wint Nature Center
9501 Sashabaw Road, Clarkston MI 48348
248-625-6473

Visit us on the web at: www.oakgov.com/parksrec