Discovery Day at the Plains Conservation Center (Grades 1-5)
Bring your students to the Plains Conservation Center for a day of discovery. Your group will be given a schedule of stations to visit throughout the day, including all three content areas at PCC: Sod Homestead, Cheyenne Camp and Prairie Ecology. These stations are a combination of facilitated and self-guided activities. A wagon ride onto the prairie to learn about the short grass prairie ecosystem is included (weather permitted).
Cost: $10 student within SCFD, $12 outside SCFD
When: Wednesday, May 8, 2019 or Thursday, May 9, 2019
Time: 10 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. (please plan to arrive in time to start your program at 10 a.m.)
One-Day Prairie Perspectives Immersion Plus Optional Overnight (Grades 3-5)
Immerse your students in the challenging perspective of a child growing up in the 1800s as a Cheyenne Indian or a homesteader. Students explore the prairie ecosystem and participate in activities at the homestead and Cheyenne camp, cook a meal, journal and connect with the cultural history. Overnight portion includes campfire, storytelling, wagon rides on the prairie and sleeping in the tipis (weather permitting).
Cost:
- One-Day Prairie Perspective Immersion, 9 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.: $60 within SCFD / $65 outside SCFD
- One-Day Prairie Perspectives Plus Optional Overnight ends 9 a.m. the following day: $125 within SCFD / $130 outside SCFD
One adult chaperone admitted free for every five students, additional chaperones are $30 each for the one day program and $60 each for the overnight program. A 50 percent deposit is due at least 30 days prior to program date; full payment is due at least one week pre-program.
When: One Day Immersion: September – October and April – May
Overnights: May and September only
Class Size: Maximum 35 students
Life in the High Plains Field Trip (Grades 1-5)
Discover the prairie on a wagon ride (weather permitting) and/or discover what life was like for the Cheyenne Indians and the homesteaders on the high plains in the 1800s. Explore how the Cheyenne adopted a lifestyle of semi-nomadic hunter/gatherers to thrive on the prairie. Learn about roles within the homesteading communities of 1887 and how they supported each other. Learn about the flora and fauna of the prairie while engaging in real field-science which may include bird surveys, prairie dog ethograms and water quality testing.
When registering, please indicate which of the following program areas you would like to reserve: Prairie Ecology, Sod Homestead and/or Cheyenne Camp (maximum of two topics):
- Option 1: Sod Homestead / Cheyenne Camp Combo
Class size: Maximum 90 students
- Option 2: Sod Homestead / Prairie Ecology Combo
Class size: Maximum 90 students
- Option 3: Cheyenne Camp / Prairie Ecology Combo
Class size: Maximum 90 students
- Option 4: Prairie Ecology
Class size: Maximum 60 students
- Option 5: Cheyenne Camp
Class size: Maximum 60 students
- Option 6: Sod homestead
Class size: Maximum 60 students
Cost: $10 per student within SCFD, $12 outside SCFD (One adult chaperone admitted free for every five students, additional chaperones are $7 each)
When: September – November 18 and April – May (available throughout the summer for camp and school groups)
Time: 10 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. (including lunch break)
Prairie Ecology (Grades 6-8)
Students engage in real field-science as they explore the prairie flora and fauna. They may conduct bird surveys, perform prairie dog ethograms and do water quality testing.
Cost: $10 per student within SCFD, $12 outside SCFD (One adult chaperone admitted free for every five students, additional chaperones are $7 each)
When: September – November 18 and April – May (available throughout the summer for camp and school groups)
Time: 10 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.
Class size: Maximum 60 students