OUTDOORS

Let's Take a Walk! includes general seasonal happenings, some plant identification, exploration of habitats, and signs of animals that live there.
Content Standards: K.2, K.3, 1.2, 1.3, 2.2, 3.2, 4.2, 4.3, 5.2, 6.2, 6.3, 7.2, 7.3

Tree Talk gets us close to the trees to feel them, see how they grow, look for some common species, and learn their importance to wildlife.
Content Standards: 4.2, 5.2, 6.2, 7.2

What's a Stickler? features a simulated animal game to gain a better understanding of wildlife populations and how they are distributed.
Content Standards: 4.2, 5.2, 7.2

Seeds, Seeds, and More Seeds! emphasizes the variety of types to be found, what plants they grow into, and how they are dispersed.
Content Standards: 1.2, 1.3, 2.2, 4.2, 5.2, 7.2

Pond Critters centers around what creatures live in the pond and can be found during a hands-on catch-and-release discovery session.
Content Standards: K.2, 1.2, 1.3, 2.2, 3.2, 4.2, 5.2, 6.2, 7.2

"Plants" of the Wee World concentrates on identifying and understanding organisms such as algae, fungi, mosses, ferns, and lichens. Bring extra hand lenses (optional).
Content Standards: 4.2, 5.2, 7.2

INDOORS

Habitat Treasures seen during a tour of the Museum touches upon many aspects of the natural world, especially wildlife and plant life of White Memorial.
Content Standards: K.2, K.3, 1.2, 1.3, 2.2, 2.3, 3.2, 3.3, 4.2, 4.3, 5.2, 6.2, 6.3, 7.2, 7.3

Who Eats Whom? features information about herbivores, carnivores, food chains, and food webs.
Content Standards: 4.2, 6.2

Animal Adaptations as exemplified by various birds, reptiles, and mammals illustrates how physical features and behaviors help these creatures to survive.
Content Standards: 2.2, 3.2, 4.2, 5.2, 7.2

Feathers and Fur centers on the characteristics of birds and mammals with emphasis upon Connecticut species.
Content Standards: 4.2, 5.2, 7.2

The Slimy and the Scaled features characteristics, habitats, and life cycles of various species of Connecticut reptiles and amphibians.
Content Standards: 1.2, 1.3, 2.2, 2.3, 3.3, 4.2, 5.2, 7.2

All About Insects focuses on this large and diverse group of living things, their forms, and their life cycles.
Content Standards: 1.2, 1.3, 2.2, 3.2, 4.2, 5.2, 7.2

Winter Survival addresses how animals and plants manage to live through harsh winter conditions and includes information about hypothermia.
Content Standards: 4.2, 4.3, 5.2, 6.3, 7.2, 7.3

Endangered Species deals with endangerment, its causes and effects, Connecticut's listed species, and what people can do to make a difference.
Content Standards: 3.2, 4.2, 5.2, 6.2, 7.2

AT YOUR SCHOOL

Animals with Backbones Learn about five vertebrate groups: fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals and which ones are found in Connecticut. Visual aids including mounted specimens, bones, skulls, fur, and live animals will be used.
Content Standards: 1.2, 1.3, 3.2, 4.2, 5.2, 6.2

Trees — Really Big Green Plants Students will learn about parts of a tree, what functions they carry out, how a tree grows, and the importance of trees to other living things. We'll examine specimens under magnification. (WMCC will provide 4 binocular scopes; school may supplement.) Visual aids including tree x-sections will be used.
Content Standards: 2.2, 3.2, 4.2, 5.2

With Bones and Without We will take a closer look at vertebrate and invertebrate animals and classify an assortment of indigenous species using pictures and actual specimens.
Content Standards: 5.2, 6.2

Crash, Crack, Scrape! This hands-on look at Connecticut's geologic history involves plate tectonics, glaciation, and common rocks and minerals. Rock types and mineral specimens will be part of the program.
Content Standards: 4.3, 6.1, 7.3, 8.1

Why Does It Have That? Using birds as examples, students will learn that structure and behavior affect survival. Shown by an assortment of mounted specimens seen close up, various beaks and feet exhibit some of many possible adaptations.
Content Standards: 4.2, 5.2, 6.2

Seeds are Everywhere! Where do seeds come from? Why are they important? How do they travel and what do they look like? We'll use magnifying scopes, charts, and drawings to gain a broader understanding of seeds.
Content Standards: 1.2, 2.2, 3.2, 4.2, 5.2