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Nature Programs History Programs Art ProgramsSensing Nature The children will take a walk along the Lowcountry Trail and using touch, sight, hearing and smell they will experience nature. They will also discuss and observe the living and non-living things they see. Start times: 10 a.m., 11a.m. 12 p.m. Growing Up GreenGrade 1
Start times: 10 am, 11 am, 12 pm Animal DetectivesGrades 2 and 3
Start times: 10 am, 11 am, 12 pm Where’s Lunch?Grades 4 and 5 The class will start by discussing producers, consumers, and decomposers. They will observe and discuss some of the animals here at Brookgreen Gardens and focus on their individual characteristics, their needs, what adaptations nature has provided them with to survive, and then how they fit into their environment’s food chain. Start times: 10 am, 11 am, 12 pm Upland Forest and Cypress Swamp Ecology WalkGrades 4, 5, & 7 Walking through the upland forest and cypress swamp ecosystems, the students will observe and compare the characteristics of both areas which will include their populations and the living and nonliving components of each. At the end of the walk, they will discuss and then notate their findings on a Vinn diagram. Teachers will need to bring pencils and clipboards for all students. Start Times: 10 am, 11 am, 12 pm Keying Out Brookgreen TreesGrades 6, 7 & 8 Students will learn the arrangement and process of using a dichotomous key. They will be directed to trees located around the Wall Lowcountry Center and using the dichotomous keys given them, they will be able to identify many of the types of trees growing there. Start Times: 10 am, 11 am, 12 pm Circle of LifeGrade 7
Start times: 10 am, 11 am, 12 pm Plantation and Native Animals: History and HabitatsAll Grades
Start times: 10 am, 12 pm SC Standards: K – II.A.1.b Backyard Habitat The students will visit and observe several natural habitats found in this area. They will see what is growing naturally and what can be planted to attract birds, butterflies and other wildlife. It is advised that the students bring materials to take notes. Start times: 10 a.m., 11 a.m., 12 p.m.
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Students will begin by observing a variety of trees and identifying some of their basic parts. They will visit the greenhouses here at Brookgreen if they are available and discuss the essentials necessary for all plants to live. If the greenhouses are not available, they will talk about and look at some edible plants, and the students will make and take a Baggie Greenhouse.
Students will use tools a detective would use to investigate a mystery, thus helping them to gather information about the lives of some of the animals here in our area. The tools are specific questions, such as: “Where does this animal live?” “What does it eat?” and “How has it adapted to its habitat?” They will discuss the basic needs of all animals and observe skulls and live animals from several of the habitats here at Brookgreen Gardens.
Students will discuss biotic factors in an environment (organisms, populations, communities and ecosystems) and then define the abiotic factors (sunlight, water, air, and soil). They will then observe producers, consumers and decomposers and see how they fit into the food chains. Observing live animals here at Brookgreen, students will be informed about those that are predators and those that are prey.
Students will meet the historic domestic animals that were an integral part of plantation life in the early 1700s. Students then will be guided through the habitats of native animals, such as alligators, river otters, foxes, and birds of prey.