2010 - 2011 School Year Class Trip Reservations
Book your 2010-2011 class trips anytime! Use our online reservation form, send an email to info@agriculturemuseum.org, or call the Museum Office at 732-249-2077 and leave a message.
- The NJMA Education Department
The cornerstone of the New Jersey Museum of Agriculture's educational mission is its School Programs which provide demonstrations, themed tours and hands-on activities for students - pre-K through sixth grade. Over 12,000 students participate in the Museum's educational programs annually, many coming from urban communities such as Trenton, Newark, Camden and New Brunswick. The Museum's School Programs have been recognized for their quality as both a reinforcement to and enrichment of school curricula.
Teacher Testimonial
"For the past several years our students have been visiting the Museum of Agriculture as part of their Lenape unit. I am happy to tell you that our fourth grade team won a Best Practices Award from the NJ State Department of Education."
- Mrs. Linda Biondi, Pond Road Middle School, Robbinsville, New Jersey
Available Programs
🌾 All About Wheat
Grades: 2-6 | Availability: Beginning of Oct. thru first week of Nov. | Time: 10 am - 12 noon
This hands-on interactive program will teach students how wheat is grown, harvested, and processed from the farm to the table. Learn how wheat is grown and make a wheat seed necklace. Thresh wheat using a modern version of the ancient flail to remove the seeds from the stems. Winnow wheat using an authentic fanning mill to separate the seeds from the chaff. Take turns at the gristmill to grind wheat into flour. Discover how wheat is used in other foods. Help make, and then eat, delicious whole-wheat pancakes.
This program incorporates the following New Jersey Core Curriculum Content Standards: 2.1, 3.2, 4.1, 5.1, 5.3, 5.4, 5.5, 5.6, 5.7, 5.12, 6.4, 6.9
🐔 Little Red Hen
Grades: Pre-K - 1 | Availability: Beginning of Oct. thru first week of Nov. | Time: 10 am - 11:30 am
Younger students will learn the steps of processing wheat into flour by following the story of The Little Red Hen at the Museum's "Red Hen Puppet Theater." Students will learn how wheat is planted and harvested; help thresh wheat seeds from stalks; crank a fanning mill to winnow the wheat; and grind whole wheat flour by using a grist mill.
This program incorporates the following New Jersey Core Curriculum Content Standards: 1.1, 5.6, 5.7, 6.4, and 6.5
🏹 The Lenape Indians
Grades: 3-6 | Availability: Can be reserved anytime during the school year (Oct. thru June) | Time: 10 am - 12 noon
Living off the land as the Lenape did required ingenuity and a mastery of skills for daily survival. Museum Educators will take your class on a tour that includes life-size Lenape dwelling, games, hunting, and gardening. The Lenape played games not only for fun, but to develop coordination for hunting. Test your hunting skills at darts, hoop and pole, and stone boiling relay. Learn about the "Three Sisters" of the Lenape garden while grinding corn with stones. Examine a variety of artifacts and see what life was like in and around a Lenape wigwam.
This program incorporates the following New Jersey Core Curriculum Content Standards: 3.2, 5.1, 5.3, 5.4, 5.7, 5.12, 6.2, 6.3, 6.4, 6.5, 6.7, 6.8, 6.9
How to Reserve
To reserve a school program for your class, please contact us:
Note: All programs will begin at 10:00 am unless other arrangements have been made.
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