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Children explore the environment in summer sessions at museum
By PATRICIA RICE
Staff Renorter
What began 12 years ago as two week-long sessions in aquatic biology and terrestrial ecology now is a complete summer program of 42 week-long sessions that keep about 1,500 children occupied and learning during the summer.
"but, rather to teach them ethics and awareness of the natural world."
“Our goal of the program is not to teach the children to be scientists.” Ruth Gauthman.
The program's 42 sessions are divided into age groups. About half of the sessions are for 5-to-7-year-olds and the other sessions are for 8-to-10-year-olds and 10-to-13-year-olds.
The sessions for 5- to 7-year-olds are two hour long walking trips on campus, during which the children can explore birds, geology and trees. The older children take field trips to explore the area they are enrolled in.
GENRICH SAID two of the most popular sessions for the 8- to 13-year-olds are "Reptiles and Amphibians" and "Aquatic Biology."
"I think those are the most popular with the children because they can get wet with a toy."
In those sessions, which are each three hours long, the children work in streams and ponds to collect fish and other aquatic life.
An instructor, assistant instructor and a bus driver accompany the field groups on each of their trips. The groups usually include 16 children.
If children want more of a "day" weekly session, they can enroll in Butterflies and
THIS FIELD EXPERIENCE, sponsored by the Museum of Entomology at Snow Hall, takes the children, equipped with butterfly and insect identifiers, and identify different types of butterflies.
"In our session on mammals," Genrich said, "the children make their own live traps. Then, if we catch something, we examine it and afterward let it go."
The program also offers a similar session about mammals.
Genrich, who has been with the program four years, said that children returned each summer.
"We even have parents who want to know
The public education program does offer adult education programs during the school year.
if we,have any summer workshops for them," she said.
"I WISH WE could have adult workshops in the summer," Gemrich said. "But we simply can't handle more than we have now."
Gennrich said as many as six weekly workshops were conducted simultaneously.
The workshops are funded by enrollment fees. The public education office, except for the salaries of Germich and her assistant, is through the Museum of Natural History.
Free per session for 5- to 7-year-olds are a $14 fee for associates and $17.40
Fees for each session for 8- to 39-year-olds are $10 a week for associates members and $25 a week for nonassociate members.
All Styles Men's & Women's
Museum associates pay a yearly membership, which entitles them to reduced rates for summer workshops, including other programs during the year. Members receive an information about the sessions is available in the public education office, 6023, Dyche Hall.
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