Sensing Nature
Grades K and 1
$2 per student and extra adult
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.
Meets at: “Diving Eagle” sculpture at Wall Lowcountry Center.
SC Standards: I.A.1.a
Growing Up Green
Grade 1
$2 per Student and Extra Adult
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.
Start times: 10 am, 11 am, 12 pm
Meets at: Breezeway of Wall Lowcountry Center
SC Standards: II.A.1.a & 2.a & b
Nature Signs & Shapes
Grades K-2
$2 per Student and Extra Adult
Students will look for and identify animal homes and signs they find in nature. These may include nests, woodpecker holes, chewed leaves, and insect galls. Students also will identify basic shapes commonly found in nature.
Start times: 10 am, 11 am, 12 pm
Meets at: Breezeway of Wall Lowcountry Center courtyard
SC Standards: Grade K - I.A.1; Grade 1 – I.A.1
Grade 2 – 1.A; IIA.1, 2
Whispering Wings Butterfly Program Grades K and 2, 3, and 4-12
$2 per Student and Extra Adult
Students will learn fun and interesting facts about butterflies. After this introduction, students will take a stroll through the butterfly exhibit, observing butterflies in the adult and pupa stages. Be sure to bring cameras to take home memories of nearly a thousand “Whispering Wings” found there.
Start times: 10 am, 11 am, 12 pm
Meets at: Campbell Center Outdoor Theatre next to the Zoo
Available: April – October
* SC Standards: Only for Grade K, 2 & 3
Grade K - II Life Science.A.1, .B.1
Grade 2 – II Life Science.B.1. 2
Grade 3 – II Life Science.A.1,2
Animal Detectives
Grades 2 and 3
$2 per Student and Extra Adult
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.
Start times: 10 am, 11 am, 12 pm
Meets at: Wall Lowcountry Center, Learning Lab II
SC Standards: Grade 2 - II.A.1.a & 2.a; Grade 3 – II.A.1 & 2
Where’s Lunch?
Grades 4 and 5
$2 per Student and Extra Adult
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
Meets at: Wall Lowcountry Center, Learning Lab II
SC Standards: Grade 4 - II.A.1 & 2, II.B.1;
Grade 5 – II.B.2 & 3
Where the Trees Grow
Grades 5 and 7
$3 per Student and Extra Adult
Through two outdoor programs the students will become familiar with the anatomy of two of the forests here at Brookgreen Gardens: 1) Walking through the Upland Forest and the Cypress Swamp ecosystems, the students will compare and notate on a Venn diagram the different species of both plant and animals in these two forested areas; and 2) The students will be introduced to a forest profile. Along with observing the layers of a forest and tree cross sections, the students will observe the horizons and soil composition that makes up the forest floor. Teachers must bring Clip Boards and Pencils for each student.
Start times: 10 am, 12 pm (a 2-hour program)
Meets at: Campbell Sculpture Center (near Zoo)
Available: Spring and Fall
SC Standards: Grade 5 – II Life Science B1,5
Grade 7: IID1, IIIA,2
Upland Forest and Cypress Swamp Ecology Walk
Grades 4, 5, & 7
$2 Per Student and Extra Adult
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
Meets at: the Plantation Barn
SC Standards: Grade 4 – II.A.1.a & b;
Grade 5 – II.A.1.a & b;
Grade 7 - II.D
Keying Out Brookgreen Trees
Grades 6, 7 & 8
$2 Per Student and Extra Adult
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
Meets at: Wall Lowcountry Center Program Shed
SC Standards: I.A.1.b.2 & I.A.1.d.1
Circle of Life
Grade 7
$2 per student and Extra Adult
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.
Start times: 10 am, 11 am, 12 pm
Meets at: Wall Lowcountry Center, Learning Lab II
SC Standards: D.1 & 2
Plantation and Native Animals: History and Habitats
All Grades
$2 per student and Extra Adult
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.
Start times: 10 am, 12 pm
Meets at: Lowcountry Zoo Plantation Barn
SC Standards: K – II.A.1.b
Grade 2 – II.A.1.a & C.1;
Grade 3 – II.A.1 & 2;
Grade 4 – II.A.1 & 2;
Grade 5 – II.B.2.a & b;
Grade7 – II.D.1.c & 2.b; Grade 8 – 8-1 & 8-3.1
