Discover Nature

Home School Event
All new stations!
Thursday, Aug. 13
10 a.m. – 2 p.m.

Discover the world of internationally famous Hoosier naturalist, author and photographer Gene Stratton-Porter.

 

*   Take part in an insect history detective game at the cabin.

*   Discover the good, the bad and the ugly about insects.

*   Unveil common myths about wetlands and create a wetland model.

*   Become a young naturalist as you participate in an afternoon aquatic insect dig at the Loblolly Marsh.

*   Meets select 2nd to 6th grade Indiana Academic Standards.

 

Locations and times: Aug. 13, 2009

Morning session 10 a.m. – noon: Limberlost State Historic Site on U.S. 27 just south of the caution light in Geneva, Indiana. Lunch Break: noon – 1 p.m. Bring a sack lunch to eat on the grounds. Afternoon session 1 – 2 p.m.: Loblolly Marsh Wetland Preserve on CR 250 W. in Bryant, Indiana.

Cost: $5 per person 

Questions: Call us at 260.368.7428 or stop by 200 E. 6th St. Geneva, IN.

 

For information about the Indiana State Museum and Historic Sites, visit www.indianamuseum.org.

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 Discover Nature Reservation Form:                ____# attending @ $5 each = $_________ (Enclose this amount)

                                                                                                

 Please R.S.V.P. by Aug. 10, 2009               ____# Free Chaperones; (One adult admission free with every group of more than six youths; additional adult tickets are $2 each)

Make Check Payable and Mail to:

                                                                                                Did you attend Discover Nature last year? Yes or No (Circle one)

Limberlost State Historic Site

PO Box 356

Geneva, IN 46740

 

By signing this, I give my consent to Limberlost State Historic Site personnel to use my photographs in any future newsletters or brochures that may be distributed nationwide.

 

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