Burpee Museum Education

Education: Families Home School Classes • Summer Camps • Burpee Explorers
Burpee Explorers!
NEW! This hands on program for children 6-10 years old is all about solving mysteries!! All programs are for 6-10 year olds ans several requaire an adult to particiapte due to the nature of the program Pre-registration and pre-payment are required. Call 815.965.3433 ext 1020 to register
Saturday, January 12th 1 - 2.30 pm “Solving Dinosaur Mysteries: Theropod Ballistics” The clues are in the teeth of these fearsome beasts! Examine tooth casts from Tyrannosaurus rex, Allosaurus, Albertosaurus and other carnivores. Learn how these dinosaurs lived—and died! Take home a Tyrannosaurs rex tooth cast and lots of supplementary materials. Members: $13 per participant., Pubilc: $18 per participant
Saturday, February 9th, 1 – 2.30 pm “Solving Dinosaur Mysteries: Hearts of the Tyrants” Ever wonder what a dinosaur heart is like? Do you think dinosaurs are warm blooded or cold blooded? Learn about the simliarities and differences of animal hearts? Learn to find your own heart and count the beats. Get “hands on” as you dissect a heart. Need to be accompanied by an adult to assist with dissection. Fee: Members: $15 per participant, Public: $20 per participant
Saturday,March 15th 1 – 2.30 pm “Solving Dinosaur Mysteries: Dinosaur Eggs?” Burpee Museum’s newest dinosaur dig site is in the Morrison Formation of Utah, home of Brachiosaurus and Apatosaurus. Our expeditions regularly uncover the environment and items dinosaurs lived around. Might they find an egg? What mysteries do dinosaur eggs solve? What have paleontologists discovered from dinosaur nesting sites? Participants will build their own dinosaur nest with its own dinosaur eggs and take home lots of supplementary materials. Fee: members:$13 per participant, Public: $18 per participant
Saturday,April 12th 1 – 2.30 pm “Solving Dinosaur Mysteries: The Raptor Killing Machine” How did Raptors differ from Jane, Burpee’s Theropod dinosaur, and Homer, Burpee’s Ceratopsian dinosaur? Just how big were Raptor claws? Get up close as you study a Dromaeosuaurus skeleton and cast a claw to take home. Fee: Members: $13 per participant, Public: $18 per participant
Saturday,May 10th 1 – 2.30 pm “Fascinating Frogs” What makes frogs special? Why are they important? What was the Age of Amphibians like? Explore the ancient giant Amphibians found in Burpee’s Coal Forest. To discover how frogs are different from reptiles, participants will dissect a frog. Must accompanied by an adult to assist with dissection. Fee: Members:$15 per participant, Public: $20 per participant
this program offered in part by Institute of Museum & Library Sciences
Home School Classes!
	We are excited to announce our 2008 home school class schedule! We offer three classes each month with a common theme. Each class has its own focus, enabling students to come to one or all three of them. We listend to your feedback and have changed the time of the classes to 2-4pm Cost per 2-hour class (2008: ages 9-12 year olds) Burpee Museum members: $12 for one child, $9 for each additional sibling Non-members: $16 for one child, $13 for each additional sibling Sign up for an entire month (3 classes) and receive 10% discount! Returning in 2008 Home School activities for 6-8 year olds. Activities and crafts are based on the same monthly themes as the classes for th older students. all classes are on Tuesday afternoons from 2-4pm and held at Burpee Museum. Registration and pre-payment are required for all classes. Cancellations must be made at least one week prior to the class to receive a refund. Please plan on arriving 10 minutes before start time to allow for full class time. Burpee Museum reserves the right to cancel any class that does not meet enrollment requirements. For more information or to register, please call the Education Department Scheduler at 815.965.3433 x1020. Meet the teacher! Besty Carlson** is our Home School Program teacher. Betsy brings many years of varied teaching experience to Burpee Museum, including home schooling her own children, public school school instruction and home school cooperatives. Betsy is a dedicated and enthusiastic member of our Education staff.

Summer Camps
Hope you will join us this summer for a variety of learning experiences! At Burpee Museum, we offer drop-in programs to week long camps.

Animal Alphabet Camp for 3-5 year olds All classes meet from 9:30-11am Pre-registration and pre-payment are required. Fees: $45 per child per week for members, $52 per week per hild for non-members. Call 815.965.3433 ext 1020 today to reserve your spot! Each week, campers will learn about 5 animals through fun, age appropriate, activities and crafts as we work our way through the alphabet – come for a week or all summer!
Monday - Friday, June 23-27 9:30-11am This week our focus will be on American Bison, Bluegill, Crab, Dove and Elephant.
Monday - Friday, July 7-11 9:30-11am This week our focus will be on Fox Snake, Grizzly Bear, Hedgehog, Insects and Jellyfish
Monday – Friday, July 21-25 9.30 – 11am This week our focus will be on Kangaroo, Lizard, Mouse, Narwhal and Owl.
Monday – Friday, August 4 –8 9.30 – 11am This week our focus will be on Polar Bear, Queen Conch, Rosy Tarantula, Salamander and Turtle
Monday – Friday, August 11-15 9.30 – 11 am This week our focus will be onUrchin, Virginia Possum, Weasel, Xenarthra and Zebra

School Age Camps & Sleepovers Week long camps from 9-11am daily Pre-registration and payment is required. Call Education Department 815.965.3433 ext 1020 to register Fees: $60 per child members, $70 per child non members.
Monday – Friday, June 23-27 9 – 11 am School Age Camp-Homer the Triceratops For 6 – 10 year olds Meet Homer, Burpee’s new Triceratops, and discover what his world was like. We’ll visit the Paleo-lab to see how Homer’s bones are prepared and use fossils to find out what else lived with him.
Friday – Saturday, June 27-28 7.30 pm – 9.00 am “Night at the (Burpee) Museum” Sleepover For ages 6 and up, one adult required for every 3 children Come and join the fun of a “night at the museum”! We provide activities, a snack and movie at bedtime, and a light breakfast; you bring your PJ’s, toothbrush, pillow and sleeping bag. Pre-registration and payment is required Call Education Department 815 965 3433 ext 1020 to register. Fees: $25 per person
Monday – Friday, July 7-11 9 – 11 am School Age Camp – Paleo Explorers For 8 – 13 year olds Take a journey through time to discover the Earth of the past. We’ll use fossils to guide us and discover lots of fantastic creatures along the way.
Monday – Friday, July 21-25 9 – 11am School Age Camp – Wild and Wonderful For 7 – 12 year olds We’ll explore habitats both inside and out, discover what lives in the river, and meet some really cool live animals. Join us for a week of WILD fun!
Friday – Saturday, August 1-2 7.30 pm – 9 am “Night at the (Burpee) Museum” Sleepover For ages 6 and up, one adult required for every 3 children Come and join the fun of a “night at the museum”! We provide activities, a snack and movie at bedtime, and a light breakfast; you bring your PJ’s, toothbrush, pillow and sleeping bag. Pre-registration and payment is required Call Education Department 815 965 3433 ext 1020 to register. Fees: $25 per person

Escape To Burpee most Thursdays during summer from1-2:30pm Activities for 6-10 year olds. Pre-registration and payment is required. Call Education Department 815 965 3433 ext 1020 to register. Fees: $10 per child members, $12 per child non members
Thursday, June 19 1 – 2.30 pm Escape To Burpee: Snakes Alive! Get up close to a live snake. Chart the growth of Burpee’s fox snakes “The Sisters”. Examine a snake skeleton and discover the importance of snakes and how they fit into our ecosystems.
Thursday, June 26 1 – 2.30 pm Escape To Burpee: Fishy Tails Explore the world of fish, from Burpee’s ancient armored Dunkleosteous to Illinois’ own Blue Gill. What makes fish unique? Examine their scales and gills and make your own fish print.
Thursday, July 10 1 – 2.30 pm Escape To Burpee: Cool Off & Explore the Arctic Escape to the cool world of snow and ice in the summer! Examine the melting Polar Ice Cap and study the science of ice. Make crafts of the Arctic indigenous people, the Inuit.
Thursday, July 17 1 – 2.30 pm Escape To Burpee: Volcanic Bombs and Rocks of Fire Explore volcanic bombs, types of lava and igneous (“fire”) rocks. Use microscopes, conduct experiments and begin and igneous rock collection.
Thursday, July 24 1 – 2.30 pm Escape To Burpee: Ice Age – Where Mammoths Once Trampled Mammoth once walked here in Northern Illinois! What evidence of the Ice Age exists here, what was it like and what still remains?
Thursday, July 31 1 – 2.30 pm Escape To Burpee: The Magic of Worms “The worms crawl in; the worms crawl out” and what do they do when they are about? Experiment with live worms to discover their secrets.
Thursday, August 7 1 – 2.30 pm Escape To Burpee: The Land Beneath Our Feet Examine the strange and wonderful creatures that dwelt here in Rockford long, long ago in the Ordovician sea. Who were the predators and who were the prey? Make casts of ancient invertebrates.

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For more information please contact the Education Department Scheduler at 815.965.3433 x1020