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For as the soil makes the sprout come up and a garden causes seeds to grow, so the Sovereign Lord will make righteousness and praise spring up before all nations. -Isaiah 61:11

 

Flamingo Gardens Homeschool Day

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Date – Time

Wednesday – 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Location

Flamingo Gardens
3750 S Flamingo Road
Davie,, FL 33330 US

Additional Information

Flamingo Gardens

HOME SCHOOL DAY

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 11, 2017

COSTS: $10 per child and $12.50 per adult
 

Kindergarten – 2nd grade: Wildlife Encounter 

Panthers and Gators and Snakes, Oh My! Flamingo Gardens is also home to beautiful birds, playful river otters, proud peacocks and more. Meet them all on the Wildlife Encounter. Includes:

  • Flamingo Gardens bird of prey center featuring eagles, owls, hawks, falcons and vultures.
  • Our free-flight aviary, home to over 40 species of water and wading birds in five natural habitats.
  • Our Everglades Wildlife Sanctuary, home to panthers, flamingos, bobcats, alligators, river otters, turtles, tortoises and Josh the bear.
  • A tram ride through wetlands and native hammock areas, where wildlife is frequently sighted.


3rd – 6th grade: Adaptation

An eco-educational experience with hands-on program. Students will discover how birds’ beaks and feet have adapted to living within different habitats. Includes:

  • Introduction to habitat and how adaptations help organisms survive in different parts of their habitat.
  • Discover resource partitioning and how adaptations help animals to feed and utilize the various resources within their habitat.
  • Narrated tram ride through our wetlands, rainforest and native hammock habitats and “Spy” different biotic and abiotic parts of our ecosystem
  • Experiment and model how we are all connected so we are all affected and learn how you can create a wildlife habitat in your own yard and become an environmental steward. Watershed model, discussion of habitat loss, migration and how they can help. Create a paper planter and plant a tree in it.


7th grade & up: Save Our Swamps

This program focuses on the importance of South Florida wetlands. As home to the Everglades Wildlife Sanctuary and onsite wetlands to explore. Includes:

  • Native water and wading birds are observed up close as students walk through our free flight aviary led by their guide/interpreter. Five types of wetland habitats are represented in the aviary, home to more than 40 species of birds.
  • The animals of the wetlands are well represented at Flamingo Gardens where students will see alligators, river otters, bobcats, Florida Panthers, turtles and more. Includes a narrated tram ride.
  • Students explore our mitigated wetland while learning about the importance of wetlands, the challenges they are currently facing and ways to preserve our local wetlands and the environment.
  • Students will document their observations throughout the tour on forms provided in your packet.
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