Our staff enjoys bringing live animals and a wide array of mounted specimens into the schools for hands-on programs. Below is a list of the programs we can offer in your school.
Learn about the important roles plants and animals play within this community and gain an understanding and appreciation for this fascinating habitat. We will bring live animals such as a snake, frog, turtle, or salamander and many beautifully mounted specimens of animals like raccoons, squirrels, woodpeckers, and other birds.
Celebrate our local Native American history. Children will discover how the tribes made it through each season and the important role of each family member in their survival. We will bring examples of tools– including primitive artifacts, clothing, pottery, and other hand-made items used daily.
Hibernators, catnappers, and active animals abound in Fairfield County. Live animals and mounted specimens will help the children discover the behaviors and physical adaptations that allow these creatures to make it through this challenging season.
A close-up look at claws, talons, beaks, eyes, ears, noses, and more! Live animals and mounted specimens will help children to understand why animals look and behave the way they do.
NGSS strategies and various live and mounted specimens will captivate your students and encourage them to observe, predict, hypothesize, and use information learned to support their hypotheses.
These lessons address the actual NGSS goal and the science and engineering practices, disciplinary core ideas, and crosscutting concepts.
This can be modified to any grade level.
Offered: Year-round
New Pond Farm has a spectacular collection of gentle snakes, turtles, lizards, frogs, and salamanders. Students will learn the basic characteristics of reptiles and amphibians and what makes each unique. Seeing them up close, the children begin to understand such mysteries as: “Why do snakes have clear eyelids?”, “Can turtles crawl out of their shells?” “Do frogs use their eyeballs to swallow?” With so many wonderful things to learn, this is a memorable program!