Boxerwood Gardens: Nature Center and Woodland Garden

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Elementary School Programs - Grades 3 -5

On site programs consist of half-day visits which guide students through a sequence of progressively complex experiences in the natural world. During each visit, students rotate through three small-group activities. Activities are coordinated with Virginia Standards of Learning for science and languge arts; they are multi-modal and integrate cognitive and affective learning. We also conduct programs at schools and local rivers.

School programs serve students from all three school divisions in the Rockbridge area.

Read an newspaper account of the 3rd grade program. Or watch a video produced by a 4th grade student. (You may be able to download it here or you can go to our Facebook page andl scroll to the March 23rd entry.)

Third Graders....
habitats
learn about habitats by
building tiny shelters

 

compost
find decomposers in the woods
and in the compost pile

 

frogcount
complete a data chart after
observing frogs and turtles

Fourth Graders...
watertesting
measure temperature and nitrate
levels at our springs and wetlands
greenhouseclass
tour our Nature-Emulating Waste
Treatment System
watershedboard
participate in a “Save the Bay”
role play with a contour map
of the county watershed.

Fourth & Fifth Graders ...southriver

 

... determine the health of local
streams by using chemical and biological tests. 

To the left, students catch"creek critters"to determine invertebrate
diversity and creek health.

 

Look at their Creek results
on our "pbwiki."

See more Fifth Grade and Middle School Activities

To volunteer, please contact us.