Currently the Garden’s field trip program is on hiatus. The Garden is committed to offering quality education programs for schools and teachers, please stay tuned for new ways to bring the Garden into your classroom. Self-Guided field trips for educational groups are still available on a limited basis.
GUIDED FIELD TRIP OPTIONS
*Suggested grade levels based on standards addressed during field trip
WILD DESIGNS
EXPLORING ELEMENTS OF ART IN NATURE
*Grades K – 8
90 minutes for Kindergarten
2 hours for Grades 1 -8
Students investigate lines, shapes, colors, textures and patterns to create nature-inspired art while experiencing the Garden’s newest art exhibition, Wild Rising by Cracking Art- an installation of more than 1,000 animal sculptures made from colorful recyclable plastic.
DESERT DETECTIVES
LIFE CYCLES
*Grade 1
2 hours
Students investigate the life cycles of Sonoran Desert Plants and animals – including insects.
DESERT DINING
FOOD-WEBS AND ORGANISM INTERACTIONS
*Grade 1 – 3
2 hours
Students examine interconnections between living things, as they uncover food-webs found in the Sonoran Desert.
THE SECRETS OF DESERT PLANTS
PLANT PARTS & ADAPTATIONS
*Grade 3
2 hours
Students explore plant parts and functions, while discovering the amazing ways plants have adapted to the desert environment.
ARIZONA PLANTS AND PEOPLE
RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN PEOPLE & PLANTS
*Grade 3+
2 hours
Students explore how people, then and now, rely on plants to meet their basic needs.
BIOMIMICRY
NATURE AS A PROBLEM SOLVER
*Grades 3 – 8
2 hours, 15 minutes
Inspired by nature, student design, build and test their creative solutions to solve human problems.
add-on: Butterfly Pavilion
Customize any of the above field trips by adding a visit to our Butterfly Pavilion. $3 per participant. Available Mar. 3 – May 8, 2020.
