Education Programs 2015-2016

Experience the history and nature we have

to offer at the Voelker Orth Museum, Bird Sanctuary, and Victorian Garden. The

Museum occupies a landmarked 1890s house and garden in Flushing, , making it an engaging educational setting for your students.

All of our programs feature hands-on activities that enrich this educational

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- experience. The intimate setting allows for us to give our full attention to one visiting class (up to 30 students) at a time.

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Registration Form (2015 Form Registration Please submit payment in advance. A full refund is available for cancellations up to 15 Through the experience of an immigrant family’s days prior to the scheduled program. 1890s home, the Voelker Orth Museum, Bird Sanctuary and Victorian Garden preserves and If you have any questions, contact interprets the cultural and horticultural heritage

Voelker Orth Museum, 149 Museum, Orth Voelker Deena Bak at 718-359-6227 of Flushing, Queens and adjacent communities to or email [email protected]. engage their ever-changing populations.

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Bird Sanctuary and Victorian Garden Visit www.vomuseum.org for a full list of 149-19 38th Avenue, Flushing NY, 11354 Please make check payable to the Voelker Orth Museum and send with completed registration form to the the to form registration completed send with and Museum Orth the Voelker to payable check make Please our programs and for more information 718-359-6227 www.vomuseum.org about the Museum.

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______Requested: Date(s) ______Program(s): of Name [email protected] PreK-6 Programs Available Tuesdays—Friday, 10:00 to 11:30 a.m. ( Most programs 90 minutes in duration) $95 per class (material fee included). Class size is limited to 30 students. New and Programs can be adapted for audiences with special needs. Most programs include an outdoor component: please dress accordingly. ImprovedProgram! History Advance payment is required. No refunds for cancellations less than five days before the program. Please return attached registration form or e-mail [email protected] to make a reservation.

A New Home in a New Country Plants We Eat Animals in the Garden: An Through group discussion, hands-on examination Using a variety of familiar Introduction to Ecology of artifacts from the Voelker-Orth family, and art fruits and vegetables and Our Victorian-style garden provides a habitat making activities, students will explore the themes for many remarkable creatures. While of immigration, cultural NEW tactile touch boards, exploring our garden, students will examine identity, and community building. This students will classify plant the relationships between plants and animals, program focuses on the story of Conrad Voelcker, a parts, learn their functions, discovering the special characteristics, newspaper publisher who emigrated from Germany and identify how plants produce food for in 1881 and published German-language adaptations, and behaviors that allow newspapers in City. Students will make themselves and other animals. Participants organisms to thrive. Students will consider the connections to their own heritage and cultural will discuss the life cycle of plants and the role of garden-friendly animals in our urban identity while considering the challenges and things they need in order to grow. Students environment. opportunities faced by immigrants settling in a Please select one theme per workshop: new community, including how immigrant groups will start a plant from seed to take home. A. Birds, Our Feathered Friends preserve their own heritage while at the same time *This program is readily adaptable for young developing a new American identity. -Students will make a bird feeder to take home learners (pre-K and K) B. From Caterpillar to Butterfly Terrarium Gardening -Students will create a collaged butterfly mask

After a brief introduction C. Who’s Afraid of Honeybees? to the history and -Students will sample honey and visit our working beehive (excluding winter months). concept of terrariums, Classes will receive a group collage-art project participants will explore to complete at school. the processes that drive nature’s water cycle and the basics of plant Our programs strive to meet New Hands On Activity: Following exploration in our life, including the things plants require in York State Science Standards, historic house, students will closely examine one of order to grow and thrive, their life cycles, Common Core Learning Standards for Conrad Voelcker's newspapers. In a culminating and how plants respond to changes in their English Language Arts & Literacy, printmaking and writing activity, students will environment. Students will construct their and/or NYC K-8 Social Studies Scope create their own imaginary newspaper advice own terrarium garden to take home. & Sequence guidelines. Please visit column for recently-arrived immigrants, complete www.vomuseum.org for details. with a hand-printed image.

Voelker Orth Museum, Bird Sanctuary, and Victorian Garden 2014-2015. 149-19 38th Ave Flushing, NY 11354. www.vomuseum.org