An Arboretum Instructor presents a mobile Field Trip right in your classroom!
Date
Available between April 8-May 27, 2027
Grade
K-2
Fee
$350-$1,025; see details below.
Maximum students per class: 32
Activities and Concepts
Celebrate spring with hands-on plant science! Use sunflowers as a way to explore plant parts, pollination, life-cycles, and the incredible diversity that is possible in nature!
- Student scientists make discoveries and share observations while touching, smelling and exploring a wide variety of dried sunflowers.
- Discover the sunflower’s superpower and find out how it is part of a garden ecosystem ripe for summer-long learning.
- Plant a dwarf sunflower in school and get your own seeds to plant a giant sunflower that can grow as tall as a house!
2019 Minnesota State Science Standards
0P.1.2.1.1 Effect of sunlight on plant growth
0L.1.2.1.2 Diversity of plants/habitat
0L.2.1.1.3 Survival of living things
0L.3.1.1.1 Needs of plants in the places they live
1L.1.1.1.1 Comparing plants as they grow
1L.3.1.1.1 Modeling external plant parts
2L.3.2.2.1 Function of plants/seeds