Experience our enriching youth education programs, featuring STEM exploration, social studies immersion, engaging art workshops, summer camps, and nature classes via self-guided field trips. Nurture curiosity and inspire lifelong learning. Learn about our youth education programs.
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Students explore the animal kingdom to look at the differences between wild and domestic animals. They’ll have the opportunity to play a game and look at stuffed animals, then they’ll even look and touch real animal pelts! They’ll even take a short walk to look for animals in our garden and take a peak in our Nature Center at the animal mounts. Afterward, we’ll make a rabbit craft to take home!
During this short program, students will listen to a story about animals in winter. Then, we’ll discuss ways that people and animals stay warm. We’ll finish up with a winter animal craft!
Students visit Evergreen for a full-day field trip focusing on water, weather, and climate. Students will take a short hike across the property to look at various water sources, then they’ll visit our Science Discovery Center and divide into groups. Each group will rotate through stations exploring the water cycle, stream erosion, weather instruments, and climate change. We’ll break for a 30-minute lunch and regroup afterward to complete a climate challenge. Pre/Post testing available.
First, students will investigate a murder mystery as they work together to determine which animals are prey and which is the predator. Then, students will play a game to learn about echolocation in bats. For large groups <50 students we will split the group in half and complete both activities simultaneously. For smaller groups, we will complete the activities back-to-back.
During this full-day field trip, students will explore the Evergreen property in the search for invasive species. We’ll focus on the adaptations that allow these nonnatives to thrive, while also highlighting the importance of planting natives.
Students visit Evergreen for a full-day experiential field trip focusing on natural resources and land-use. With views of I68, wind turbines, forests, and more students will hike across the property to observe current and historic land uses. Then, they’ll complete a mapping activity and break for a half-hour lunch. Afterward, we’ll divide into three groups to complete stations focusing on soil health, rocks & minerals, and aquifers. Pre/Post testing available.
During these hands-on activities students will examine local water samples to determine the impact of water on living things. In lab one, students will measure water quality parameters to determine if the water is healthy enough for fish to live in. They’ll test temperature, turbidity, dissolved oxygen, pH, nitrates, and phosphates. In lab two, students will become detectives as they investigate water samples to determine what is contaminating the wells in their town. Pre/Post testing available.
Students learn about a healthy vegetable, taste it, and plant it to grow in their classroom! We’ll provide all of the equipment and resources necessary for your students to be successful as they grow their veggies. Each grade level works with a different veggie, so there’s always something new the next year. We even collect data as the students taste their veggies!
This can be an extension of Elementary Edibles or a stand alone program. Students go beyond just growing and tasting vegetables. In this three part program, students attend an after school family fun night (2nd & 3rd grades – Fall), attend an in-class gardening lesson (4th & 5th grades – Winter), and visit Evergreen for a full-day agriculture field trip (1st grade).
Students will learn about the artist Henri Matisse and how he used shapes, colors, and paper cutouts to create his works of art. This interdisciplinary program is designed to encourage students to learn art history, create a unique work of art, and to learn the difference between fresh and saltwater habitats. The program consists of a brief presentation in the classroom, followed by time for students to create their own under-water artwork.
As we look forward to celebrating the heritage of our country, it seems the perfect opportunity to honor some of our oldest residents–our trees. The Evergreen Heritage Center Foundation is also celebrating the 250th anniversary of the settlement of our property, including the original thirteen species of heritage evergreen trees. The program will introduce students to tree ecology through history, science, art making, creative writing, and movement.
This program will encourage your students to appreciate the tree as a critical element in the environment and will show them how trees are beloved by artists and musicians who have honored them through their art forms. Students will be able to express themselves by creating their own tree of life, based on the iconic painting of Gustav Klimt, featured as the artist from history.
In this integrated arts program, students are introduced to contemporary ecoartist Zaria Forman (1982- ). Forman is an artist who spreads awareness of climate change, particularly polar melt, through her photography and large scale murals. Students will engage in a painting project, using highly pigmented professional watercolors, using the colors the Forman uses, to create examples of aerial view relationships between water and ice forms.
Students become immersed in local history during this full-day field trip on Evergreen’s historic farm. Students will divide into groups with their classroom teachers and take a tour of our museums and exhibits, where they’ll learn about agriculture, coal mining, and more. After their first tour, students will transition to an activity simulating coal mining or learning about food preservation while they make their own refrigerator pickles! After lunch, we’ll regroup and repeat.
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Evergreen offers three main experiences — outdoor education programs including school field trips and summer camps, historic museums and coal mining exhibits that bring Appalachian history to life, and nature trails and a native plant nursery set across 130 acres of working farmland and forest.
Yes — Evergreen offers guided and self-guided field trips for K–12 students covering STEM, social studies, and art, all set on a historic 130-acre farm in Allegany County, Maryland.
Yes — Evergreen's scenic historic grounds are available for weddings, private events, and corporate gatherings. The property features unique indoor and outdoor spaces that reflect the natural beauty and history of Western Maryland.
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