Teachers will receive free general admission to the Homeplace 1850s Working Farm and Living History Museum, Golden Pond Planetarium and Woodlands Nature Station on Saturday and Sunday, September 29 and 30, 2018, at Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area.
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Current and retired teachers, home educators and their immediate families qualify for free entry, excluding evening laser shows. Please bring a school faculty ID card or other means of identifying yourself as a teacher or home educator.
“This is a way for us to say ‘thank you’ to educators for the important work they do,” says Darrin Samborski, Environmental Education Specialist. “We invite teachers and their families to utilize this free admission to our day-use facilities, see what we have to offer for families and students, pick up an educator resource packet or just relax and have fun. Our environmental education programs encourage critical thinking and hands-on learning about nature, history, and space, and are excellent for traditional and home educators.”
Teacher Appreciation Weekend programming includes:
Saturday, September 29
Children’s Chores – 11 am – 1 pm – Homeplace
Puppet Show – The Journey of Monica the Monarch – 11:30 am – noon – Nature Station
Stump the Naturalist – 12:30 – 1 pm – Nature Station
Fall Crawl: Reptile and Amphibian Search – 1 – 3 pm – Nature Station
Walk with Animals – 1 – 3 pm – Homeplace
Eagle Recovery in Land Between the Lakes – 3:30 – 4 pm – Nature Station
Sunday, September 30
Spinning Wheels, Thread on the Farm – 11 am – 1 pm – Homeplace
In Cold Blood – 1 – 1:30 pm – Nature Station
Woodworking – 1 – 3 pm – Homeplace
Backyard Safari: Secrets of Survival – 2:30 – 3:15 pm – Nature Station
The Friends of Land Between the Lakes work in partnership with the US Forest Service to provide educational program and information services, volunteer activities, funds development and to help promote the wise and sustainable use of the Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area. You can support our mission through membership, volunteerism and sponsorship. For more information, contact Jennifer Wheatley at 270.924.2014 or jwheatley@friendsoflbl.org.
Photo: Teacher Appreciation Weekend at Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area is a great opportunity for teachers to learn about the educational programming available at our environmental education facilities.