Garden Treasures
(Grades K-1)
Students use their 5 senses to explore the natural wonders in Pan’s Garden. They experience a guided sensory tour, observing the abundance of native plants in the garden’s wetland and upland areas. They may see the bright red flowers of firebush, smell the aroma of river sage, feel the soft fuzz of silver buttonwood, and listen to birds singing. Students use their bodies and creativity to connect with garden treasures, learn plant parts dance, and write/draw what they saw, heard, felt, and smelled!
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Garden Pollinators
(Grades 2-3)
Students learn about pollination and important pollinators as they explore flowering native plants in Pan’s Garden. They listen to a story about a very misunderstood bee and learn the “waggle dance” to experience how bees find flowers. They go on an interactive pollinator nature quest to search for different insects and other pollinators that live in Pan’s Garden. On their quest, they may find bees buzzing on native flowers or monarch caterpillars feasting on milkweed plants.
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Native Plants, Animals, & People
(Grades 4-5)
Students explore the native plants of Pan’s Garden and why these plants are important from various ecological and cultural perspectives, including Seminole tradition. Students experience a guided tour of the garden’s wetlands and upland areas. As they move through the garden, they learn about different relationships between native plants, animals, and Indigenous peoples, and how these relationships affect us today. Students play an interactive plant “bingo” game and go on a nature quest to find plants with medicinal and non-medicinal uses. They may see a tree Indigenous people use to make canoes, touch a fern used to treat headaches, and notice an air plant used to make rope. They also learn how we can give back to help our natural environment in South Florida.