Tours...educational fun for the kids.

Our goal is to create a hands- on agricultural learning environment at the farm by incorporating a Corn Maze, pumpkin patch, and our cows, pigs and chickens into farm based lessons specific for each grade level. We are confident we will create a memorable experience for each child.

We invite public, private, and home school groups to participate. The tour experience is geared towards third through fifth grades and we cover material that meets standard course of study objectives for NC teachers. It is preferable that you bring 30-60 students although we are flexible. Below you will find the specific objective covered for each grade, sample lessons, and a list of what to bring.

 

Please contact farm@springhousemeats.com or 828-628-1027 to schedule a tour. Tour dates are Monday through Fridays during the months of September and October and by special appointment.

 

 

 

Kindergarten: Science Goals 1.01-1.05, 3.01-3.03

1st Grade: Science Goals 1.01-1.04, Social Studies Goals 2.04,2.06

2nd Grade: Science Goal 1.01, Social Studies Goals 2.04,2.06

3rd Grade: Science Goals 1.03,1.05

4th Grade: Social Studies 1.03-1.05, Science Goals 1.01-1.04

5th Grade: Science Goals 1.01, 1.02, 1.06, 1.07

 

Costs: $5 per person in attendance teachers are free

What to Bring: 1 chaperone for every 5 students, sunscreen, sack lunch and drink, hand sanitizer, bee sting kit, appropriate clothing and shoes

Schedule:

9:30 Arrive at Hickory Nut Gap Farm (flexible)

9:45 Introductions

10:00 Activities, Snack, Tour

11:00 Lunch in the Picnic Area

12:00 Activities, Tour

1:00 Depart Back to School

Sample Lessons :

Third Grade- Buzzy Buzzy Bees

Synopsis: Learn the basics of pollination as each student acts out their role as pollinator and/or plant. Discuss the effects of environmental conditions on fruit production and graph our results.

Fourth Grade- I'm a Drover

Synopsis: Step back into North Carolina history and become a drover, a person who brought livestock all the way from Tennessee to South Carolina on foot. Watch the demonstration of moving pigs along the "highway" and discuss life at the Sherrills Inn stopover on the way to Rutherfordton.

Fifth Grade- Ecosystem Scavenger Hunt

Synopsis: Explore the farms fields, woodland, and water while collecting and observing specimens in each small ecosystem. Learn the interdependence of these ecosystem and why each level from producer to consumer is so important to the farm.