School Programs & Trips
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School Trips to Cleveland Botanical Garden
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Power of Plants Live @CBG
PK – 6
Cleveland Botanical Garden
Power of Plants or”POP” is an interactive program geared towards children aged 3-12 (grades PK-6) and their adult chaperones. What do people get from plants? Show your smarts or learn something… more
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College Self Guided Tour
College
$9 per student
Cleveland Botanical Garden
Offered Year-round Bring the whole class! $9 per student. Please note – if you have a special request that does not fit within the available options, please reach out to… more
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Shapes in Nature
Daisy
$12 per scout or sibling
Cleveland Botanical Garden
We will go on a scavenger hunt to find common and uncommon shapes in nature, plus plant, animal, and human-made patterns. Daisies will use natural items to create art they… more
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Dissecting Pollination
Grades 4-8
$9.00 per student
Cleveland Botanical Garden
Explore the reproductive structures of a flower through a guided dissection. Students will also visit the glasshouses and/or outdoor gardens to look for examples of plant/pollinator relationships. Fall, Winter, and… more
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Plant Habitats & Adaptations
Grades 2-5
$9.00 per student
Cleveland Botanical Garden
A visit to the Madagascar and Costa Rica glasshouses – and weather permitting the outdoor gardens – will focus on comparing plants that have adapted to live in vastly different… more
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Plants and Me
Grades PK-2
$9 per student
Cleveland Botanical Garden
Plants are all around us – we see them in parks and gardens, dotted along walkways and parking lots, and even on our plates! Over the course of this program,… more
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Is it Alive?
Grades PK-1
$9.00 per student
Cleveland Botanical Garden
Fall, Winter, and Spring sessions 1.5 hours Maximum of 55 students per time slot. $9 per student. One adult chaperone required per 10 students (free). One adult per five students… more
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Butterflies in the Garden
Grades PK-3
$9 per student
Cleveland Botanical Garden
Guided discussions about metamorphosis help learners discover how plants play an important role in the lives of these interesting insects Offered Year-round 1.5 hours Maximum of 55 students per time… more
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Garden Variety Tour
Grades PK – 8
$9 per student
Cleveland Botanical Garden
Offered Year-round 1 hour Maximum of 55 students per time slot. $9 per student. One adult chaperone required per 10 students (free). One adult per five students admitted free; additional… more
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Sensory Tour
Grades PK-8
$9 per student
Cleveland Botanical Garden
Offered select dates in spring only. 1.5 hours Maximum of 55 students per time slot. $9 per student. One adult chaperone required per 10 students (free). One adult per five… more
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Self Guided Tour
Grades PK – 12
$7 per student
Cleveland Botanical Garden
Offered Year-round $7 per student. One adult chaperone required per 10 students (free). One adult per five students admitted free; additional adults are $7.00 per person. Please note – if… more
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Flowers-to-Go
Junior
$12 per scout
Cleveland Botanical Garden
Explore the indoor or outdoor gardens to see real flowers and learn about pollination. Investigate the parts of plants by dissecting a flower and then make a flower press for… more
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Brownies and Bugs
Brownies
$12 per scout
Cleveland Botanical Garden
Find a bug and build an observation box for it. Each troop should bring shoeboxes with them – bring one per Girl Scout or bring just one shoebox to make a single observation box… more
School Programs
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Power of Plants
Elementary (PK-5)
Power of Plants, or “POP” for short, is a large-scale, full-day educational event, which takes place at schools across Northeast Ohio. POP is: Since we can accommodate up to 250 students, POP is… more
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Sprouting Young Scientists (SPYS)
Preschool
$150 per program (3-4 programs per year)
Holden guided lessons accompany the books to support early learners in investigating plants through hands-on activities and problem-solving scenarios. 1 hour program, 3-4 programs throughout the year. If you are… more
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Growing Students in Science
Grades 2-5
$425 per classroom (Grade 2-4) $525 per classroom (Grade 5)
Students in their classrooms can participate in the program for multiple years, starting in the second or third grades and completing the fifth-grade program. Each year students participate in two… more