Growing Up Wild Saturdays Has Returned!
Bring your 3- and 4-year-olds to the Landmark for special programs that will include stories, hands-on learning, and outdoor exploration.
From 10 a.m. to 12 noon Saturday, April 20th, 2024, we will be learning about ants.Children must be accompanied by a parent or caregiver.We will be spending time in nature, so please wear long pants and closed-toed shoes.As always, classes are free!Check back here for upcoming dates this spring!
Space is limited to 20 per Saturday
To register, contact our Heritage Education staff at landmark.education@ttu.edu or 806 742 1116.
Amazing Summer Adventures, 5- 10-year-olds
Age Groups: Going WILD 5- and 6-year-olds;
Plains Explorers 7- and 8-year-olds; Nature Squad 9- and 10-year-oldsHours of class: 9 a.m. to Noon
June 4-7
The Bizarre life of Flies, Mosquitos, and Gnats.
A fly on the Endangered Species list?!? The World's deadliest animal?!? Join us and learn the Creepy Facts and Bizarre Behaviors of these tiny creatures.
June 11-14
Herding on the Plains: Horses, Sheep, Cattle
Learn about early agricultural practices of the Comanche, The Pastores, & the Cowboys.
June 18-21
Great Migrations: on the land, in the air, in the sea
Investigate migration patterns and flyways. Who goes the longest distance, who is the smallest migrator, what about pollinators?
Association for Fire Ecology (c)2022
June 25-28
Fire Ecology
Why did ancient peoples set fire to the grasslands? What is a prescribed burn? What is fire safety? Join us and get answers to these questions and more.
July 9-12
Art-n-Nature
Find Art in Nature, Create Land Art, paint in Plein Air, and more.
July 16-19
Archaeology & Conservation
Process excavated materials: field documentation, clean, sort, condition reports, museum storage, and conservation.
Conservation Academy, 11- 12-year-olds
July 23-26 and July 30-August 2
Phase I (this is a 2-week program)
Agents of Deterioration -- care and conservation of museum objects
Learn how museums and professionals provide care and conservation to objects, artifacts, and specimens.
Prep artifacts and build storage, create documentation, and exhibit labels.
Learn how to detect pests, chart temperature and humidity, and create a new exhibit for the Landmark.
July 23-26 and July 30-August 2
Phase II (this is a 2-week program)
Digging Deeper -- conservation care in the Quaternary Research Center (must have participated in Phase I last summer)
Participate in ongoing research, wash matrix, excavate a plaster jacket, while learning important conservation skills,
such as measuring, field documentation, monitoring, and housing specimens, and artifacts.
To register, contact our Heritage Education staff at landmark.education@ttu.edu or 806 742 1116.
