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
Registration begins March 24th.
To register, contact our Heritage Education staff at landmark.education@ttu.edu or 806 742 1116.
June 2-5
Gone to Texas
Comanches in Texas
Pastores in Texas
Regions of Texas
Resources of Texas
Singer Family Comes to Texas
June 9-12
The Amazing (Water) Adventure
Water Around the Globe
Bodies of Water -- Human Body
Forms of Water on Earth --Characteristics
Water Erosions
June 16-19
Bugs are Us -- Insects/Arachnids
Insect and Bug Extremes
Insect Parasites
Insects and Bugs of Texas
Insects and Bugs of the Southern High Plains
June 23-26
Geology -- Rocks and Land (Geoheritage)
Rock Types
Stratigraphy
Geological Processes -- Climate Science/Global Warming
Geological Events -- Earthquakes and Volcanoes
June 30-July 3
Big Sky (Atmopsphere)
Astronomy -- The Universe and Everything In It
Nephology -- Clouds
Solar (Helio) Physics -- Sun
July 7-10
Archaeology
Archaeology in Texas
LLL Research Sites
Process
Artifacts
Conservation Academy, 11- 12-year-olds
July 21-31
Phase I (this is a 2-week program)
Agents of Deterioration -- Care and Conservation of Museum Objects
Learn how museum 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.
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.
