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Program: Citizens in Community, K-2
  Fairfax Museum
Description: Citizens in Community will introduce early elementary students to the basic concepts of local history and citizenship. Using the current exhibition, The Fairfax Story, as well as the Museum building (built in 1873 as Fairfax Elementary School), students will compare school and community of the past with the present. Students will discuss local Fairfax and Virginia history and how artifacts are used to learn about the past. Topics covered will include Virginia symbols, jobs in community, and basic map skills. Students will handle reproduction artifacts and participate in paper activities to help illustrate changes in the Fairfax area from rural to suburban community.

This one-hour program is designed for up to 25 students. Students will receive a pre-visit information packet and post-visit activities.

Program Dates: Tuesday – Friday
September – June
Cost: No charge

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Fairfax Museum and Visitor Center, built in 1873 as Fairfax Elementary School, offers students a glimpse into the learning environment of the past and illustrates the growth of Fairfax over 130 years. Recently renovated, the Museum and Visitor Center features a HistoryMax Big Screen showing various media presentations and an expanded Museum Gift Shop. A public park is adjacent to the Museum and Visitor Center.
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Program: By Hand: Furniture by Tom Wessels; Wood-fired Ceramics; Sculptural Basketry by John Skau
  Peninsula Fine Arts Center
Description: This exhibition will present a look at the art of local woodworker Tom Wessells and will include Tom's latest creations of art and furniture as well as a retrospective look at some of his award winning pieces.
An exhibition of contemporary ceramic artists using the oldest form of firing, Wood-fired Ceramics will highlight artists from across the country with a focus on artists from Virginia, North Carolina and Tennessee.
John Skau creates fascinating sculptural basketry.
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Program: Genesis 2006 College Student Juried Exhibition / Prefaces 2006 High School Juried Exhibition
  Peninsula Fine Arts Center
Description: This exhibition presents a variety of works by many of the most important African American artists from the modern and contemporary eras. Included are works from the Harlem Renaissance, the W.P.A., and the contemporary period by artists such as Romare Bearden, Palmer Hayden and Betye Saar.
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Program: Myths, Tales, and Legends
  Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
Description: Explore representations of myths, tales, and legends that transcend time. Visit VMFA’s galleries to gain insight into the beliefs, contributions, and lasting influences of cultures from around the world.
Contact: Tour Services
804.340.1419

Program: Art on the Spot: City/Country
  Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
Description: Take an imaginary trip through the country and the city to explore how lifestyles change from the past to the present. Learn about American artists George Henry Durie and Faith Ringgold and use real fabric to make your own story quilt.
Contact: Tour Services
804.340.1419

Program: Voyage to Virginia
  Henricus Historical Park
Description: This is a 5-hour program offered in collaboration with Agecroft Hall and Gardens. Students will explore early 17th century life using role playing and hands-on activities. Students will begin their adventure at Agecroft Hall, learning about the lifestyles of the servant class in England. They then decide to indenture themselves and begin a new life in the Virginia colony at the 1611 Citie of Hericus.
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Program: African Americans in Antebellum Richmond
  Valentine Richmond History Center
Description: Students will compare and contrast urban and rural slavery in antebellum Richmond. Students will delve into the lives of historical African-American Richmonders through artifacts and primary documents. This program includes a tour of the 1812 Wickham House where students become familiar with the institution of slavery in an urban setting.
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Program: Children in the House: Growing up in the 1800's
  Valentine Richmond History Center
Description: Students will identify and compare differences in family life and education in 19th century Richmond. Students will also interpret photographs, primary documents and reproduction artifacts, such as toys, clothing, and textbooks. These sources reveal social and economic distinctions between genders, races, and classes. The program concludes with students participating in 19th century games.
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Program: Fall Line City History
  Valentine Richmond History Center
Description: Students will tour Settlement to Streetcar Suburbs: Richmond and Its People to compare Richmond from its days as a settlement to its rise as an industrial headquarter. Students identify the components necessary for the development of Richmond through primary artifacts and secondary sources. Students interpret the economic, political, and social growth of the city by analyzing and interpreting Richmond’s historic events.
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Program: Greek by Design
  Valentine Richmond History Center
Description: A program exploring the elements of Greek and Roman architecture, art, mythology, and design as used in the décor of the 1812 Wickham House. Students will discuss the gods and goddesses, art, nature pictures, and other designs used by the Greeks and Romans in their own culture. Then they will see how those designs were used in one Richmond home. The students have the opportunity to gather, classify, and interpret information about Greek and Roman culture through an inquiry-based instructional program.
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Program: Powhatan Indians
  Valentine Richmond History Center
Description: During this program students will investigate the social and economic conditions of the Powhatan of the Eastern Woodlands. Through discussion of reproduction artifacts, photographs, and drawings students learn about the Powhatan Indians reliance on natural and human resources and their lasting contributions to today’s society. The program concludes with students using the traditional coil method to create a clay pot to take home.
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Program: Ancients in our Neighborhood
  Valentine Richmond History Center
Description: During this walking tour, students explore Richmond architecture influenced by Egypt, Greece and Ancient Rome. Students will also uncover the architectural elements that distinguish different styles, such as pediments, lintels, columns and capitals.
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Program: Capitol Square Tour
  Valentine Richmond History Center
Description: This guided walking tour explores Capitol Square’s rich history and architecture. Students discover the ideals of George Mason, Thomas Jefferson, Harry F. Byrd and others by visiting their statues on the Capitol grounds. An interior visit to the State Capitol can be added after renovations are complete.
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Program: Colonial Richmond
  Valentine Richmond History Center
Description: In this guided bus tour, students gain knowledge of life in colonial Richmond and discover some of the causes and results of the American Revolution. The tour includes a program at Wilton House that demonstrates colonial life in the Mid-Atlantic colonies from the perspectives of large landowners, farmers, women and slaves. The tour discusses key events and individuals in the American Revolution with a visit to the State Capitol.
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Program: Dawn of the 20th Century
  Valentine Richmond History Center
Description: In this guided bus tour, students discover the social, economic, and technological changes in Richmond in the early 20th century. The program chronicles the period from the Reconstruction era to the early 20th century, with emphasis on industrial growth, immigration patterns and women’s rights. Choose an interior visit to either the Maggie Walker Historic Site or the Bolling-Haxall House.
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Program: How a City Grows
  Valentine Richmond History Center
Description: This combined riding and walking tour gives younger students an up-close look at our city. From frontier town to the capital city, students will discover Richmond’s history, geography, and architecture as well a how our city and state function.
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Program: Keeping It All In Check: Civics on the Road
  Valentine Richmond History Center
Description: This riding tour examines the structure and powers of local, state, and national governments, the judicial system established by the Constitution of the United States, and related historic individuals. Includes a visit to the Virginia House of Delegates and the John Marshall House.
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Program: What's a Magnet?
  Portsmouth Museums
Description: Geared toward the Kindergarten audience, this program investigates attraction, repelling, refrigerators, and frying pans. A great program to demonstrate the forces of magnetism.
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Program: The Nation's Beginnings
  Valentine Richmond History Center
Description: During this guided bus tour, students discover what a fall line is and why it was important to Richmond’s development. Richmond’s role in the formation of the country will be discussed, including the contributions of such notable Virginians as Patrick Henry and Thomas Jefferson. Includes visits to St. John’s Church, the State Capitol, the James River and canal sites.
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Program: Richmond's African American Heritage
  Valentine Richmond History Center
Description: During this guided bus tour, students explore the important role African Americans have played in our city and state’s history. The political and social contributions of Bill “Bojangles” Robinson, Maggie Walker, L. Douglas Wilder, and Arthur Ashe are discussed. Includes a visit to the Maggie Walker Historic Site. A visit to the Black History Museum can be substituted or added for an additional fee.
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Program: Richmond's Canals
  Valentine Richmond History Center
Description: This walking tour focuses on the development of Richmond’s canals in the early 19th century, demonstrating water features important to the early history of Virginia, territorial expansion, industries and the growth of the city. The program can include a ride on a Richmond Canal Cruises’ boat for an additional fee.
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Program: Richmond and the Civil War
  Valentine Richmond History Center
Description: In this guided bus tour, students examine Richmond’s role in the Civil War and major events that took place here. The tour includes visits to Capitol Square, Richmond’s Civil War Visitor’s Center and a program at either the Museum of the Confederacy or the Virginia Historical Society. The program further elaborates on the effects of war on Union and Confederate soldiers, women and slaves. An interior tour of the State Capitol can be added after renovations are complete.
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Program: Simple Machines on 19th Century Farms
  Cherry Hill Farmhouse
Description: Cherry Hill's 1856 barn houses numerous examples of how 19th century farmers used simple machines to make their lives easier. This is a hands on opportunity for children to try out many of these machines including grinders, augers, pulleys and wedges.
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Program: Civilians Under Siege:Northern Virginia During the Civil War
  Cherry Hill Farmhouse
Description: Students will examine both primary and secondary sources revealing the hardships and challenges faced by local residents in a very divided community. Letters, maps, southern claims and archaeological artifacts will all be used to determine how the war affected the daily lives of men, women, children and slaves. A tour of the Civil War era house is included.
Tours can be arranged Monday - Friday, 9 a.m. - 3 p.m. by calling Diame Morse at 703-248-5171 or e-mailing her at dmorse7075@fallschurchva.gov. For fourth and fifth grades.
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Program: Changing Landscapes:19th Century Rural Virginia
  Cherry Hill Farmhouse
Description: Children tour the 1845 farmhouse and 1856 barn to examine how our community has evolved from its early agrarian roots. They will learn how farmers not only took advantage of Virginia's natural resources but also took advantage of the proximity to the nation's capital as a ready market for their produce.
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Program: Farmin' Fever
  Loudoun Heritage Farm Museum
Description: (Grades pre-K-K) Experience life on the farm through hands-on activities at the Loudoun Heritage Farm Museum. Students will tour the museum’s exhibits and discover Virginia’s rich agricultural history. During the program, students will be encouraged to milk “Milkie” our fiberglass cow, collect play eggs, and barter at the Waxpool General Store for supplies.
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Program: Who's a Farmer
  Loudoun Heritage Farm Museum
Description: (Grades 1-3) Experience life on the farm through hands-on activities at the Loudoun Heritage Farm Museum. Students will tour the museum’s exhibits and discover Virginia’s rich agricultural history. During the program, students will be encouraged to milk “Milkie” our fiberglass cow, collect play eggs, and learn about the life of the Virginia farmer 100 years ago.
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Program: Simple Machines
  Loudoun Heritage Farm Museum
Description: (Grades 2-5) Experience life on the farm through hands-on activities at the Loudoun Heritage Farm Museum. Discover the simple machines that have made daily chores easier for farmers. Do students use any of these tools at home as well? Students will also be asked to design their own simple and complex machines to solve some everyday challenges on the farm!
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Program: Time for Change
  Loudoun Heritage Farm Museum
Description: (Grades 1-3) Experience life on the farm through hands-on activities at the Loudoun Heritage Farm Museum. Travel back to 1909 and visit the Waxpool General Store. Learn about how the value of a dollar has changed over time. Buy groceries for your family and discover that a dollar goes a long way.
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Program: Hands on History
  Loudoun Heritage Farm Museum
Description: (Grades 4-6) Experience life on the farm through hands-on activities at the Loudoun Heritage Farm Museum. Tour the museum’s permanent exhibits and learn the fundamentals of archaeology, history, and museum practice. Students will discover how museums and historic sites preserve history and how they can protect their own heritage.
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Program: Weights and Measures
  Loudoun Heritage Farm Museum
Description: (Grades K -2) Experience life on the farm through hands-on activities at the Loudoun Heritage Farm Museum. Learn about volume and weight, and enjoy a potato sack race!
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Program: All About Apples
  Loudoun Heritage Farm Museum
Description: (Grades pre-K -3) Experience life on the farm through hands-on activities at the Loudoun Heritage Farm Museum. Explore the wonders of the apple through songs, games, and hands-on activities. Visit our newest exhibit “Virginia Apples for Flavor” and learn how to press apples into cider!
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Program: Plant It!
  Loudoun Heritage Farm Museum
Description: (Grades 1-4) Learn about plants through hands-on activities. Explore the Sensory Garden and observe different plants, learn about how farmers have used plants in the past, and extend your class with take-home projects we provide.
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Program: Don't Grieve After Me
  Cape Charles Museum
Description: Don't Grieve After Me: The Black Experience in Virginia 1619-2001 is an exhibition of 100 photographs, with accompanying scripts, documenting the life experiences and contributions of Black Virginians during that period.
It was created by Hampton University Museum and the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities, and has traveled to locations throughout Virginia.
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Program: Virginians: First Visit and Beyond
  Contemporary Art Center of Virginia Outreach
Description: VIRGINIANS: First Landing and Beyond
Social Studies SOL VS.4a, 4b, 4c, 4d

Content: Using personal narratives and an interactive map, students embark on a journey as settlers in the colony of Virginia. Understanding the history, geography and cultural landscapes of Virginia, students investigate the following questions:

What effect did agriculture have on the Virginia colony?
How did agriculture in the Virginia colony influence the institution of slavery?
How do cultural landscapes reflect beliefs, customs, and architecture of people?
Where did various cultural groups settle?
What are some of the factors that influenced the move of the capital of Virginia?
What forms of exchange were used in the Virginia colony?

Cost: $80 per class (up to 25 students) + $7.50 per day travel fee
Minimum: Two back-to-back school classroom visits

To schedule: E-mail Lori Merkel at lmerkel@cacv.org or call 757.425.0000 ext. 29
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Program: Healthy Lifestyles
  Virginia Sports Hall of Fame
Description: Ongoing Program
Virginia Standards of Learning Correlations:
Health: k.1ad, k.2, 1.1adc, 1.2ef, 2.1ac, 2.2a, 3.1ab, 3.2a, 4.1abde, 4.4e, 5.2abde, 5.3, 6.2abd, 6.6a, 7.2ad, 7.5a, 8.1beg, 8.2d, 9.1acde, 10.1abc
Physical Education: k.4ab, k.6, 1.4, 1.5b, 2.3, 2.4, 2.5, 3.3, 3.4c, 4.3a, 4.5, 5.3, 6.5, 7.5, 8.6ab, 9.5c, 10.5, 11.5, 12.5
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This program promotes awareness of the importance of good nutrition and physical fitness throughout one’s lifetime. It includes several age-appropriate topics such as the new food pyramid, how to read food labels, and the effects of exercise on body systems. Students measure out the amounts of sugar and fat in popular foods. They also have the opportunity to hop on the virtual treadmill, bicycle, and stair climber for an amazing ride! Additional interactive displays allow them to apply what they’ve learned to compete against a perfectly conditioned athlete.
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Program: Balls, Ramps and Rolling Things
  Virginia Air & Space Center
Description: Students will explore the world of force, motion and energy, and investigate gravity, magnets and friction. They will use their senses to identify rough and smooth surfaces and heavy and light objects. Students will predict how gravity will make these objects move, then conduct experiments with ramps to check their prediction. They will also experiment with magnets and learn how they can move objects.

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Program: Down to Earth
  Virginia Air & Space Center
Description: Students will identify life needs for plants and animals and the resources that provide for those needs. They will learn about energy from light, and model the rotation of the Earth to discover how day and night occur. In groups, students will experiment with recycling, use senses other than sight to identify objects, classify and sort different animals by the habitats where they live, and create soil by wear and erosion of rock samples.
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Program: Space Cadets
  Virginia Air & Space Center
Description: Students will observe models of the sun, Earth and moon, then identify the color, shape and relative size of the objects. Using an astronaut puppet, students will identify what living things need to survive (food, water, air and shelter), and how to provide those needs in space. They will learn that animals, including people, cannot survive in space unless their needs are met, and that they depend on the surroundings to meet their needs.
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Program: Wee Weather
  Virginia Air & Space Center
Description: Students will collect weather data (temperature, wind and precipitation) provided by simulated weather instruments. They will identify these readings with the actual pattern of weather or climate represented and will choose appropriate clothing for the various weather conditions indicated. Students will learn about the water cycle, and will identify the different types of clouds.
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Program: The Facts of Life
  Virginia Air & Space Center
Description: Using a terrarium, students will classify and identify living organisms and non-living surrounding materials that support life. They will interpret the simple habitat that supports life within the terrarium. Life needs for both plants and animals will be compared and contrasted. Students will identify useful products from plants such as oxygen and food that benefit other living things. Using a heat lamp and temperature sensor, students will learn how light affects the temperature of an object, and model how the sun delivers energy to the Earth. 30 min. demonstration
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Program: Space Freeze I: A Cryogenics Demonstration
  Virginia Air & Space Center
Description: Observing liquid nitrogen, students will learn that matter changes state from gas to liquid as temperature decreases, and from liquid to gas as heat is added. Students will predict and observe the results as air-filled balloons are experimentally submerged in a container of liquid nitrogen. They will observe how liquid nitrogen causes a physical change in water. Students will learn the temperature for the physical change of state of nitrogen between liquid and gas using both Fahrenheit and Celsius scales.
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Program: Structures
  Virginia Air & Space Center
Description: Students will identify two dimension (plane) figures, and differentiate between two and three dimension figures. Using pictures and models, students will identify three dimensional figures used in the architecture of ancient civilizations including pyramids (Egypt), columns and arches. They will also identify the use of these basic structures in modern construction. Conducting an experiment, students will first predict the ability of structures to support increased weights, and then observe the result of the experiment.
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Program: Toying with Science
  Virginia Air & Space Center
Description: This demonstration challenges students to discover basic scientific principles for themselves. They will learn which size top spins longer, how to build strong bridges, and why sailboats can travel into the wind. Students will be able to experiment with toys. Addressing scientific methodology with an inquiry basis, the demonstration enhances students’ natural investigation skills.
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Program: Under the Weather
  Virginia Air & Space Center
Description: Using an appropriately-sized barbell weight, students will be introduced to standard atmospheric pressure, and they will observe the indications on a barometer to determine pending changes in the weather. Students will collect weather data representing different climates and will identify those readings with the actual pattern of weather or climate represented. Using a model, students will observe the water cycle.
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Program: Shake, Rattle, and Roll
  Virginia Air & Space Center
Description: Students will use real seismic data and satellite images (using the Magic Planet) to understand how plate tectonics create earthquakes and volcanoes. They will discuss the major types of plate boundaries and use the rock cycle to compare and contrast the origins of igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic rocks. Students will study the major features of the ocean, and how weathering and erosion change the surface of the Earth.
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Program: Scream Machines
  Virginia Air & Space Center
Description: Students will explore how engineers use science to build their favorite roller coasters. They will investigate the kinds of energy and forces at work in our everyday lives. Students will be introduced to force, motion, and energy through interactive demonstrations of push and pull, potential and kinetic energy, and gravity and friction.
They will work in teams to design and build a roller coaster with hills and loops.
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Program: Mad Scientist
  Virginia Air & Space Center
Description: Students will use the scientific method to perform real experiments. They will conduct preliminary observations and form hypotheses about the materials on which they will experiment. Students will test their ideas with experiments to determine the state of matter of unknown substances, and measure weight, volume, temperature and dimensions. They will collect data through observations and use scientific reasoning to draw a conclusion.
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Program: Living Planet
  Virginia Air & Space Center
Description: Using a terrarium, students will study a closed environment and observe the water cycle in action. They will identify the producers and consumers in a food chain and how energy is transferred. By exploring various habitats and where they are found in the world, they will learn about the interdependency of plants and animals. Students will discover how animals adapt to survive and why photosynthesis is so crucial to life.
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Program: Jr. Space Colony – Walking on the Moon!
  Virginia Air & Space Center
Description: Students will model the difference between rotation and revolution to discover why there are phases of the moon and why the same side of the moon always faces the Earth. Students will discover why the moon has longer periods of light and darkness than the Earth. Comparing and contrasting surface conditions of the moon and Earth, students will identify the actions required to sustain life in a lunar colony. Students will identify energy sources that can be used to support a lunar colony.
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