September 3
Atlanta History Center
http://www.atlantahistorycenter.com/Page.asp?id=97&eventid=538
All Ages: Georgia Farm Life
Time: 1:00 to 4:00
Cost: $6.50 (member) and $8.50 (non-member)
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September 7
Medicine Bow
http://medicinebow.net/classes/
Call for Ages: FIRST FIRE!
“Sure-fire” flames for the uninitiated. From beginner to master fire-builder in a day. Pyre construction, wood identification and selection, finding dry wood on the wettest of days, lighting techniques. From match to primitive. Take a historic leap back to the hand drill – the original method of producing a flame.
Time: call
Cost: $70
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September 9
Georgia Aquarium
http://www.georgiaaquarium.org/education/home-school.aspx
K-2 - Sea Life Safari: (Mon & Wed)
Join us as we go on an Aquarium safari, in search of fish, sharks and whales. On their aquatic expedition, students will explore the basic needs of all animals and observe how these needs are met at the Aquarium.
K-2- Bite Size Basics: (Tue & Thu)
All animals have certain basic needs, including food. Come discover what some of our Aquarium residents eat, how they eat and how their food is prepared.
3-5 -Weird and Wild: (Mon & Wed)
Come along on a “weird & wild” adventure through the Georgia Aquarium! During this program students will explore the “weird & wild” characteristics of our unique animals.
Grades 3 – 5 Snack Attack: (Tue & Thu)
Come explore some of the predator-prey relationships found in aquatic ecosystems around the globe. Discover how some of our amazing animals catch their meals and how they keep from becoming prey themselves.
Time: Classes begin at 11:45. Home School participants may enter no earlier than 11:00 am the day of their program to tour the Aquarium.
Cost: $13 plus tax which includes admission to the Deepo’s 3D Wondershow movie.
Space is limited, reservations must be made at least 2 weeks prior to the visit date. To make a reservation call 404-581-4000
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September 11
Zoo Atlanta Homeschool Academy (drop off)http://www.zooatlanta.org/home/book_a_program/schools_and_groups/homeschoolers
K-2 - Creature Quarters
Discover all the different places that animals live, from on the ground to under the ground.
3-5 - Zoo Detectives
Something is peculiar at Zoo Atlanta! Help us solve these animal mysteries.
Time: 1:00 to 3:00
Cost: $16.00 (member) and $20 (non-member)
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September 13
Carlos Museum at Emory
http://carlos.emory.edu/education/school-programs/homeschool-programs
All Ages: Myths, Magic, and Mummified Fish
Homeschool students and parents are invited to attend Myths, Magic, and Mummified Fish. Tour the Egyptian galleries with Museum docents, exploring mummies and coffins from several periods of Egyptian history, animal mummies, the tools and objects used in the mummification process, and images of the mummiform god of the Underworld, Osiris. View a video on the year-long process of conserving the Old Kingdom mummy, the oldest Egyptian mummy in North America, as well as Reading Rainbow’s Mummies Made in Egypt. Students will watch a demonstration and take home instructions on how to mummify a fish, just as the Egyptians did!
Time: 1:00 to 3:00
Cost: $8 per visitor. Age 5 and younger are free.
Space is limited and registration is required by contacting Julie Green at 404.727.2363
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September 14
Medicine Bow
http://medicinebow.net/classes/
Ages 7- 107 - THE ART OF ARCHERY
A complete lesson from 1999 World Longbow Champion. For all skill levels, ages 7 to 107. Gear provided or BYO.
Time: call
Cost: $75
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September 16
Cochran Mill Nature Center
http://www.cochranmillnaturecenter.org/calendar/calendar_day/7278910/2013-9-16.htm
2nd thru 8th Grade- Native American Study
Living off the land was the way of life for the Creek & Cherokee natives that inhabited this area many moons ago. Experience life as they did - hunting, farming, canoeing waterways, & traditional celebrations!
Time: 10-11:30 am or 1-2:30 pm
Cost: $6.00 per student/ Members & adults are $3.00
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September 20
High Museum of Art
http://www.high.org/en/Programs/Programs/Events/2013-Events/Family-Programs/Homeschool-Day-09202013.aspx
All Ages: Girl with a Pearl Earring
Enjoy programs and discounts just for homeschool families on this special day, where we’ll focus on the Girl with a Pearl Earring exhibition. Available for walk-up tickets only, no advance registration is necessary.
10 a.m.–5 p.m. Go on a scavenger hunt of Girl with a Pearl Earring, visit the other special exhibitions, permanent collection, and Family Learning Gallery.
1 p.m.–4 p.m. Create your own masterpiece inspired by Vermeer in the drop-in hands-on workshop and read children’s books abot Dutch art.
Time: 10:00 to 5:00
Cost: Free (member) and $7.00 child, $16.50 adult (non-member)
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September 22 & 29
Carlos Museum at Emory
http://carlos.emory.edu/education/school-programs/homeschool-programs
8-12 Years: Mental Mapping Workshop for Children Mental mapping is a technique of creating a map based on a place known well to an individual that may include physical features, but also subjective experiences of that place. In this two-part workshop, Michael Page, cartographer with Emory’s Center for Digital Scholarship, will lead children through the streets, buildings, and gardens of Rome in the exhibition Antichità, Teatro, Magnificenza: Renaissance and Baroque Images of Rome and teach them how to begin with a familiar place—their own neighborhood—to create a map first envisioned mentally and then drawn on paper. In the second session, children will learn how to etch their drawn map onto a metal plate and pull a print using a manual etching press.
Time: 2:00 to 4:00Cost: $12 (member) and $15 (non-member) Registration is required by calling 404.727.0519
reservations necessary
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September 23
Chattahoochee Nature Center
http://www.chattnaturecenter.org/calendar-events/
All Ages: Insects
Back for a new year! Learn about the world of insects during this interactive and engaging class for home schooling students.
Time: 11:30 to 12:30
Cost: Free
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September 30
Fernbank Museum
http://www.fernbankmuseum.org/calendar-of-events/homeschool-day-2013/
All Ages: Marco Polo: Man & Myth
Participate in educational activities directed by Fernbank’s education team. Your child can also enjoy a chance to socialize with other homeschoolers, experience the new special exhibition.
Time: 10:00 to 5:00
Cost: Free (member) and $7.00 child, $17.50 adult (non-member)
