Indian Rock Presentations

Brought to Your Classroom 

Turkey Time (30 minutes)

Learn about the history of turkeys in America and visit with a Tom and a Hen Turkey in your classroom. Observe a Tom's display posture; hear the many different sounds that turkeys make; and learn about snoods, beards and drumming.

Grades: K - 3rd

Fee: $70 for 1st class, $35 for each additional class

Transportation: $60 per hour of travel            (more information)     science standards

Apples & Cider (1 hour)

Learn some apple lore while sampling varieties of apples to discover their varying tastes and characteristics. Press and drink your own fresh apple cider. Learn how the harvest is preserved while sampling apple butter and dried apples.

Grades: K - 3rd

Fee: $3.50/student

Transportation: $60 per hour of travel            (more information)     science standards

Bees & Honey (1 hour)

Discover how honey is made, taste different types of honey and sample tasty honey treats. Investigate the life of a bee and the inner workings of the hive through slides and a simulated hive. Help extract honey from the honeycomb of one our farm's active bee hives.

Grades: 1st - 4th
Fee: $3.50/student
Transportation: $60 per hour of travel            (more information)     science standards

Animal Tracks & Trails (1 hour)

Learn how to match an animal track and trail to its owner. Students will create their own track replica using track reproductions and see a slide presentation on tracking technique.

Grades: 2nd - 6th
Fee: $3.50/student
Transportation: $60 per hour of travel            (more information)     science standards

Spinning Wool ( 1hour)

Try your hand at the art of spinning wool fibers into yarn. Students will card raw wool, roll it into rolags, and using a drop spindle spin the rolag into yarn.

Grades: 3rd - 6th
Fee: $3.50/student
Transportation: $60 per hour of travel           (more information)    

Felt Making (1 hour)

Discover the steps of processing raw wool into felt. Each student will be working with the wool to create their own felt ball as they are guided through the process.

Grades: 3rd - 6th
Fee: $3.50/student
Transportation: $60 per hour of travel          (more information) 

Wonders of Wool

Combine the Spinning Wool and the Felt Making programs for a 2 hour classroom experience for the reduced fee of $5.00/student            (more information)     science standards

Rocks and Minerals (1 hour)

Students will learn to identify common rocks found around their homes. Hands-on examination of local specimens by small study groups will clue students into the forces that shape the earth. Sedimentary, metamorphic and igneous rocks will be covered and uses of rocks and minerals by people will be presented along with rock oddities.

Grades: 3rd - 7th
Fee: $3.50/student
Transportation: $60 per hour of travel            (more information)     science standards

Panning for Gold (45 minutes)

Did you know that there is gold in the Connecticut hills? In this experience students will actually pan for fool's gold. Discover how gold is found and examine various rock samples containing gold and other precious metals.

Grades: 4th - 6th
Fee: $3.50/student
Transportation: $60 per hour of travel            (more information)     science standards

Connecticut's Geological History (1 hour)

Look around you, Connecticut's landscape has changed dramatically since the time dinosaurs walked the earth. Examination of local geology will help students understand the forces that created their own backyard, as well as the rest of the world.

Grades: 4th - 7th
Fee: $3.50/student
Transportation: $60 per hour of travel             (more information)     science standards

A First American Experience (1.5 hours)

Experience a Native American visit in the classroom. Students will discover the tools, the foods, and the culture of Connecticut's early Native Americans. Hands-on examination of reproduction artifacts, storytelling and samples of native foods will bring to life the ways of our first native inhabitants. Presentation is adapted to the grade level for which it is scheduled.

Grades: 1st - 6th
Fee: $5.50/student
Transportation: $60 per hour of travel              (more information)     science standards

First American Visit (1 hour)

A brief, hands-on introduction to Native American culture tailored to meet the needs of younger children.

Grades: Pre-K and K

Fee: $4.00/student

Transportation: $60 per hour of travel              (more information)     science standards

Stone Tools (1 hour)

Enter the Stone Age and discover how ancient cultures used stone, wood bone, and animal materials to make their hunting, cooking and ceremonial objects. Each student will be able to examine ancient tools of stone once used by people from the past. Students will learn to use recreations of tools made by our instructor to try abrading, drilling and scraping. A class project will also be to make an object out of stone with the guidance of our instructor.

Grades: 3rd - 6th
Fee: $3.75/student
Transportation: $60 per hour of travel               science standards

Minimum Fees & Class Size

All programs have a minimum fee of $70/hour of instructional time per one of our instructors.  A program scheduled during our prime season (Sept. 15th - Dec. 1st and April 1st to the end of school) that starts before 11:00 and does not end by 11:30 will have a daily minimum per instructor fee of $300.   The maximum class size is 25 students per presentation

How to Schedule

To make reservations for a program visit to your classroom, please call the Indian Rock Nature Preserve at (860) 583-1234 Monday through Friday 8:30-4:30. All programs require advanced scheduling of at least two weeks. A written confirmation will be sent to verify your date, time and fee. We request that you send us written directions to your school from the nearest state highway at the time you schedule your program.