Educational Tours

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Spring Tours are available April 5th - May 28th  

Summer Tours are available upon request

Fall Tours are available September 6th - October 29th

 

 

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Boondocks Farms was created to educate children and adults on the value of agriculture and nature in general. Our diverse setting allows us to provide fun, grade level specific tours focused on hands-on activities in our 160 Acre Outdoor Lab. We were recently awarded the "Classified Forest" owner of the year by the DNR. Our tours have been developed through feedback from educators and students alike and are based on state standards. We are now taking reservations for Spring and Fall Field Trips. Please call 765-345-2020 to schedule your tour, or you can email your request to boondocksfarms@comcast.net.

If you would like to take a tour from a different grade level or customize your tour, please email all requests to boondocksfarms@comcast.net and we will attempt to accommodate you. Fall and Spring tours for the same grade level will vary based on seasonal differences that occur on the property.

See what other participants had to say on our Letters from Students, Teachers, & Administrators page!

	Fall Tours: August - November		Spring Tours: April & May
Pre-K & K	Life From the Ground Produce Picking Plant Sensing Station Playtime in Boony Barnyard Wagon Ride		Critter Corner Look, smell, touch, hear station Livestock & Wildlife Playtime in Boony Barnyard Wagon Ride
	State Standards: K.3.1, K.3.2, K.4.1, K.4.2, K.6.1
1st Grade	A Day in the Pumpkin Patch Pumpkin Lifecycle Farm Animals Corn Maze Wagon Ride (plant focus)		Celebrate Spring Winter buds begin to open Gardening-Plant a tomato Farm Animals Wagon Ride (plant focus)
	State Standards: 1.1.3, 1.2.6, 1.4.2, 1.4.3
2nd Grade	Farm to Table (To Be Pizza Farm in 2009) Walking tour of crop field Farm Animals (observe & describe) Wagon Ride (plant differences) How food gets to your table		This Trail Rocks! Classified Forest trail walk Rock Identification (what & where from) Farm Animals (observe & describe) Wagon Ride (plant differences /glacial land formation)
	State Standards: 2.3.3, 2.3.4,2.4.1, 2.4.2, 2.4.3, 2.4.5
3rd Grade	Are You Going to Eat That? Exploring ecosystems/plants as food Classified Forest Trail Walk Honeybees (assessing bee jobs) Wagon Ride (vegetation and animals)		Go With the Flow in Montgomery Creek Panning for gold Water wheel and windmill Honeybees (assessing bee jobs) Wagon Ride (vegetation and animals)
	State Standards: 3.1.2, 3.3.8, 3.4.1, SS3.3.5
4th Grade	Exploring Indiana History Classified Forest trail (organism life cycle) Tree & Leaf Identification Honeybees (organism interaction) Indian Camp investigation Wagon Ride (circle of life)		Geology and "Creekology" Rock ID in the creek Soil Review Honeybees (organism interaction) Wagon Ride (circle of life/tadpole)
	State Standards: 4.3.6, 4.3.7, 4.4.2, 4.4.3, 4.4.4, 4.4.5, 4.4.6, SS4.3.6
5th Grade	Habitat Chat (Fall-Harvest) Trail walk (animal focus) Farming/Nature changes Behind the scenes of the Haunted Trail Wagon Ride (ecosystems)		It Came From the Creek (Spring-Renewal) Trail walk (animal focus) Farming/Nature changes Creek ecosystem Wagon Ride (ecosystems)
	State Standards: 5.1.4, 5.1.6, 5.4.4, 5.4.5, 5.6.1, SS5.3.7, SS5.3.8
6th Grade	Forest Facts (Fall-Harvest) Forest walk/soil review Natural resource discussion Predators & Prey (Who eats what?) Wagon Ride (Forest focused)		Knightstown Bog Exploration (Spring-Renewal) What is a Bog? Natural resource discussion Predators & Prey (Who eats what?) Wagon Ride
	State Standards: 6.3.15, 6.3.16, 6.4.8, 6.4.9
7th Grade	FSI (Forest Scene Investigator) What died, how long ago, who cares? Forest food chains Behind the scenes of the Haunted trail		Geology/Creek Study Creek study (plan to get wet) Rock layers Hardy/Reeves Swamp tour
	State Standards: 7.1.8, 7.3.8, 7.3.9, 7.3.10, 7.4.2, 7.4.8, 7.4.9, 7.7.3
8th Grade	What Can We Save and Why Should We? Natural resource investigation Land and crop management Behind the scenes of the Haunted Trail		Survivor Boondocks Adapting organisms Migrating animals Energy and the Environment
	State Standards: 8.3.6, 8.4.3, 8.4.4, 8.4.8, 8.7.5

Other Specialty Tours
Civil War Re-enactment Cavalry Personal equipment of soldiers Personal Weaponry Artillery		Physical Education Disc Golf Trail Hikes Old Time Farm Games (Sack races, etc) Corn Hole Obstacle Course
Honeybee Observatory Nature walk to Honeybee Tree “Boonimation” Become a Honeybee and see what happens (Honeybee role play) Get up close and personal (safely) to a natural hive See how honey is retrieved and packaged		Creek Dynamics Pan for Gold Rock Identification Water flow management Plant & Animal search
Pizza Farm Visit all 8 slices Pizza, delicious and nutritious Favorite toppings of other countries History of pizza How did the ingredients get from the farm to the store/restaurant