Sevierville Police Station Tour

Kristen Edmundson

Come join us in touring the Sevierville Police Station, meeting officers and learning about what they do and how they do it!

Sheep Shearing Days at Museum of Appalachia

Heather Wood

The Museum of Appalachia welcomes the warmth of spring by trimming the heavy winter coats from their flock of sheep. In addition to shearing, the event will also feature historic demonstrations and activities, interactive children’s programs, live music, self guided museum tour, and much more!

Zoo Knoxville

Heather Wood

Join us for a fun filled day at the zoo. Explore the zoo at your leisure with your friends. There will be an optional interactive teaching moment upon arrival about the various levels of endangered species that call Knoxville Zoo home. Pack a lunch or plan to get food at the zoo. Once we are in the zoo, you are …

A Day in the Life of a Civil War Soldier

Heather Wood

Come learn about the life of a civil war soldier through activities and hands on replicas of civil war items. This interactive class is open to all ages, but geared toward elementary aged children. Gettysburg National Military Park will be sending us a fun trunk with civil war era replicas to learn from. (Each participant needs to bring a pencil, …

Knoxville Botanical Gardens

Heather Wood

Visit Knoxville’s Botanical Gardens just as spring is emerging. We will split into age groups (tentatively preK-2, 3-5th, 6th+) to work our way through the gardens with field guides and learn how to identify various flowers we find.  There will be hands on activities for each group. There is ample room for a picnic on the grounds afterward, so bring …

UT Dairy Farm

Heather Wood

FULL: Join us at one of UT’s research centers to learn about dairy cows and their new robot milking machine. Dress for a day on the farm.  If you have a large wheeled stroller it should work for a portion of the day, however, the area is gravel, so small wheels aren’t likely to work.

Seven Islands Winter Plant & Tree I.D. Hike

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***FULL*** $5 per K-12 student, chaperones free “Join Ranger Stephanie for an easy-moderate hike approximately 2.5 miles at Seven Islands State Birding Park. We’ll be learning about how to identify trees in the winter when most of them have lost their leaves. The hike will start at the Bluebird Barn by the main entrance of the park. We will hike …

Wonderworks

Mason Dickerson

We will meet outside Wonderworks at 9:50am.  We must all be gathered before we can enter.  Your wristband is good for the entire day and you can come and go as you please!

American Museum of Science and Energy

Mason Dickerson

We will meet at 9:30am as a group to watch a video and take part in the “Hair Raising.” Around 10:30am, older 4th-6th grade students will go to the “Coding for Minerals” lab in which students will be given a problem to solve for Mining Mission Company using a simple algorithm to create code for an unplugged robot to retrieve …