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Maize Adventure

Activities abound at Maize Adventure! A corn maze, gem dig, fossil dig, pumpkin patch along with educational programs tailored to grades K-7 will make for a fun-filled, learning experience.

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  • Lesson plan: Exploring Pumpkins This lesson will allow students to use a variety of methods to explore pumpkins, including the life cycle of a pumpkin, observation of the inside of a pumpkin with the senses, as well as measuring a pumpkin and graphing their results.
  • Lesson plan: From Seed to Plant This lesson will give students an opportunity to learn about seed parts, how a plant grows, and to compare plants.
  • Lesson plan: Rocks really rock! A lesson on the classification of rocks This lesson will help students classify various rocks according to specified criteria. It will also help students classify a given rock using selected mineral identification tests. Students will use a graphic organizer to display their findings.
  • Fossils and Dinosaurs This lesson will go beyond naming dinosaurs and give students a broad understanding of how we know about the great beasts. This lesson focuses on what we have learned and can learn from fossils. The follow-up lesson, “Dinosaurs Fossils—Uncovering the Facts,” explores what information can be discerned by comparing fossils to living organisms.
  • Kids' Valley Garden A gardening resource for kids that teaches them about soil, different types of plants and the care they need.
  • 4H Virtual Farm The 4-H Virtual Farm uses interactive tours and video to introduce several types of farms and explain how they operate.

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The mission of Maize Adventure is to provide visitors with “an unforgettable experience that will stimulate the imagination, encourage team initiative, and leave you with memories that will last a lifetime.”

Each fall a beautiful corn maze is created on the farm of the Wohlgemuth family. It is not only a fun experience, but it challenges students to work together and read a map while they make their way to the center of the maze and back out again.

In addition, Maize Adventure has programs tailored to teach students in grades K-7 with curriculum materials to use in the classroom. They teach students about crops from the planting of the seeds to the harvesting of the food. They have a special program on rocks and their properties which includes an gem dig activity. Gemstones such as amethyst, citrine, topaz, ruby, sapphire, garnet, tourmaline, and other gem stone can be found.

A fossil dig is also available where students can find prehistoric fossils of sea urchins, ammonites, gastropods, shark teeth, assorted shells, brachiods, and petrified wood just to name a few. Their Dinosaur Discovery area allows students to replicate the work of real paleontologists as they dig through layers of sand applying the basic science process skills of observation, communication, and classification.

At the end of the day, students can pick a pumpkin from the pumpkin patch to take home with them.

Maize Adventure is open August 29th through November 1st. For more information or to schedule a visit and receive a packet of instructional materials for your class, call 336-431-1700 or send email to info@kerseyvalley.com.

Maize Adventure is located at 1615 Kersey Valley Road in High Point, North Carolina.

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