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Field Trips can take place during normal Co-op hours, in place of our regular schedule. Or, depending on the activity, might take place at another mutually agreeable time/day. Depending on the activity and how it coordinates with our studies, we might be able to go on one or two field trips per semester.
Some ideas to consider:
Some ideas to consider:
The Blanton Museum of Art (free on Thursdays)
Ladybird Lake (Canoeing) $$
Congress Avenue Bats (free) or via Lonestar Riverboat Sunset Cruise! (Mar - Oct)
The Austin Museum of Art at Laguna Gloria ($ - donation)
Mayfield Park (free)
Barton Springs (free)
Long Center $$
The Harry Ransom Center (free)
The O. Henry Museum (free)
Boggy Creek Farm (free/$)
Waste Management's Wildlife Habitat Park: A Wildlife Habitat on the grounds of the landfill. A 30 acre park includes a 2 mile walking trail through a Texas wildflower meadow, and follows a creek and circles the pond. (Look for Open House in May, which includes tours of the facility and other environmental info, as well.)
Other Ideas? (Add your suggestion to the Discussion Forum.)
Waste Management's Wildlife Habitat Park: A Wildlife Habitat on the grounds of the landfill. A 30 acre park includes a 2 mile walking trail through a Texas wildflower meadow, and follows a creek and circles the pond. (Look for Open House in May, which includes tours of the facility and other environmental info, as well.)
Other Ideas? (Add your suggestion to the Discussion Forum.)
1st Term
(Sept - Dec)
Date: Sept, 17, 2011 (Sat, Daytime)
Cost: FREE
Location: TBD
Tentative Nature Study Field Trip Outing!
The Texas Cave Conservancy is offering a FREE Cave Day on Sept. 17. Maybe we can try to go together to this event? (There are 4 cave sites to choose from.) Because of the nature of the outing (no pun intended), I would like to have at least one parent for each attending student join us. Ie, you must bring a parent with you. Here is a link to the Texas Nature Conservancy: http://www.texascaves.org/. More info coming on their website after Sept. 1, 2011. (This might be a fun trip for dads and siblings to join us on, too!) More details via email/discussion group and/or at our first meeting on Sept 8.
Date: Sept 22, 2011 (Thurs, Daytime)
Cost: $8 per person (ages 3 & up)
Location: San Antonio, TX
Tentative Nature Study Field Trip Outing!
Date: Nov 3, 2011 (Thurs, Evening)
Cost: Free
Location: The Long Center, Austin, TX
Tentative Composer Study Field Trip Outing!
2nd Term
(Jan - Mar)
Cost: TBD
Location: Emily Ann Theatre & Gardens, Wimberly, TX
Tentative Literature Study Field Trip Outing!
Date: TBD, 2012 (During Co-op, Thurs)
Cost: Free
Location: Blanton Art Museum, Austin, TX
Tentative Artist Study Field Trip Outing!
Blanton Museum Of Art (FREE on Thurs)
American Scenery: Different Views in Hudson River School Painting
Austin Chamber Music Society Concert: "Vary Interesting"
Date: Sept 22, 2011 (Thurs, Daytime)
Cost: $8 per person (ages 3 & up)
Location: San Antonio, TX
Tentative Nature Study Field Trip Outing!
The Sea World Adventure Park in San Antonio is having its annual Homeschool Day on Thurs, Sept 22, 2011, from 9:30am - 1:30pm. The park is closed, but the animal attractions are open. Included are the seal/sea lions exhibit (where you can feed the sea lions), the shark/underwater fish exhibit, the penguin exhibit, the dolphin exhibit (where you can feed the dolphins as they swim in their pool), a fun sea lion/walrus show, and of course, the Shamu Show (which has an educational emphasis).
Cost is $8.00/person ages 3 and up. You bring a sack lunch and they have a lunch break in the covered pavilion. (Many of the exhibits are in the shade, just fyi.) The cost for a tray of fish to feed the dolphins or sea lions is $4.
If we decide to go as a group (moms and siblings are invited - dads, too! - for this field trip), I can call and make the reservations. Payment is due upon registration. (You can reimburse me at Co-op.) This would take the place of our regularly scheduled Co-op meeting on Sept 22. We would be back in Austin by around 3:30 pm. If you want more details you can call the Education Dept. at 800-406-2244.
Date: October (TBD)
Cost: $10 per adult, $7 under 12, under 2 free, $8 seniors
Location: Downtown, Austin, TX
Tentative Nature Study Field Trip Outing!
Let's go see the bats and take a Riverboat Cruise! Lonestar Riverboat Cruises will take you on a one-hour sunset cruise (not to be confused with a "three-hour tour" for you Gilligan fans) near the Congress Ave. Bridge to see the bats, plus, you get a tour of downtown Austin from the water. (Too bad we're not reading Mark Twain this year!) Great outing for families. Note: this trip can also wait for next spring, Mar - May.
Cost: Free
Location: The Long Center, Austin, TX
Tentative Composer Study Field Trip Outing!
Austin Lyric Opera's Opera Education Night: Magic Flute by Mozart (TBD)
2nd Term
(Jan - Mar)
Date: Feb, 2012 (TBD)
Location: Emily Ann Theatre & Gardens, Wimberly, TX
Tentative Literature Study Field Trip Outing!
Feb 23 - 26, 2012
Date: TBD, 2012 (During Co-op, Thurs)
Cost: Free
Location: Blanton Art Museum, Austin, TX
Tentative Artist Study Field Trip Outing!
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| Jasper Francis Cropsey On the Susquehanna, 1877 Oil on canvas 12 x 17 ½ inches |
Blanton Museum Of Art (FREE on Thurs)
American Scenery: Different Views in Hudson River School Painting
January 22 - April 29, 2012
Date: Mar 24, 2012 (Sat, 7:30 pm - 10 pm)
Cost: TBD, approx $20-25 per student
Location: First Unitarian Church, Austin, TX
Tentative Composer Study Field Trip Outing!
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| Brahms 1833 - 1897 |
Austin Chamber Music Society Concert: "Vary Interesting"
Featuring pieces for chamber music (violin, cello, piano) by Haydn, Beethoven & Brahms!
3rd Term
(Apr - May)
(Apr - May)
Date: Apr 5, 2012 (Thurs, Daytime)
Cost: $5 per student
Location: Pioneer Farms, Austin, TX
Tentative History & Hand Crafts Field Trip Outing!
Thursdays, Sept-Oct & Mar-May
Visit the authentic site of a Tonkawa Indian encampment in the early
1800s, long before Texas was a state, and learn about how the First Texans lived, worked and played, and about how they interacted with the early white settlers. A hands-on history class that will take your students back to the days of the Republic of Texas.
FEE: $5 per student. TIME: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m
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