On Saturday, July 13th from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. come discover who some of the aerial masters of the prairie are at the Homestead National Monument of America Education Center. Learn how birds were able to master flight long before humans traveled into space and develop skills to identify some of these feathered flyers. The Blast off with Birds! program will be followed by a take-home craft activity. Don’t forget to check out other upcoming programs that are part of the Kids in Parks: Into the Unknown! program series:
§Saturday, July 20: Homestead the Future - Do you have what it takes to homestead on the moon?
§Saturday, July 27: Carbon Based Lifeforms Detected - Learn about the prairie plant universe.
§Saturday, August 3: Aliens?! - Find out how the alien insects around us help the prairie.
§Saturday, August 10: Strangers from a Strange Land… - Enter the underwater world of the creepy creek crawlers.
“Into the Unknown! is a fun and educational program that will engage children and their families to explore closely the prairie landscape and its inhabitants," said Mark Engler, Superintendent of Homestead National Monument of America.
The Kids in Parks: Into the Unknown! summer programs at Homestead are open to the public and take place at Homestead’s Education Center from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. on Saturdays. The programs are FREE of charge. We encourage the use of sunscreen, bug spray, and closed toed shoes as we investigate the mysterious unknown of the tall-grass prairie.
Homestead National Monument of America has an exciting schedule of events planned for 2019. Keep up with the latest information by following us on Twitter (HomesteadNM), Instagram (HomesteadNM), and Facebook (HomesteadNM).
Homestead National Monument of America is a unit of the National Park Service located four miles west of Beatrice, Nebraska and 45 miles south of Lincoln. Hours of operation are 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. Admission is free of charge. For additional information, please call 402-223-3514 or visit http://www.nps.gov/home/.
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Source: U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service
