Bring your class on a field trip. The hands-on, interactive Augusta Canal Discovery Center and Petersburg Boat tours are FUN activities that stimulate visual, auditory, verbal and kinesthetic learning. The Augusta Canal provides complete, standards-based lesson plans for students from pre-K to high school, including pre- and post-visit classroom activities.
Grades PK-1- Local land & water features, natural resources, jobs & transportation
Grades 2-3-Productive resources, their role in growth of Augusta, region, and Ga and SC
Grades 4-5-Industrial Revolution, effects of individuals & technology on progress, Civil War
Grades 6-8-Geographic regions, Fall Line influence on economy & development in Ga and SC
Grades 9-12-Industrial Revolution, Civil War, labor reform, economics, & primary source investigation
Grades PK-2-Animal identification, habitats, & basic needs
Grade 3-Ecosystems and energy/hydropower
Grade 4-Ecosystems, hydropower and simple machines
Grade 5-Ecosystems, hydro-electricity, and force & motion
Grade 6-Energy and energy conservation
Grade 7-Environmental science
Grade 8-Physical science
Grade 9-12-Environmental science, ecology, biology &/or physics and physical sciences.
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