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Wargo Nature Center
Heritage
Living History Lab
 The Heritage Lab program is a full day historical education
program which takes place outdoors. The program is offered for
15 days with approximately 250-300 students participating each
day. Students in grades 1-7 rotate through 8 different stations
during the day and participate in hands-on activities related to
the overall historical theme. The lab is held once a year for
three weeks in the fall for school age children.
Eight presenters assume roles from a
specific time period of Minnesota history. Students rotate
through the eight different stations, each led by a presenter in
period costume, in which they are encouraged to participate and
immerse themselves in the time period. For example, students
might set up a tipi, taste traditional foods, play the moccasin
game, try their skill at archery and go through the steps of
harvesting wild rice.
Heritage Lab runs on a five-year cycle of topics starting with Voyageurs, Minnesota Indians, Pioneers & Settlers, Early Minnesota and Milling, Mining & Lumbering. This year's lab will be Milling, Mining, and Lumbering.
Stations will cover topics such as: Log Jams-Whose Logs are Who’s?, Life as an Immigrant Miner, Flour, Flour Everywhere, A Home Away From Home, Lumber Jack School: Everything You Need To Know!, Folk Tales from the Mississippi, Home on the Grange, and Iron Mining: Minnesota’s Marvelous Magnetic Mineral.
Thanks to the continued financial support of Connexus Energy, approximately 3,000 students are able to participate in this unique program each year at a reduced cost.
The Heritage Lab takes place at the
permanent site in the Rice Creek Chain of Lakes Regional Park
Reserve in the Hugo, Centerville, Lino Lakes area and has a rich
history of Indian and Settler occupation.
If you have any questions please feel free
to contact Wargo Nature Center at 651-429-8007. Registration
materials for this year's lab will be available by August 15.
Click here for the Year 2011 Letter to Schools
Click here for the Year 2011 Heritage Lab registration form
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