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Wargo Nature Center
Heritage Living History Lab

Heritage Lab InstructorThe 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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