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25th Anniversary
Tuesday January 1, 2013 - Tuesday December 31, 2013:
In 1988, 25 years ago this May, Huntsville Botanical Garden opened with one employee and the sweat equity of hundreds of volunteers, and has grown to become one of the top tourist attractions in the southeast.
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Reptile Roundup - Life Science in the Garden, grades 3-5
Wednesday January 16, 2013 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm:
Anderson Education Center Classroom
3rd-5th: Students examine misconceptions about herps (the collective name given to reptiles and amphibians), how they have been viewed throughout history, and how reptiles and amphibians are similar to and different from one another.
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Reptile Roundup - Life Science in the Garden, grades 6-8
Wednesday January 16, 2013 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm:
Anderson Education Center Classroom
6th-8th: Students examine and discuss animal adaptation. They will read an article about snakes, conduct research on ways animals adapt, develop a diagram, and write a short story written from the perspective of the animal they researched.
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