Field Trip: Taste the Rainforest

Myriad Gardens Field Trips feature an interactive lesson, guided conservatory tour and a scavenger hunt. The program runs from 10am to noon and is offered on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday. Designed for grades K-6, our school programs supplement achievement towards the Oklahoma Academic Standards. Through the implementation of research-based methods and models, we strive to provide the most enriching experience possible. We can accommodate group sizes of 10 to 80 students.

Taste the Rainforest—An Exploration of Tropical Rainforests Through the Lens of Healthy Eating, is intended to empower students to discover more about the natural world by accomplishing the following learning objectives: students will identify six parts of a plant, explore healthy eating and investigate plants we eat that grow in rainforests during a conservatory hike.

Program Objective
Students will gain an understanding of rainforest ecology and an interest in rainforest plants and animals. Through identifying six parts of a plant, students will learn trees and plants provide critical habitat. Students will explore resources found in a rainforest and will brainstorm a healthy breakfast made from rainforest products. We hope students will leave with an appreciation for plants and animals and a desire to make choices that promote healthy and sustainable lifestyles.

Your educational program will last 90-120 minutes. Groups are welcome to explore the garden grounds before and after your program at your leisure. Play time and lunch is self-guided.

If your group will be split to accommodate group size, please decide in advance how you would like to divide your group into two groups. For split groups, one group will start with the lesson while the other starts in the conservatory.

Class Format

Welcome and Introductions 10 minutes
"Parts of a Plant" Lesson 20 minutes
Call to Action, book 10 minutes
Brainstorming a Tropical Breakfast Activity 20 minutes
"Plants We Eat Scavenger Hunt" as a Conservatory Tour 30 minutes
Conclusion, Children's Garden play and lunch 30 minutes

If you are interested in scheduling a field trip please email education@myriadgardens.org to receive a request form. Once you receive the form please complete it and return it to formally schedule. Request forms must be submitted two weeks ahead of time.

School Scholarship Application

The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation is proud to offer the opportunity for your school to apply for a scholarship to help support and enable participation in our programming. Please take the time to fill out the following application form and submit for consideration. If your organization is awarded a scholarship, you will be contacted within 1-2 weeks of submitting your application to book your field trip with youth and school staff program fees waived.

Please note: Schools are eligible to be granted a scholarship no more than once a school year. If you are not selected, we encourage reapplication for future windows of scholarship availability.