Statewide Events

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July Events

National Wild Turkey Federation Geocaching 101
Join the NWTF on Saturday, July 10, for Geocaching 101 (ages 6 and up). Learn about the newest trend in recreational activities and go on a high-tech treasure hunt. Program starts at 10:30 am at NWTF headquarters in Edgefield. Participants will also tour the Winchester Museum from 12:30 pm to 1:30 pm. Free for NWTF members and their children. Cost for non-members is $5 for adults and $2 for children 17 and under. For more information, contact Sam McDuffie at 803.637.7626.
 
Gardens of Salem Twilight Tours                                                       
Old Salem Museums & Gardens in Winston-Salem, NC, invites homeschoolers to join them to explore the horticultural heritage of Old Salem during their Twilight Tours on July 15, 17, and 23. This one-hour guided walking tour will take you through several of Salem's gardens from the 18th-century garden plot of the Miksch family, to the large garden maintained by the Single Brothers' Choir, to the more decorative garden of the 19th-century Vogler home. You'll learn about gardening practices of the period, heirloom varieties of vegetables, herbs and flowers, along with present day techniques used to preserve these plants. This tour includes walking distances in a hilly area, standing outside, and standing for long periods of time, so comfortable shoes are recommended. Tours are limited and are booked on a first-come, first-served basis. Pre-registration is required. Visit their website for more information.

Farm-Girl Camp
Singing Horse Farm in Blythewood, SC, invites homeschool girls, ages 7 to 13, to their Farm Girl Summer Camp. Campers are immersed in daily farm experiences, including caring for the animals and tending the organic vegetable and herb garden. They will also learn traditional skills, such as sewing and knitting, making butter, and sprouting seeds. They also focus on character traits that come in handy around a farm, such as gratitude, patience, compassion, responsibility, and respect. Campers interact with horses, rabbits, chickens, and other life on the farm. Camp facilitators are experienced teachers, trained in Montessori education, with a passion for the outdoors and working with children. Their remaining summer dates are July 12-16, from 8:00 am to 1:00 pm. For more information, call 803.730.5878 or visit their website.

Wild-Child Nature Camp
Singing Horse Farm in Blythewood, SC, invites homeschoolers to their Wild Child Nature Camp on July 19-23, from 8:00 am to 1:00 pm. Through creative play and guided adventure, campers learn about plants, animals, and some wilderness survival skills. All activities foster a love of nature and a connection to the earth and one another. Skills like communication and teamwork, empathy, patience, and problem solving are developed as campers are guided through camp activities. Campers will explore nature through hikes and creative study of plants and animals. They will learn about the plant kingdom and the animal kingdom, and how human beings have classified life on our planet. They can choose more in depth study as the week goes on, and explore trees, leaves, seeds, flowers, roots, etc. They can choose to study mammals, reptiles, birds, or amphibians. This camp For more information, call 803.730.5878 or visit their website.
 
Family Hearthside Cooking & Dining Experience
Old Salem Museums & Gardens in Winston-Salem, NC, invites homeschoolers to join them on July 31 for their Family Hearthside Cooking & Dining Experience. Families, with the help of costumed staff, will prepare and eat a complete early 19th-century meal. Participants use authentic recipes and hearth cooking techniques to prepare and cook a meal. At the end of the session, relax and enjoy your meal in 19th century surroundings. Visit their website for more information.

NASA's Journey to the Stars Free DVD
NASA and the American Museum of Natural History have produced a planetarium show about the stars in our cosmos including exploding stars, giant stars, dwarf stars, neutron stars, and even our own  star, the Sun. But you don't have to go to a planetarium to experience it because NASA will send you a Journey to the Stars DVD free of charge! The DVD is being released on June 7th and comes with a free teacher's guide and activities for grades 3-12 that are fun, innovative, and meet national science standards. The show is narrated by actress Whoopi Goldberg who takes you on  a virtual trip through time and space. For more information, visit their website.

Pirates, Privateers and Buccaneers
The SC State Museum's exhibit, Pirates, Privateers and Buccaneers, features actual artifacts as well as reproductions to illustrate the lives and times of buccaneers during the heyday of piracy. It displays a pirate ship’s bell, rigging hook, cannon balls, pewter plates, buckles, ballast stones, cannon aprons and small vials of gold dust. A concretion tank features mineralized artifacts as they would have appeared when found on the ocean's floor. Visitors can view money plundered by pirates, including silver "pieces of eight," gold doubloons, and Spanish reals. Reproduction cannons from pirate ships give guests the feel of being on the deck of a pirate ship. Hands-on elements include: reproduction weapons, such as swords, pistols and muskets, learn to tie a variety of sailor's knots, walk off "paces" from a treasure map, try on reproduction pirate clothing, take pictures at a ship's wheel, and more. This exhibit ends on September 19, 2010. For more information, visit their website.

ScienceSouth Summer Camps
Enjoy a summer of fun and learning at one of ScienceSouth's week-long science themed camps. Mix it up with some crazy chemistry, find out what’s alive and kicking in biology, go to extremes with engineering, or maybe sleuth your way to the truth to solve the ScienceSouth mystery. You can do all this and more at one of ScienceSouth's five weeks of camp, where there's a little science for everyone. This year they’ve added a camp for junior scientists (grades 1-3), the rest are for rising 4th-8th grades. For cost and other information, visit their website or call 843-679-5353 x313. 

Discovery Place Exhibits
Discovery Place in Charlotte, NC, invites homeschoolers to visit their current exhibits THEM, Science Buzz, KidScience, Explore More Stuff, and Kapla Blocks. Also enjoy their featured exhibits CSI: Crime Scene Insects, Cook Stuff, and their Discovery 3D theater. Find out more about all their exhibits at their website.

Mad Science Homeschool Classes
Mad Science of Columbia offers exciting, hands-on science classes for homeschoolers each Thursday from 12:30-1:30 pm in a fun, interactive environment. Participants get pre- and post-class resource packets that include vocabulary, reading suggestions, and cross-curriculum ideas for relating to other subject areas. Children also get a "take home" with each class designed to extend their learning through play at home. For more information and to register, call 803.739.2122 or visit their website.

SC State Museum Educational Programs
The SC State Museum holds many educational programs throughout the year for students, including homeschoolers. For a list and more information about these programs, visit their website.

Living History Saturdays at Historic Brattonsville
Step back in time at Historic Brattonsville on each Saturday from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm as costumed interpreters bring to life the 18th and 19th centuries. Witness life in the Carolina Backcountry through activities such as farming, shearing sheep, picking cotton and military drills. Activities and demonstrations vary weekly. For details, see their calendar.

Culture and Heritage Museums
The Culture and Heritage Museums is a linked system of cultural institutions in York County, SC, which includes Historic Brattonsville, McCelvey Center, Museum of York County, the Future Museum on the Catawba River and the new Children's Museum in Old Town Rock Hill. As a group, they provide many educational programs and field trip opportunities for homeschool families throughout the year. For more information and a link to their field trip planner, visit their website.

EdVenture Children's Museum Programs
EdVenture's curriculum-based field trips and programs complement instruction by encouraging hands-on learning. Their exhibits and related programs in science, health and safety, social studies, language arts and math place a strong emphasis on problem solving and critical thinking. For more in-depth information on all of their programs, call 803.400.1151 or visit their website.

Lowcountry Children's Museum Field Trips
The Children's Museum of the Lowcountry offers hands-on learning field trips on Tuesday through Fridays to support homeschool curricula. For more information, visit their website, call Desma Barker at 843.853.8962 extension 221, or email her at desma@explorecml.org.

Art Education Programs

The Columbia Museum of Art offers many programs of interest to families, groups, and homeschoolers. For information about these programs, visit their website.

Charleston Museum's Homeschool History Days
Visit the Charleston Museum from 10:00 to 11:00 am every second Tuesday for special homeschool programs. These programs feature a history class, time to go through the museum, and an activity. For more information, visit their website.

Book Sales in SC

There are many SC library book sales featured throughout the year. To find one near you, visit this website.