-Ag Progress Section, Lancaster Farming, Saturday, August 11,2001
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Take The Kids To The Country At Penn State’s Ag Progress Days
ROCKSPRING (Centre Co.)
From megatractors to wild
raptors, there’s plenty for kids to
do at Penn State’s Ag Progress
Days, Aug. 14-16.
Whether you’re three or 103,
you can learn about the life of an
arborist up in the trees. The
“Kid’s Climb” will have ropes
and all of the necessary equip
ment to safely climb two white
oaks. With help from profes
sional arborists, amateur climb
ers can climb to 25 feet or to
their comfort level whichever
comes first. “Anyone who has a
little coordination can try,” said
Jim Savage, research assistant
in Penn State’s Environmental
Resources Research Institute.
At the Natural Resource Con
servation Partnership area,
adults can relax in the “back
yard garden,” while kids enjoy
the fish tank, daily fly-casting
exhibitions, invertebrates, worm
tubes and touch boxes, or get
tattoos and make fish print
shirts. The younger crowd also
may enjoy ‘A Maze N Corn,” a
corn maze that’s accessible for
wheelchairs and baby strollers.
The maze is located next to the
Crops and Soils Tent on East
sth Street.
The Family Learning Hub,
near the food vendors on Main
Street, between West Bth and
West 9th, will interest kids
whether they live on a farm or in
the city. The Hub includes:
• ImAGination Station. Little
visitors can learn about rock
etry, race balloons, play with
chicks and slip their smiling
faces into a stand-up astronaut
or Nittany Lion for a take-home
photo. They also can meet The
Waterlion, the star of a brand
new book, and do “The Big
Drip” to learn how much water
is wasted from a leaky faucet.
At one particularly tasty ex
hibit, visitors will receive a
passport and try to guess
using a world map and table
filled with ingredients for choco
late (cocoa beans, cocoa trees,
sugar cane, sugar beets, almonds
and milk) which country
each ingredient came from. At
another interactive, tasty ex
hibit, you can learn how much
color influences perception of
flavor.
Ag in the Classroom will fea
ture an interactive game that
tests kids knowledge of basic
facts related to Pennsylvania ag
riculture. So, how many stom
achs does a cow have?
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If they want to get small, kids
can peer through a microscope
at the hidden life of soils. Also,
food-related bacteria will be fea
tured in ‘The Good, The Bad
and The Necessary.”
• Shaver’s Creek Environ
mental Center. Here, visitors
can get “up close and personal”
with native Pennsylvania wild
life. Shaver’s Creek will intro
duce visitors to live birds-of
prey, snakes, turtles and frogs,
share stories and answer ques
tions. Interpretive programs will
be held on various wildlife.
Hands-on exhibits will include
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• Farm Animal Learning
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about farm animal welfare, such
as animal care, biosecurity, and
use issues. Visit with dairy and
beef calves, goats, lambs, rab
bits, pigs, miniature horses,
chickens, retired greyhounds
and other farm and companion
animals, and learn about the
myths and facts of farm animal
production. New information
this year focuses on precautions
that should be taken by farm
and non-farm people when
working with and enjoying farm
animals to prevent the spread of
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disease. More than 50 handouts,
mostly for grades 3-8, will cover
almost every aspect of animal
agriculture.
• Family Room Building.
Here, visitors can go on a treas
ure hunt or relax at the “Kids
Corner,” a special area where
children and parents can do art
activities, enjoy water play and
read stories together. Families
also will find a variety of inform
ative exhibits, games and dem
onstrations on cooking, youth
sports, food safety, financial
issues, children and elders, and
more.
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possible transmission of foot
and-mouth disease and other
foreign animal diseases, visitors
who have been overseas within
two weeks of attending Ag Prog
ress Days are asked not to visit
the event’s live-animal exhibit
areas.
For more information, call
(800) PSU-1010 toll-free
through Aug. 16 or visit the Ag
Progress Days Website at http://
apd.cas.psu.edu.
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