Come to Homeschool Day at the Burke Museum! Bring your students and family to explore the museum's natural history and culture galleries.

Join Education staff to learn about Washington States people and their history!

10:30 – 11:00 am
Ethnobotany – Biodiversity Lab & outside
Plants and people, how do they connect? Join museum educator Maureen Carlisle to learn about important plants of the Northwest in a hands-on activity.

11:15 – 11:45 am
What is Archaeology? – Discovery Lab
Interested in learning about people who came before us? Join Burke educator Gloriann Glenn to discover what archaeologists study, and become a junior archaeologist!

11:45 am – 12:15 pm
Lunch in the Burke Room - bring your own

12:30 – 1:00 pm
Salmon & Fishing in the Northwest – Burke Room
Salmon are a vital resource both to the Native and fishing communities in Washington State. Join Educator Dana Beaudry to learn about the biology of Salmon, and NW Coast fishing techniques.

Discovery Stations – Open from 10 am – 2pm

Make a Cedar Bark Bracelet	Pacific Voices Exhibit
Discussion Corners	Peoples of the Plateau & This Place Called Home
Archaeology of West Point	Discovery Lab
Ethnobotany Tabletop Exhibit	Biodiversity Lab

All exhibits have scavenger hunts, and hands-on stations with docents and staff available to answer questions.

For more information or to RSVP, call 206-543-9681 or e-mail burked@u.washington.edu.

Click here to read reviews of our previous Homeschool Days