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Field Trips

Autrey Mill Nature Preserve offers a variety of group programs that:

  • Are designed as an extension of the classroom to provide a wonderful educational experience for both students and teachers
  • Include engaging, hands-on learning activities
  • Are consistent with the Georgia Educational Standards for grades K-8
  • Can be experienced at Autrey Mill or brought to your site

All programs can be adapted for content and program length to satisfy a group’s needs. Contact us to customize your field trip.

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View our different field trip options below!

Visit the habitats, flora, and fauna of Autrey Mill’s 46-acre nature preserve. In addition, the Visitor Center features dioramas of woodland animals and a collection of live reptiles and amphibians.

These programs are all 2 hours in length with 90 minutes of curriculum and 30 minutes use of our Pole Barn for lunch or snack.  These programs are best suited to groups sizes of 40 or less and grades K-8. For larger groups, we offer the Reptile Program.

The program fee is $10 per child participant. An upfront fee of %50 or $100 (program minimum) is due upfront to reserve your date. Any remaining total is due at least a week prior to your program. View Georgia Educational Standards covered.
Reptiles Students will get the opportunity to meet reptiles native to Georgia and a few from around the world. They will also learn about the classification of species.
Wonders of Wetlands This program includes a hike to Sal's Creek and Autrey Mill's wetlands with a lesson on water pollution and conservation. We will survey the creek to determine its health through the observation of indicator species. Students will record their observations in a field journal.
Custom Nature Program Students will join us on a guided hike, complete a hands-on activity, meet our animals, and more.
Animal Architects Students will learn the different building techniques animals use by exploring a variety of stations and constructing a field journal. The program concludes with meeting a real-life animal architect.

Visit Autrey Mill's historic buildings, furnishings, artifact collections, plus heritage activities to present topics of local and Georgia history.

These programs are all 2 hours in length with 90 minutes of curriculum and 30 minutes use of our Pole Barn for lunch or snack.  These programs are best suited to groups sizes of 40 or less and grades K-8. For larger groups, we offer the Reptile Program.

The program fee is $10 per child participant. An upfront fee of %50 or $100 (program minimum) is due upfront to reserve your date. Any remaining total is due at least a week prior to your program. View Georgia Educational Standards covered.
History Hunters Students will use their skills of deduction to gain a better understanding of what life was like for Georgia settlers in the late 1800s. Their hands will get dirty as they go digging for history. They will play games from the past and learn how to budget using rations.
a-MAZE-ing Farm History Students will receive hands-on experience with historic artifacts that helped shape the land. They will hear how Native American gardens thrived by using the technique of polyculture. The lesson will include stories, heritage-building tours, games, and the opportunity to plant a seed.
Georgia Gold Fever Catch gold fever at Autrey Mill! Students will learn about the 1800’s Land Lottery and discover the mineral that shaped our state. They will receive hands-on opportunities to pan for gold, solve gold riddles.

These programs combine both nature and history curriculum. The program is 2 hours in length with 90 minutes of curriculum and 30 minutes use of our Pole Barn for lunch or snack. These programs are best suited to groups sizes of 20 or less and grades K-8.

The program fee is $10 per child participant. An upfront fee of %50 or $100 (program minimum) is due upfront to reserve your date. Any remaining total is due at least a week prior to your program. View Georgia Educational Standards covered.

Using Resources Wisely Students will explore how Native Americans like the Creek and Cherokee used natural resources for hunting, farming, medicine, shelter, clothing, and transportation. Students will learn the concepts of reducing, reusing, and recycling. This program includes a Native American Story Time featuring one of our animals.

These programs are all 2 hours in length with 90 minutes of curriculum and 30 minutes use of our Pole Barn for lunch or snack.

The program fee is $10 per participant. An upfront fee of %50 or $100 (program minimum) is due upfront to reserve your date. Any remaining total is due at least a week prior to your program. View Georgia Educational Standards covered.

Hikes and Tours
Nature Hike This program includes a hike to Sal's Creek and Autrey Mill's wetlands on the way we will share stories about Autrey Mill's past and present efforts for conservation and preservation.
Heritage Tour Travel back in time with one of Autrey Mill's docents to experience the history of our local area. See the restored homes, general store, and country church. Hear the stories of life on this land in the 1800s and early 1900s.

The program is 2 hours in length with 90 minutes of curriculum and 30 minutes use of our Pole Barn for lunch or snack. This is designed as a "grownup and me" or group experience. Each class topic includes a story, craft, hands-on animal encounter, and outdoor exploration.

The program fee is $10 per child participant. An upfront fee of %50 or $100 (program minimum) is due upfront to reserve your date. Any remaining total is due at least a week prior to your program.

Class Topics
Creepy Crawly This program includes storytime, insect games, creep crawly scavenger hunt, worm dance, and more.
Reptile Show This program includes storytime, reptile encounter, craft, and a reptile scavenger hunt.
Feathered Friends This class topic includes storytime, binocular craft, beak exploration, bird encounter, and more!

Outreach Programs

These programs all provide 90 minutes of curriculum and are brought to your site!

The program fee is $10 per child participant. An upfront fee of %50 or $100 (program minimum) is due upfront to reserve your date. Any remaining total is due at least a week prior to your program. View Georgia Educational Standards covered.

Nature Outreach
Reptiles Students will get the opportunity to meet reptiles native to Georgia and a few from around the world. They will also learn about the classification of species.
Custom Our staff will work with teachers to develop a program suited to their curriculum.

Heritage Outreach
History Detectives Our staff will work with teachers to develop a field trip
suited to their curriculum that investigates history through the magnifying lens of a detective.

Library Programs

 Thanks to the generosity of the Country Club of the South's Charity Guild we are able to offer Library Programs at a reduced rate of  $100 flat and schedule at the availability of AMNP staff.
Recycling Program Storytime: The Lorax,  recycling relay, and seed bomb craft
Reptile Program Storytime: Miles and Miles of Reptiles,  turtle races, reptile encounter, and reptile nature-facts.
Chicken, Chicken, Who's got my egg? Storytime: The Cow that Laid an Egg, egg games, egg-sploration, and chicken encounter.
Snakes! Storytime: Verdi, snake craft, and snake encounter.
Animal Architects Verbal storytelling of "13 Moons on a Turtle's Back," keystone species demonstration, animal architect nature-facts, and meet and greet with the African Spurred Tortoise, Pebbles.