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Lewis and Clark Exploratory Center: Charlottesville
Guided tour
Hands on activities (rubbings, face masks, or boat building)
Date: March 23rd at 1pm
Length: 1 hour
Cost: $3/person ages 4 and up

Triple C Camp: Charlottesville
Ropes course
Climbing tower and zip line

Activities for everyone
8 years old and up will have most success participating
All ages welcomed to attend
Bring younger children to explore
Length: 5 hours
Cost: Free for nonparticipants, $25/participant

Didgeridoo Workshop: Staunton
Jim Gagnon will lead the workshop
Make and play didgeridoos
Length: 1 hour
Cost: $5/participant
*Limited to 30 didgeridoo makers
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Family CPR and Basic First Aid: Staunton
Participation card for participants
Ages 11 through adult may participate
Ages 10 and under may observe
Length: 2 1/2-3 hours
Cost: $14/participant
*Limited to 20 participants

Buckingham Branch Railroad Company: Staunton
Explore a locomotive
Experience the computerized control center
Investigate the locomotive repair shop
Learn about railroad safety
Length: 1 hour
Cost: Free
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Camera Heritage Museum: Staunton
History of camera and events in Staunton
Cameras and imaging devices
Length: 30 minutes
Cost: Free

Frontier Culture Museum: Staunton
Scavenger hunt
Interactive and hands on workshops
Early to Rise: The Life of a Historic Farmer 18th Century Ireland to 1740s America
School Days: 1850s American Farm to School House
Length: 5 hours
Cost: Free ages 0-5, $5 ages 6-17, $7 for adults

Fastrax: Waynesboro
Ride go-carts: $4-$7/ride. Available for ages 3 and up.
Miniature Golf: $5/person
Use the batting cages: $1 token for 15 pitches
Play arcade games
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Waynesboro Heritage Museum: Waynesboro
Guided tour
Interactive program

Length: 30 minutes
Cost: Free
*Limited to 40 people

WVPT: Harrisonburg
Watch a few minutes of the taping of television show
Tour the station and find out how PBS shows get to your television
Length: 1 hour
Cost: Free
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Cat's Cradle: Harrisonburg
Interactive tour to see what a cat experiences
Find out what the volunteers do
Length: 30 minutes
Cost: Cat toy
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WHSV: Harrisonburg
Tour the station and experience the green screen
Weather workshop at Explore More, Harrisonburg Children's Museum
Free play at Explore More for preschoolers while school aged visit WHSV
Length: 2 hours (40 minutes at WHSV)
Cost: Free for adults and ages 0-1, $5 for ages 2-17

Chuck Wagon: Penn Laird
Narrated tour
See pictures of chuck wagons
Interactive talk about food on the run in the 1800s
Length: 1 hour
Cost: $2/family (not including lunch)
*Limited to 40 people
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Classic Carriage: Harrisonburg
Learn about travel during the 1800s
Horse care
Ride in a covered wagon
Length: 1 hour
Cost: $5/person ages 4 and up

Dancing Cow Farm: Luray
Hands on and interactive
Stations for fiber arts, dairy and animal care.
Length: 2 hours
Cost: $5/person
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Trackside Theater: Luray
Tour and overview of building of Trackside Theater, home of Blue Ridge Youth Theater, Inc.
Careers in the theater business
Mechanics of how a show gets produced
Participate in Raw Learning Short Plays Festival.
Students can choose a director, actors, designers, etc.
Raid the furniture stores, costume racks and make up boxes!
Fee includes an edited DVD of the Raw Learning Short Plays Festival.
Length: 2-2 1/2 hours
Cost: Free for ages 0-6, $8 ages 7-18

*Limited to 20 students

Natural Bridge of Virginia: Natural Bridge
Natural Bridge Caverns
Walk Cedar Creek Trail to Natural Bridge
Native American Village
Toy and Wax Museum
Length: 5 hours
Cost: $6-$12/ person

Shenandoah Valley Regional Airport: Weyers Cave
Explore medical helicopter, small airplane and airport firetruck
Length: 1 hour
Cost: Free
*Limited to 20 children with only one adult/family
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Middle River Farm: Grottoes
Pick strawberries
How to plant and grow strawberries
Learn about integrated farming practices
Hands on activity
Length: 2 hours
Cost: Free

Outdoor Adventure Experiences: Rockingham County
Rafting and kayaking on a local calm river
All equipment provided
Length: 2-3 hours
Cost: $20 per-person for ages 4-11 (rafting only), $25 per-person 12 and over in rafts. $30 per-person over age 12 to kayak

The Bug Box: Fredericksburg
Insect zoo
Bug show and educational program
Length: 1 hour
Cost: $2-$5/person
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Montpelier: Montpelier Station
Guided tour of the mansion, exploration of the grounds
Age appropriate, hands-on and interdisciplinary programs
Length: ½ day
Cost: $10 for students, $16 for adults

Someplace Special Gem Mine: Shady Spring, WV
Entertaining search for gold and other precious rocks
Length: 1 hour
Cost: $5/bucket/person
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Exhibition Coal Mine: Beckley, WV
Beckley Exhibition Coal and the Youth Museum
Also explore the Coal Company House, Superintendent's Home, Pemberton Coal Camp Church, and the Helen Coal Camp School
Length: 2 hours
Cost: Free for ages 0-3, $8.50 ages 4-17, $14.00 adults
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Campground: Beckley, WV
Tent camping
Grassy area, picnic tables, fire pit, draw water
Length: Overnight
Cost: $14/night

Seneca Rocks: WV
Discovery Center
Exhibits
Movies
Length: All day
Cost: Free
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Seneca Shadows: WV
Camping
Fishing, Canoing, and Swimming
Length: Overnight
Cost: About $15-$20/family)

Maymont: Richmond
Students explore the diverse
experiences of those who lived upstairs
and the employees who worked
downstairs in Maymont Mansion.
Length: All Day
Cost: $6 for children and adults

Liberty Mountain Snowflex Centre: Lynchburg
Tube, ski or snowboard with out snow!
Length: 4 hours
Cost: $5/hour, tubing rental $5, ski or snowboard equipment rental $12

UVA Blandy Experimental Farm and State Arboretum of Virginia: Boyce
Explore the Arboretum (free)
Choose an appropriate learning program.
--Mammals: preK-2nd, Snake savvy: 1st -5th, Young Ecologists: 6th -12th
Picnic lunch
Length: 4 hours
Cost: $3-$5/student  program participant
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Dinosaur Land: White Post
Frolic with the dinosaurs!
Length: 1 hour
Cost: Free for less than $2.50 ages 2-10, $3.50 ages 11-adult

Skyline Caverns: Front Royal
Guided tour of the caverns with rare Anthodites
Mirror maze
Train to ride
Length: All day
Cost: Free for ages 2 and under, 3-adult $4 for cavern tour, $2 for train rides, $3 for maze

Assateague Island: Maryland side
Camping, exploring, crabbing
Visit the Wildlife Refuge
Length: Overnight
Cost: $5/tent to camp, $3-$4/person to enter Refuge

King's Dominion: Doswell
Crazy roller coasters
Family Fun
Waterpark
Possible Date: May 29th
Length: All day
Cost: Free for ages 2 and under, $26.99 for under 4', $31.99 for 4' and taller
Parking cost $12/vehicle