Virtual Tours
Register for your 2023 Virtual Tour with the Atlanta Botanical Garden. Tours are free for Title I schools. Please read the program specifics below before scheduling your tour. Further questions can be sent to Nina Baldwin at nbaldwin@atlantabg.org
Program Specifics
- Virtual tours are available on Mondays between 9:30 a.m. – 2 p.m.
- Reservations must be made at least two weeks in advance.
- Fee: $100, or free for Title I schools. Payment must be received two weeks prior to the program for non-Title I schools.
- Length: 30 minutes, including time for questions
- Program minimum: 10 students
- Program maximum: 35 students
- Program Delivery Mode: virtual conferencing platform co-hosted by teacher, Zoom preferred
- Please no recording of tours
- Teachers must be in attendance throughout the virtual tour whether they are in person with their students or if their class is remote and connected through virtual learning.
- Technology support sessions are available if teachers require assistance connecting to virtual tour platform.
Virtual Tour Topics
Carnivorous Plant Exploration (3-12th)
Sticky, stinky, slippery, plants. Travel to Georgia’s wetland bogs from your classroom to get an up close view of our native bug-eating plants in action. Discover why these plants have developed an unusual appetite and how they manage to trap and digest their prey.
Standards: S3L1.a, S3L1.b, S3L1.c.S3L2.a, S3L2.b , S4L1. a. b, S7L4.a., SCE1.b, SEC3.c ,SBO5.a, SBO5.c
3rd-5th: Carnivorous Plants Pre/Post Visit Materials
6th-12th: Carnivorous Plants Pre/Post Visit Materials
Frog Talks (1st-5th)
Meet a few members of the Garden’s amphibian collection and study their adaptations and behaviors with our knowledgeable Education Team. See how we care for our animals while learning about amphibians habitats, life cycles, and relationships with plants.
Standards: SKL1.b, SKL2.a,SKL2.c, S1L1.b S1L1.c, S2L1.a.dS2L1.d S3L1.a,S3L1.b, S3L1.c, S3L2.ab,S4L1.a, S4L1.b, S4L1.c, S5L1.a
K-2nd: Frog Talk Pre/Post Visit Materials
3rd-5th: Frog Talk Pre/Post Visit Materials
Plant Careers (6th-12th)
Are you creative, like to work with your hands, or spend your time solving problems? Whatever your strengths, there’s a plant career for you! Based on your class’ choices, our Garden staff will highlight three plant careers and take you behind the scenes to show you a day in the life of working with plants.
Standards: S6E6.b, S7L3.c, SB2.c, SB3.c, SB5.d, SB5.e, SEV4.b, SEV5.d, SBO6.a
Rainforest Ramble (1st-12th)
Immerse your students in the Garden’s Tropical Rotunda, surrounded by tall trees, hanging vines, and trilling frogs. Test your knowledge of the rainforest biome and discover what features plants have developed to help them adapt to this warm and wet environment as you follow our safari guides from the comfort of your classroom.
Standards: S1L1.a,S1L1.b, S2L1.a, S2L1c, S3L1.a, S5L1.b, S7L4.a d, .SEC3.d SBO5.a, SBO5.c
K-2nd: Rainforest Pre/Post Visit Materials
3rd-5th: Rainforest Pre/Post Visit Materials
6th-12th: Rainforest Pre/Post Visit Materials
Fantastic Flowers (1st - 2nd)
Student scientists will compare the structures of plant parts and will explore the relationships between flowers and their pollinators.
Standards: S1L1.a, S1L1.b, S2L1.a, S2.L1.b