Arrive To: Arrive to hotel, get registration information, and settle into your rooms.

Dinner: Welcome dinner at hotel.

Evening: Orientation to program with your group leader for the week

Lodging: John Carver Inn

Meals Included: Dinner

Breakfast: Breakfast at hotel.

Morning: Visit Plimoth Plantation and explore the grounds on a guided tour and then on your own. You will explore the Wampanoag Village and the Pilgrim Settlement with a museum expert.

Lunch: Picnic lunch at Plimoth Plantation.

Afternoon: Enjoy presentations and hands on activities at Plimoth Plantation with the museum historians. Learn to cook over the hearth as the Pilgrims did, and play games as the Pilgrim and Native American children did. Before returning to the hotel, explore the Mayflower II, the replica of the 17th century ship Mayflower boat on Plymouth's harbor.

Dinner: Dinner at hotel.

Evening: Enjoy an evening lantern walk and learn about Plymouth's local ghosts.

Lodging: John Carver Inn

Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Pilgrim Hall Museum/Heritage Museum and Gardens in Sandwich/Evening Entertainment

Breakfast: Breakfast at hotel.

Morning: Spend time exploring the Pilgrim Hall Museum, the nation’s oldest continuously–operating public museum before boarding the bus to drive to Sandwich.

Lunch: Enjoy lunch at the Heritage Museum and Gardens.

Afternoon: Explore the garden labyrinth at the Heritage Museum and Gardens, visit the antique car exhibit and the American folk art exhibit, and ride the carousel with a museum educator. Finish the day with an Autos & Assembly Lines workshop This interactive and fun activity provides participants with an understanding of Henry Ford’s innovative use of the assembly line to revolutionize the automotive industry. Participants will test their knowledge of the six simple machines, act out an assembly line, and then work in small groups to complete a LEGO-building competition. Take a bus to Hyannis.

Dinner: Dinner at hotel.

Evening: Enjoy an evening of games at the hotel

Lodging: Cape Codder Resort

Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Note: Time and Day of whale watch may change depending on tides

Breakfast: Breakfast at hotel

Morning: Free Time to explore Downtown Hyannis

Lunch: Lunch on the whale watch boat.

Afternoon: Take a whale watch out of Barnstable Harbor. Throughout your whale watching adventure, expert naturalists will share an intriguing look into the "wonderful world of whales". They will also provide commentary on the local ecology and history of this unique area.

Dinner: Dinner at hotel.

Evening: Enjoy the wave pool

Lodging: Cape Codder Resort

Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Breakfast: Breakfast at hotel

Morning: Enjoy a 1 1/2 hour cruise that will actively engage participants in learning oceanography through first-hand observations of natural marine phenomena and data collection. Discover the wonders of ocean science aboard a fully certified and equipped research vessel. As 'guest' scientists, you will rotate from station to station, accompanied by professional scientists, educators and mariners. Collect samples of seawater and learn how weather affects sampling; sample bottom communities using traps, trawl or dredge and collect surface organisms with plankton nets. A great way to learn more about Cape Cod's ecological systems!

Lunch: Lunch in Woods Hole

Afternoon: Salt marsh/beach walk.Local guide will include the major concepts listed below in the marsh/beach walk. •Adaptation: Find an example of a bodily adaptation (plant or animal) that enhances survival in a harsh environment. Describe how an animal's behavioral adaptations can increase its chances for survival. •Change: Describe changes that may occur during a day, year or long-term geological basis. Describe how these changes will affect an animal or plant. •Habitat: Find two or three microhabitats and explain how they differ. Describe an organism likely to live in each environment. •Ecosystem: Explain what makes the coastal environment unique to other environments. List five animals and three plants found in each coastal environment. •Energy Cycle: Explain the significance of the sun to the shore environment. Explain why the death of any organism is a necessary part of living. •Human Impact: Give examples of human impact on the shore, both positive and negative. Suggest how humans can lessen negative or strengthen positive impacts. •Interdependence: Describe an animal and/or plant relationship on the shore or in the marsh that demonstrates interdependence. Find a section where an interdependence link has been broken, and identify the cause of the disruption. Participants will connect to the natural world by making themselves part of that world. A personalized approach to "scientific" learning will make participants aware of the vital role THEY play in the health of the world. Continue learning about marine life by exploring the Woods Hole Aquarium to learn more about local marine life.There may even be a chance to see a seal feeding!

Dinner: Final Dinner

Evening: Enjoy a bonfire on the hotel grounds.

Lodging: Cape Codder Resort

Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Breakfast: Breakfast at hotel

Morning: Explore the Cape Cod Maritime Museum and do a hands-on activity

Lunch: Enjoy a boxed lunch while you head back to Plymouth via coach.

Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch