Show #307

Liberty Hall - The past comes alive for the students from Livingston Elementary School in Union. They will visit Liberty Hall, which was home to the prominent Livingston and Kean families.

Butterfly Workshop - The Educational Information and Resource Center trains teachers to raise monarch butterflies in their classroom and use them as a teaching tool. Erik Mollenhauer of ERIC will also discuss the trips that are available for teachers to visit the sanctuaries in Mexico.

Butterflies in the Classroom - Luella Vengenock attended one of the EIRC workshops and took her lessons into the second grade classroom at Alloway Township School. The children raised the monarchs and will release them followed by a special parade for the community.

Seeing Eye - Franklin Elementary (Newark) students learn what it's like to be blind and dependant on a Seeing Eye dog. Thanks to a grant from the Health Care Foundation of New Jersey, an instructor from The Seeing Eye brings a dog and a blind person into the public schools to teach young children about life without sight.