At Aunt Jan's porch, you will observe the working combination of a wheel, axel, lever, and screw that form a spinning wheel as you watch Aunt Jan illustrate the operation of the wheel to spin fibers into a yarns.  She will show you how the amount of force she exerts upon treadle directly affects the speed and motion of the drive wheel.  You will also learn how a single wheel and axel are used to spin fiber into yarn by hand.  (GPS # S4P3 - a, b, & c)

When you visit the Bee Barn, Herb, Sun Dial, and Water Gardens, you will observe producers, consumers, and decomposers in the honeybee community.  You will be able to follow the flow of energy through the food chain beginning with the plants and progressing through the harvest and consumption of the honey.  In the Bee Barn, you will be told how weather conditions, parasites, and disease can affect the ecosystem of the plants and organisms, including the honeybees, that depend upon them for their survival.  In addition to these locations, at the Petting Zoo and in the Bat theater, you will learn about features of organisms and external factors that directly affect the survival of those organisms.  (GPS # S4L1 - a, b, c, & d; S4L2 - a & b; QCC 23 & 24)

On your tour of the farm, you will learn about the effects of pollution on the habitats of the plants and animals and will be shown how Uncle Bob's helps protect the environment through recycling of feed bags and mulch to conserve water, use of drip irrigation to conserve water, recycling of animal wastes as natural fertilizer to replenish soil nutrients, and the rotation of crops to avoid soil depletion, erosion, and run off into adjacent property and bodies of water.  (QCC 25 &26)