Monday, Sept. 8
10:30 a.m. Insect Adventures with the United Titanium Bug Zoo - Staff from the United Titanium Bug Zoo, located at Ohio State University Wooster Campus, will bring some of Ohio’s native insects from the zoo for a hands-on learning experience.
11:30 a.m. Skins and Skulls -Mammals of Ohio – John Lorson, Soil and Water Conservation District program manager, will talk about Ohio’s wild mammals complete with skulls, furs and even a few surprise animal artifacts. He invites fairgoers to come, touch and learn about their wild Ohio neighbors.
1 p.m. Build A Healthy Breakfast – OSU FCS Educator Kaitlynn Henninge will talk about the importance of breakfast and share quick and easy breakfast recipes. She’ll provide samples of some tasty pumpkin pancakes.
2 p.m. Creature Feature - Serena Solis from the Wilderness Center of Wilmot will bring the center’s ambassador animals – Zea, a red corn snake, and Gus, an Eastern box turtle, and teach us all about them.
3:00 p.m. Pollinators: Nature’s Superheroes – OSU Master Gardener Volunteers Maria Snoddy and Grace Grahm will explain how pollinators help provide food and flowers and why protecting them is important. The program is geared to a younger audience, but adults will find it interesting as well. Children will have a chance to become a “scientist” to identify pollinator superheroes in action in some of the fair’s flower beds created by Master Gardeners.
