# Guided Homeschool Exploration: Cooking on the Wood Burning Stove (Plains Conservation Center)

> Event for families in the Denver–Aurora–Centennial area (CO). Times are Mountain Time.

- When: Thu, Nov 19
- Where: Plains Conservation Center, 21901 E. Hampden Avenue, Aurora, CO 80013
- Ages: Homeschool families with children 5–12
- Price: $20 non-member child; $18 member child; one adult per child free; extra adults and siblings 3+ $7
- Organizer: Denver Botanic Gardens
- Official page: https://www.botanicgardens.org/programs/guided-homeschool-exploration-plains-conservation-center-cooking-wood-burning-stove
- Last checked: Fri, Oct 30

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## About

Families cook an 1800s meal on the sod village's wood-burning stove, peeling, chopping and mixing applesauce, muffins, cookies and butter. Email food allergies ahead.

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