Presentations by
Donna H. Bowman

Donna’s educational presentations are great for schools, bookstores, libraries, zoos and museums. Choose from four unique presentations which may be tailored to meet the needs of the audience. 

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Presentation #1      Big Cat Safari
          
Grades                                2-5 
Length                                 30 Minutes 
Maximum Sessions            4 per Day
Participants per Session     Up to 200 
Venue Preference               Media Center 
Featured Book                    BIG CATS                 Includes                              Q & A
Resources                          For Teachers or Parents
Dovetails                            Grade Level Curriculum

Journey around the world to discover fascinating secrets of lions, leopards, jaguars, and more.
            • Which fearless cats hunt crocodiles? 
            • Which cat can hang by its back feet alone?
            • Which cat can jump as high as a basket ball hoop?
The history and habits of these endangered creatures are revealed while engaging children in fun literary safaris. They'll jump, dig, and measure. They'll out-think a hungry tiger. Then watch the kid's jaws drop when I uncover a huge sabertooth cat’s fossilized skull (replica). And noses will crinkle when I unlatch a jar of pungent sticky tar (the real thing!) that trapped these extinct predators. Engaging, fun, and ends with kids helping with a related magic trick! 

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Presentation #2     Digging Dinosaurs

Grades                               2-4
Length                                30 Minutes
Maximum Sessions           4 per Day
Participants per Session   Up to 200
Venue Preference             Media Center
Featured Book                  “Did Dinosaurs Eat People?” 
Includes                             Q & A
Resources                         For Teachers or Parents
Dovetails                           Grade Level Curriculum

Have fossils…will travel! See real dinosaur bones and help excavate and identify an eight-inch
fossilized T-Rex claw! Together we’ll discover: 
            • Were any dinosaurs colored blind?
            • How much food did dinosaurs eat? 
            • How old did dinosaurs live to be?
You’ll also get to see fossils of other animals which lived during dino days such as a trilobite (one of the first animals to have eyes), a seven-pound whale vertebra, and more! Engaging, fun, and ends with kids helping with a related magic trick! 

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Presentation #3     Space Spies

Grades                                2-4
Length                                 30 Minutes
Maximum Sessions            4 per Day
Participants per Session    Up to 200
Venue Preference              Media Center
Featured Book                   "What is the Moon Made Of?"
Includes                              Q & A
Resources                          For Teachers or Parents
Dovetails                            Grade Level Curriculum

Kids love to investigate space, and frankly, so do I!
So, let’s spy on space together and find out
answers to questions such as: 
        • What is the Moon made of and what does it smell like?
        • Why does space have no air?
        • Why does Earth spin around in circles?
I’ll bring along meteorites, a tektite (Earth that’s been altered by a meteorite strike), and a piece of an actual moon rock! Engaging, fun, and ends with kids helping with a related magic trick!

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Presentation #4      Treasure Hunt
Grades                                  2-5 
Length                                   30 Minutes
Maximum Sessions              4 per Day
Participants per Session      Up to 200 
Venue Preference                Media Center 
Featured Book                     “Did Dinosaurs Eat People?”  Includes                                Q & A
Resources                            For Teachers or Parents
Dovetails                              Grade Level Curriculum

Unearth a traveling museum of fossils, gems and minerals while discovering unusual facts. 
        • What minerals do we eat? 
        • Can energy from a rock make a watch work?
        • What might gemstones in jewelry look like when they’re first found?
        • What happens to sand when it’s struck by lightning?
See dinosaur bones, a woolly mammoth tooth (as big as a tennis shoe!), rough and cut gemstones, minerals we eat, a fulgurite (fused lightning strike), and much more! Kids even help excavate and identify an eight-inch fossilized T-Rex claw! Engaging, fun, and ends with kids helping with a related magic trick!

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Honorarium

Based On                        Two to four sessions 
Additional                        Travel expenses if outside Forsyth County, Georgia
Complementary               Each school, library, or organization receives one complementary     
                                        autographed book!

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Untapped Treasure Troves?

Boosting your school’s treasury to fund events such as author visits is a snap! 
            
Troves to Tap Into
         • Host a PTA fund-raiser 
         • Apply for a grant 
                  Educational Enrichment Foundation     
                  Grants Alert.com                                
                  National Book Scholarship Fund          
                  SchoolGrants.org                               
                  Southern Arts Federation

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