MORE LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES AT KVM

WWMT 3 Meteorologist Keith Thompson Bring your class to the Museum to hear Keith Thompson talk about the work of a meteorologist. He is available to meet with your class on Thursdays at 11:00 a.m. The sessions are free, but pre-registration is required. Recommended for 3rd grade and up.

NEW! HANDS-ON CLASSES AND WORKSHOPS FOR STUDENTS
Sign up for fun science and social studies workshops designed for single classes. Registration and a $3/student, or minimum $45 fee is required.

Three Fires Native Americans
Grades 1–3
Students learn about the history and culture of Michigan’s first
people. We recommend scheduling this class with the planetarium
show Sky Legends of the Three Fires.

Geography
Grades 3 & 4
Students examine early maps of our region, survey tools used by
early settlers, and do mapping activities in the Museum.

Digital Microphotography
Grades 5–7
Students learn about microscopes, the cells they make visible, and the procedures for photographing, editing and displaying digital images of the microscopic world. We recommend the planetarium program Journey Into the Living Cell.  Grades 5-7.

Weather Instruments
Grades 4–5
Students learn about the museum’s new weather station, examine instruments for measuring weather conditions, construct and calibrate a simple wind vane and anemometer, take home instructions for making a barometer and rain gauge, and learn how to keep a weather diary. Pair this workshop with a visit to “Magic School Bus Kicks Up a Storm” exhibit, and WWMT3 meteorologists’ KVM visits for a full morning of weather-related activities.  Grades 4-5.

Sallie Haner’s Kitchen
Grades 1–4
Students use artifacts and the diary of a Schoolcraft farm woman to understand what life was like in Michigan during the Civil War period.

House Raising
Students will try their hand at the work of architects and engineers in this workshop about buildings.  What shapes are the strongest for what environmental conditions?  What can a floor plan tell us about a house?  What equipment do we need to build a skyscraper?  These and more questions will be explored in this workshop and in the special exhibit, “Raise the Roof.”  Grades 4 & up.

Michigan’s Underground Railroad
Grades 5–7
Students learn the history of the UGRR, distinguishing fact from
folklore, and looking at local history connections. We recommend
scheduling the planetarium show Secrets in the Sky to pair with this class.

Newton’s Laws
Grades 5–7
Investigate Newton’s three laws of motion through demonstrations
and tabletop experiments. Topics include mass, force, velocity, momentum, and acceleration. At the completion of this workshop, students will be able to describe the three laws of motion in their own terms.