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The Children's Museum of Indianapolis: Anne Frank: Facing Hatred, Daring to Dream
The inspiring words of a young girl in Nazi Germany continue to impact us today. Students will learn about Anne Frank's intense struggles, but also the hope she shared through her diary. Then they'll consider how they can impact their...
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The Children's Museum of Indianapolis: Color Changing Milk
Young scholars observe a molecular dance of bursting colors through exploring states of matter and learning that materials can be characterize by how they respond to water.
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The Children's Museum of Indianapolis: Tie Dye Paper
Learners characterize materials by their state of matter and then combined materials to create a piece of colorful, tie dye-esque paper.
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The Children's Museum of Indianapolis: Growing a Grass Head
Students learn about germination, or the process by which an organism grows from a seed and witness how seeds use sun, water, and soil to turn into a fascinating head of grass.
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The Children's Museum of Indianapolis: What's in a Dinosaur's Name?
Students learn how dinosaurs are named for unique body parts or behaviors, for the location where they were found, or after a person and create their own dinosaur using the naming conventions they learn.
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The Children's Museum of Indianapolis: Native Americans and the Natural World
Explore the rich cultures of Native Americans through literature, storytelling, and fun, hands-on activities. Learners will gain an understanding of how and where Native Americans lived in the past and today, as well as their...
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The Children's Museum of Indianapolis: Plants Alive: Garden in a Glove Journal
Students will observe the germination and growth of plants from seeds over the course of several days, and record their observations in a journal.
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The Children's Museum of Indianapolis: Mold and Cast
Students will define the term fossil, identify the difference between a mold and a cast fossil, and understand how scientists use models to learn about the physical structure of something in the natural world.
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The Children's Museum of Indianapolis: Measuring a Dino
Students will begin exploring dinosaur' bodies by measuring them and comparing dinosaur size to their own size.
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Port Discovery Children's Museum: Stem at Home: How to Diy Cloud in a Bottle
Do you ever wonder what happens when a cloud gets too full? Find out in this easy and fun experiment.
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Children's Museum: Field Guide to the Universe: Astronomers
Read brief biographies of astronomers who are grouped by time period.
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Boston Children's Museum: Moon Leap
Discover why the effects of gravity are different in different parts of our solar system.
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Staten Island Children's Museum: Steam Camp at Home
Fun family STEAM activities to do at home.
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Staten Island Children's Museum: Green Thumbs at Home
Fun outdoor family activities to do at home.
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Staten Island Children's Museum: Sensory Play
Fun sensory activities to do at home with the family.
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Staten Island Children's Museum: Great Explorations Tundra
Fun family activity relating to the tundra.
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Staten Island Children's Museum: Garden Terrace
Fun family project relating to plants and seeds.
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Port Discovery Children's Museum: Stem at Home: Bouncy Egg Experiment
Would you believe us if we told you we could make an egg bounce without breaking? Check out this experiment. It requires just three ingredients and five easy steps to learn how to bounce an egg.
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Staten Island Children's Museum: Great Explorations Rainforests
Fun family project relating to rainforests.
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Staten Island Children's Museum: Bugs and Other Arthropods
Fun family projects relating to insects.
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The New Children's Museum: Troy's Favorite Clay Hamburger
Learn basic clay sculpting skills by completing this project.
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The New Children's Museum: Clay Houses
Students will create a unique miniature dwelling out of clay. This project can be connected to the class curriculum.
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The New Children's Museum: Face It
Create a self-portrait using a variety of art techniques and styles by cutting construction paper into facial contour lines.
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The New Children's Museum: Healing Strings
Students will choose a healing emotion and colors that represent that emotion then use yarn to create unique artwork.