kmangan@indianamuseum.org

http://www.indianamuseum.org/school-programs

  650 W. Washington St., Indianapolis, IN 46204

Marion

317-232-1637

Whether it’s at the museum or in your classroom, we offer hands-on, exploratory and interactive programs on a variety of topics that provide your students a fun way to learn about Indiana’s art, history and STEM connections. All programs fulfill select Indiana Academic Standards.

 

K-Grade 2

Ice Age Survival
What adaptations helped animals survive during the Ice Age? Do we see these adaptations in present day animals? Students will investigate and discuss what adaptations future animals will have based on our changing environment.

Indiana Innovators
Students will explore how creations from Indiana innovators sparked ingenuity and even improvements of their inventions. Students will challenge themselves and see if they can improve an object they use every week.

Engineering Explorations
Explore how objects move as students engineer a cardboard creation to solve a challenge. Students will use the design process to brainstorm solutions, build prototypes and test their creation just like real Indiana engineers.

 

Grades 3-5

Pioneering Innovations
Pioneers used simple machines and engineering to create a new life in Indiana. Students will learn how simple machines and innovations made their life easier then and how Indiana is pioneering the way of the future now.

Rocks and Minerals
Indiana is home to a wide variety of rocks and minerals. How did they end up here? How do we use rocks and minerals every day in small and big ways? Students will explore the rock cycle and investigate rocks and minerals through hands-on activities.

Fossils
How does a living creature become a fossil? Why doesn’t everything become a
fossil? What clues do fossils leave behind? Students will investigate these questions as they explore the process from living creature to its discovery as a fossil.

Engineering Design
Explore how objects are affected by forces and energy as students engineer a cardboard creation to solve a challenge. Students will use the design process to brainstorm solutions, build prototypes and test their creation just like real Indiana engineers.

 

Grades 6-8

Voices from the Past
How can we learn from past civilizations? What can we do with this information? How
can the past shape our future? Students will explore stories uncovered through
the archaeological process and see how Indiana’s past impacts us today.

Energy Conservation
What energy is needed at school and home? Students will explore how we use the Earth’s resources, both renewable and non-renewable, to provide the energy we need to learn, explore and live.

Engineering Solutions
Explore Newton’s Laws of Motion as students engineer a cardboard creation to solve a challenge. Students will use the design process to brainstorm solutions, build prototypes and test their creations, and reflect on the process just like real Indiana engineers.

Krystle Mangan

   317-509-7679

 kmangan@indianamuseum.org