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Math

  • Math Strategy Party

    Students learn to apply math strategies to a real-world situation in Super Kids Market. They work in small groups to plan a party using the math strategies of their choice. They watch for coupons and sales to help them stay within a budget. Groups share the math processes that led them to their final plans.

    1 hour
    3.OA.1, 3.OA.2, 4.OA.1, 4.OA.2, CDOS 2
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Language Arts

  • Sleuth School

    Students attend a class in the Mystery Mansion School of Artful Sleuthing to learn and practice the skills literary detectives such as Nancy Drew and Sherlock Holmes use to solve mysteries. Students need sharp eyes and quick minds as they make careful observations, collect and interpret evidence, discover relationships, and draw conclusions.

    1 hour
    ST 1, ST 7, CCR.3.11, CCR.4.11, CCR.5.11
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  • NEW! Playing with Setting: Literacy Foundations

    Students analyze the importance of using detail to describe a story's setting while exploring different literary genres in the Reading Adventureland exhibit. Students then work in small groups to create a story comparing key elements such as setting, character, and plot. Students perform the stories and discuss findings with peers before leaving with new inspiration to continue writing back at school.

    1 hour
    CCR.3.3, CCR.3.5, CCR.3.11, CCR.4.3, CCR.4.5, CCR.4.11, CCR.5.3, CCR.5.5, CCR.5.11, W.3.11, W.4.11, W.5.11, Arts 1
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STEM

  • NEW! LEGO Brick Engineering Expedition

    After a role-play interpretation of the way transportation has changed over time, students develop their own unique transportation designs using LEGO bricks. Exploration in the LEGO Travel Adventure exhibit, a trip to the interactive toy car assembly line, or a transportation scavenger hunt throughout the museum collections may be added to enhance the experience.

    1 hour
    ST 4, ST 5, ST 7, Arts 1

    Available January 22 through May 10, 2013

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Social Studies

  • Map It!

    Like real-life cartographers, students explore a territory before designing maps of their own. Using a variety of real map-making tools, students are challenged to create unique maps that communicate to others where they have been. They also put their map-reading knowledge in action as they navigate through the museum to a variety of exciting locations.

    1 hour
    SS 3
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  • Coming to America: The Immigration Experience

    What was it like to be an immigrant at the beginning of the 20th century? After participating in the Immigration Game—an interactive experience that teaches where immigrants came from, their challenges, and how it felt to be a newcomer in a strange land—students engage in a reenactment of Immigration Recognition Day, a historical event that took place in Rochester in the 1920s.

    1 1/2 hours
    SS 1, SS 2, SS 3, SS 4, SS 5, SL.6.4, SL.7.4, SL.8.4
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  • If Toys Could Talk about History

    Toys provide an important way for children to learn about society. Students compare and contrast toys made in the late 19th and early 20th centuries with those made today. They learn about the skills, values, and information gained through toys, as well as how gender roles influence the nature of play.

    1 1/2 hours
    SS 1, RI.3.3, RI.4.3
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  • Growing Up in 19th-Century America

    How were values, traditions, and ideas transmitted to children at the turn of the 19th century? Using the museum’s collections, students role-play life at home and school during this period. Costumes, games, toys, artifacts, and photographs illustrate the cultural, social, and educational values of the time.

    1 1/2 hours
    SS 1, SS 2, Arts 1
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Science

  • Garden Science Exploration

    Students investigate garden science in and around the museum. Using real-life specimens and non-fiction books for inspiration, students learn how to record their observations with drawings and labels. Students develop questions and theories as they share their scientific thinking in a science talk, offering teachers a unique way to get students speaking scientifically.

    1 1/2 hours
    ST 1, ST 4, SL.3.1, SL.4.1, SL.5.1, Arts 1, RI.3.7, RI.4.7, RI.5.7
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  • Predators and Protection: The Art of the Butterfly

    Students enter the fabulous Dancing Wings Butterfly Garden with a palette of colors, a keen eye for design, and a splash of curiosity, and return with some surprising discoveries! Students explore the ways butterflies protect themselves by observing butterflies in action. Students then become predators and protectors themselves as they learn and play through a movement game that brings the colorful and amazing art of the butterfly world alive.

    1 1/2 hours
    ST 1, ST 4, SL.3.1, SL.4.1, SL.5.1, SL.6.1, SL.7.1, SL.8.1, Arts 1
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