Teachers - Making learning Fun!
Outreach Program
Our programs are hands-on, and students take an active part by helping the instructor perform the demonstrations. We recommend these programs for all types of learners and educational styles.
Preschool Programs:
These programs are engaging for 3-6 year olds and appeal to their wonder and curiosity. The children take an active role in the programs that are non-stop hands-on fun and learning!
“Andalo Series”
Andalo, a large stuffed doll representing the museum’s new mascot, is used to teach children of all ages about parts of the body and how to keep the body healthy.
Andalo and the Five Senses: Touch, see, smell, hear, and taste. Discover how we use all of our senses to understand the world around us.
Andalo - What’s Inside? : Do you ever wonder what happens to food once you chew it up? Discover the answer while you explore what is inside your body.
Life Cycles in Nature - Students participate in interactive demonstrations based on the needs of plants and animals. We explore life cycles of different organisms; act out the life cycle of a tree, and dance like honeybees.
Bubbles, Bubbles, Everywhere! - Create a bubble maker, blow some bubbles and see the amazing spheres of colors you can make.
Magnets For Beginners – Join a magnetic scavenger hunt! Try a little magnetic push and pull and discover what attracts and does not attract to magnets.
Cost: $55.00 for one 20-minute program. Max. 20 students per program. $45.00 each for two or more 20- minute programs. Max. 20 students per program.
*Please call Education at (757) 393-5258 extension 18 to make your reservation.
Elementary Programs:
These programs are designed for Kindergarten through Grade 5. They cover Force, Motion, and Energy K.3, 1.2, 2.2, 3.2, 4.2, and 5.2, and Matter 1.3 and 2.3. Several can be adapted to various age levels depending on students’ needs.
What’s a Magnet? - This program is geared for kindergarten and focuses on the K.3 SOL. The program investigates attraction, repelling, refrigerators and frying pans. It’s a great program to demonstrate the forces of magnetism.
On a Roll - Motion for first Grade covers SOL 1.2. Spinning wheels, rolling balls, and vibrating tuning forks explain the energy behind motion. Discover how to use this energy to make sound or keep balanced on your bike.
What’s the Matter? - Solids, liquids, and gases - matter is everywhere in everything. Learn all about the little stuff that makes up the big things. This program covers both first and second grade standards.
More Than Magnets - A program for second grade that picks up where What’s a Magnet? left off. In addition, the group discovers rare earth magnets, lodestones and electromagnets.
Simple Machines - This program covers SOL 3.2 on wedges, inclined planes, levers, wheels, pulleys and screws. We’ll talk about how they have been used throughout history and how we still use them today.
Energy & Forces - Geared toward fourth grade, we show that work is collecting more than a paycheck. The group will demonstrate how machines help us work. They’ll also discover the good, the bad, and the ugly on friction.
Sounding Out - The sound program focuses on fifth grade, covering waves, frequency, music and resonation. Sound is energy and the students will investigate what we need to make sound and how to make “noise.”
Cost: $95.00 for one 40-minute program. Max. 25 students per program. $85.00 for two or more 40 minutes programs. Max. 25 students per program.
*Please call Education at (757) 393-5258 extension 18 to make your reservation.
OUTREACH CHECKLIST
• Please schedule no more than four of any one program per day.
• Remember that each program accommodates about 25 students.
• Please allow sufficient time for educators to re-set programs.
• Nametags would be helpful.
• Please provide a table for the educator’s use.
Contact the Education department a week prior to our visit with program schedule to include teacher’s names, grade level and room numbers.
757-393-5258 ext. 18 rowec@portsmouthva.gov