At Your School: Science-to-Go™!
For Science-to-Go!™ call (216) 231-8002
• One-hour, hands-on science lessons.
• Museum right in your classroom.
• Based on PreK-8 Ohio Academic Content Standards.
• Actual Museum specimens, real instruments, models and simulations.
• K-8 students use and keep data-recording booklet.
• Preschool students receive a take-home paper.
Topics
Wildlife in the City – for Preschool
Get wild with local wildlife using dioramas, interactive games and songs.
E&S: 3; L: 3, 5; Phys: 3; ScI: 1, 2, 5, 6, 7; ScWK: 1, 2
Teacher Guide for Wildlife in the City
Digging for Dinos – for Preschool
Pretend to be paleontologists and dig up casts of dinosaur fossils, match skeletons with models, compare different types of dinosaur teeth and touch a real dinosaur fossil.
L: 2, 5; Phys: 3; S&T: 1, 3, 4; ScI: 1, 2, 5, 6, 7; ScWK: 1, 2
Teacher Guide for Digging for Dinos
Is It Alive? – for Preschool-grade 1
Students will investigate the differences between living and nonliving things by exploring the characteristics of living organisms, their basic needs and adaptations.
L: 1, 2, 3, 5; Phys: 2, 3; ScI: 1, 2, 5, 6, 7; ScWK: 1, 2
Grade K: L: 1, 2, 4, 5; Phys: 2; ScI: 4, 5, 6, 9
Grade 1: E&S 1; L: 1; ScI: 4, 8
Teacher Guide for Is It Alive?
States of Matter – for grades K-3 (also available via Distance Learning in 2009)
Students will explore the physical states of matter, solid, liquid and gas, and gain a better understanding of the properties of each state through hands-on activities and demonstrations.
Grade K: ScI: 1, 3, 4, 5, 7; ScWK: 1
Grade 1: Phys: 2, 3; ScI: 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8
Grade 2: ScI: 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10; ScWK: 4
Grade 3: ScI: 4, 5, 6; ScWK: 2
Teacher Guide for States of Matter
Adaptations of Ohio Animals – for grades K-3
Explore how Ohio's animals are adapted to living in their habitats using real animal skulls and skins.
Grade K: L: 5, 6; ScI: 4; ScWK: 1, 3
Grade 1: E&S: 3; L: 1, 3, 4, 5; ScI: 8
Grade 2: L: 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8; ScI: 2, 10; ScWK: 4
Grade 3: L: 2, 3, 6; ScI: 5, 6; ScWK: 2
Teacher Guide for Adaptations of Ohio Animals
Water – for grades K-6
Students will get their hands wet as they learn about the water cycle, states of matter, and properties of water: magnification, refraction, reflection, cohesion, density and buoyancy.
Grade K: ScI: 1, 3, 4, 5, 7; ScWK: 1
Grade 1: Phys: 2, 3; ScI: 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8
Grade 2: ScI: 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10; ScWK: 4
Grade 3: ScI: 4, 5, 6; ScWK: 2
Grade 4: E&S: 2, 3; ScI: 4; ScWK: 2
Grade 5: Phys: 5; ScI: 1, 3
Grade 6: Phys: 4; ScI: 3
Teacher Guide for The Wonder of Water (grades k-2)
Teacher Guide for The Wonder of Water (grades 3-6)
Can't Stop Classifying – for grades 3-6
Students will sharpen their skills by sorting, grouping and classifying objects. Students will analyze important shared and unique characteristics of objects.
Grade 3: L: 3; ScI: 4, 5, 6; ScWK: 2
Grade 4: L: 3
Grade 6: E&S: 2, 3; ScI: 3
Teacher Guide for Can't Stop Classifying
Forces & Motion – for grades 3-5 (also available via Distance Learning in 2009)
Explore Newton's laws of motion and investigate the meaning of velocity, friction, inertia, gravity and much more.
Grade 3: Phys: 3, 4; ScI: 1, 2, 4, 5, 6; ScWK: 2
Grade 4: ScI: 1, 3, 4; ScWK: 2, 3, 4
Grade 5: ScI: 1, 2, 3, 4, 6
Teacher Guide for Forces & Motion
Simple Machines – for grades 3-6
Students will experiment with simple machines, investigate how they work and explore how they help us accomplish simple and complex tasks.
Grade 3: S&T: 1, 4; ScI: 1, 4, 5, 6; ScWK: 2
Grade 4: ScI: 1, 4; ScWK: 2
Grade 5: ScI: 1, 3
Grade 6: ScI: 2, 3
Teacher Guide for Simple Machines
Food Chains, Habitats and Us – for grades 4-6 (also available via Distance Learning in 2009)
Explore how energy travels through the food chain and how human activity, such as pesticide use, can impact habitats. Students make land-use decisions for a fictional community surrounding Mentor Marsh.
Grade 4: L: 5
Grade 5: L: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6; S&T: 1
Grade 6: L: 8
Teacher Guide for Food Chains, Habitats and Us
Archaeology: Dig into the Past – for grades 4-6
Analyze real and replica artifacts found at a mock archaeological site and learn about prehistoric Ohio people. Use modern archaeological techniques to collect and analyze data from this site.
Grade 4: Hist: 2; People: 1; Sk&M: 4,5,6, 10; ScI: 1; ScWK: 1,2,3,4
Grade 5: Hist: 2; Sk&M: 6, 9; SI: 1,3; ScWK: 1,5
Grade 6: Hist: 3 Geog: 5; Sk&M: 6,7; ScI: 1, 2, 3; ScWK: 2
Teacher Guide for Archaeology: Dig into the Past
Weather – for grades 4-7
Your classroom will be a flurry of activity while students study the reasons for seasons, read and interpret weather maps and investigate simple weather instruments.
Grade 4: E&S: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6; Phys: 4; ScI: 1, 2, 4; ScWK: 2
Grade 7: E&S: 3, 4, 5, 8; ScI: 4, 5, 7
Teacher Guide for Weather
Measuring Animal Adaptations — for grades 7-8
In this introduction to biometrics, students use calipers and create charts to compare and contrast the morphology of the skulls, teeth, feet and fur of four different animal species. From this data, they will deduce important lifestyle information about these animals.
Grade 7: L: 1, 8; ScI: 5, 6
Grade 8: L: 3, 4, 5; ScI: 3; ScWK: 1, 2
NEW! Big Science Assembly — for grades 4-6
Get your students excited about science inquiry and the scientific method by manipulating the properties of air. Big demonstrations, from hot air balloons to Bernoulli’s toilet paper effect, will keep your kids engaged.
Grade 4: E&S: 1; Phys: 1, 4, 5; ScI: 2, 3; ScWK: 2, 3, 4, 5
Grade 5: Phys: 1; ScI: 1, 2, 3; ScWK: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Grade 6: Phys: 3, 4; ScWK: 1, 2, 4
For Science-to-Go!™ call (216) 231-8002
Science Standards:
E&S:Earth and Space Sciences
L:Life Sciences
Phys:Physical Sciences
S&T:Science and Technology
ScI:Scientific Inquiry
ScWK:Scientific Ways of Knowing
Social Studies Standards:
Hist:History
People:People in Societies
Geog:Geography
Sk&M:SocialStudies Skills and Methods
Health Standards:
H: National Health Standards