Science Programs-on-Wheels
Designed for: Various Grade levels
Maximum Number: 30 participants
Length: 60 minutes
Digging for Dinosaurs *
Grades 1-4
Uncover fossils on a paleontology "dinosaur dig." Discuss Cincinnati’s world-famous Ordovician fossils. Learn how fossils are formed and make a cast of a fossil for the group to keep. Touchable fossils from dinosaurs such as Tyrannosaurus, Stegosaurus, Allosaurus, raptors and many more make this program a junior paleontologist’s dream.*Program requires a large open area for the presentation
The Reasons for the Seasons
Grades 1-5
Using globes, rotate and revolve your way to learn about the seasons and to understand why spring and summer are warmer times of the year and fall and winter are colder. Investigate the annual cycles of animal migration, hibernation and toleration then learn about tracks and scat. Create the sounds of spring and learn why leaves change color and fall is called fall.
Incredible Insects
Grades 1-5
Get up close and personal with the creatures that make up the Earth’s largest population. Build-a-bug; see the world through the eyes of a fly; and learn some amazing facts about insect defense, including camouflage and mimicry. This program comes complete with live insects and some truly unbelievable mounted insects from across the globe.
Awesome Animal Adaptations!
Grades 1-8
Explore animal habitats and adaptations. Meet and touch live animals that may include a bat, snake, box turtle, turantula, and/or hissing cockroaches. Learn about and handle unique items such as baleen, pronghorn antelope fur, armadillo armor and more from Cincinnati Museum Center collections.
Bats!
Grades 1-9
Walk like a bat! Fly like a bat Meet a native Big Brown Bat. Explore echolocation, how it works and what it sounds like. Learn about these truly amazing yet misunderstood animals through a slide presentation, games and more.
Your Heart, Your Blood, Your Health
Grades 2-6
What an amazing machine the heart is! Learn about how the heart is packaged, the way it works, the way it sounds, to which system it belongs and what it pumps. Get “up close and personal” with capillaries, “run” a little race,
test your food pyramid knowledge and share some giant microbes.
Tour the Solar System
Grades 3-6
Soar through the solar system with recent slide images from Mercury, Pluto and beyond. Touch real meteorites and rocks of the type found on our Moon. Create impact craters and observe the crushing effects of air pressure!
Experimenting with Physical Science
Grades 3-6
What shapes do bubbles take? Does sound vibrate? Explore bubbles, sound, electricity, magnets, light, color, mirrors and optical illusions in this inquiry-based program. Perform experiments, draw conclusions and share your discoveries.
Geology Rocks
Grades 4-8
Be a geologist for the day…rocks, and gems, and minerals, oh my! Where did they all come from? What types are there? Answer these questions and more in this rocking, hands-on program where you will examine, test, and classify specimens to learn their true identities.
Taxonomic Detectives
Grades 4-8
Classification isn’t as mysterious as it sounds.
We’ll use clues given by animal eye placement and teeth type, along with a dichotomous key, to identify real animal skulls and determine to which taxonomic order they belong. With some simple classification activities to get you started, it’s a detective case you’ll soon solve, right down to the species of each skull.
Chemistry in Your Hands
Grades 4-8
See and feel the evidence of physical versus chemical change. Perform experiments to deduce which chemicals produce what changes. Learn chemistry basics and practice lab safety. Beware—the results you take home may be slimy!
ABC: Arches, Bridges & Construction
Grades 5-8
What keeps bridges up? Anchors, beams and compression, just to name a few Working cooperatively in teams, build arches, a suspension bridge and a truss bridge you can actually crawl across.
Forensics: The Science of Crime
Grades 5–8
Participants become the forensic scientist and learn proper techniques to make, observe, analyze and classify fictional scientific crime scene information. This program includes everything they need to become super sleuths and solve the mystery.
To schedule programs, call (513) 287-7021. Programs in December discounted 10%.
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