School Group Pre-visit Guides

If you are a teacher looking to find out more about our field trip options at the Museum, these previsit guides will give you detailed information about the topics and activities that make up our planetarium and workshop programs. If you have already booked a program, previsit guides include vocabulary and concepts to cover, as well as ideas for pre- and post-visit activities to help integrate our programs into your classroom. We hope that you will find these guides useful as you prepare your students for their visit to the Museum.

Earth Science and Geology Workshops:

Geology Detectives (Grades 1-2)
ESS1(K-2)-1, PS1(K-2)-1
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Mineral Mania (Grades 3-4)
RI GSEs: ESS1 (3-4)-1
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Rock Factory (Grades 5-6)
RI GSEs: ESS1(5-6)-1, ESS1(5-6)-5
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Space Science Workshops:

Space Capades (Grades K-2)
RI GSEs: ESS2(K-2)-7
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Our Magnificent Moon (Grades 3-4)
RI GSEs: ESS2(3-4)-7, ESS2(3-4)-8
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Living and Working in Space (Grades 3-5)
RI GSEs: LS1(3-4)-2, PS3(3-4)-7, LS4 (5-6)-10, ESS2(5-6)-8
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Toys in Space (Grades 5-6)
RI GSEs: PS3(5-6)-8
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Mission to Mars (Grades 7-8)
RI GSEs: ESS2 (5-8) MAS-6, ESS1 (7-8)-3, ET2.1 (7-8), ET2.3 (7-8)
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New! Special Exhibit Workshops
Exhibit Workshops at the Museum of Natural History incorporate rotating Earth and Space Science exhibits developed in cooperation with the NASA Rhode Island Space Grant Consortium.

Exhibit Workshops for 2011-2012
September - December:
Alien Worlds, Near and Far
Exhibit Workshop: Habitable Worlds
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November - June:
Saturn: Discoveries from the Cassini-Huygens Mission
Exhibit Workshop: Beyond the Rings

February - June:
Space Weather: Living with a Star
Exhibit Workshop: The Earth-Sun System

Planetarium Programs:

Cosmic Collisions (Grades 5-8)
ESS2(5-6)-8, ESS3(5-6)-9, ESS2(7-8)-9, ESS3(7-8)-9
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Our Cosmic Journey in Space (Grades K-3)
RI GSEs: ESS2(K-2)-7, ESS2(3-4)-7, ESS2(3-4)-8, ESS3(K-2)-9, ESS3(3-4)-9
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Field Trip to the Moon (Grades 3-5)
RI GSEs: ESS2(3-4)-7, ESS3(3-4)-9,ESS2(5-6)-6, ESS2(5-6)-8
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Journey to the Stars (Grades 5-8)
RI GSEs: ESS3(5-6)-9, ESS2(7-8)-9, ESS3(7-8)-9
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Our Place in Space (Grades 3-6)
RI GSEs: ESS2(3-4)-8, ESS2(5-6)-6, ESS2(5-6)-8, ESS3(5-6)-9
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Sky Views: Patterns in the Night Sky (Grades 4 and up)
RI GSEs: ESS2(3-4)-7, ESS3(3-4)-9, ESS3(5-6)-9, ESS3(7-8)-9
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Spirits from the Sky: Thunder on the Land (Grades 5-8)
RI GSEs: ESS3(5-6)-9, ESS2(7-8)-7
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Strange and Distant Worlds (Grades 5 and up)
RI GSEs: ESS2(5-6)-9, ESS2(7-8)-8 ESS3(7-8)-9, ESS3(9-11)-5
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Two Small Pieces of Glass
RI GSEs: ESS3(5-6)-9, ESS2(7-8)-8, ESS3(7-8)-9
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Eyes on the Skies (Grades 7 and up)
RI GSEs: ESS2(7-8)-7, ESS2(7-8)-8, ESS3(9-11)-5
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For More Information please contact the:

Education Department
Museum of Natural History
Roger Williams Park
Providence, RI 02905
Tel: (401) 785-9457 x247