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 Children’s brains are like sponges—what they learn in their early years carries a lifetime impact. That’s why we offer high quality, engaging early childhood education designed to meet state standards and help your students grow.
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Life Sciences
Location: Boonshoft Museum of Discovery
Program Length: 90 minutes (45 minute class plus 45 minute Museum tour/learning play)
For content information, contact our Early Childhood Education Coordinator at 937–275–7431, ext. 147.
All Hands-On Science
Watch your students make dazzling new discoveries in the explosive world of chemistry! Kids will use the scientific method to explore and experiment with the properties of solids, liquids, and gases.
Amazing Animals
Children will meet live animals, compare and contrast animal homes and “neighborhoods,” and learn what animals need to survive.
Science Senses
Colorful, noisy, sticky, smelly and tasty experiments will help students understand how the five senses help us relate to our surroundings.
Wonderful Water
Hands-on experiments and activities introduce children to the physical characteristics of water and help to fine-tune gross motor skills.
Dinosaur Discoveries
How long were dinosaurs? Are they still alive today? What did they eat? Where did they live? Kids will make measurements, touch dinosaur “skin,” see real artifacts from our collection, explore fossils, and build an exploding volcano as they seek answers to these questions and more.
Space Sciences
Location: Boonshoft Museum of Discovery
Caryl D. Philips Space Theater
Program Length: 55 minutes
For content information, contact our Director of Astronomy at 937–275–7431, ext. 122
Children of the Sun
This program focuses on the Earth, Sun and Moon and visiting the current night sky.
Follow the Drinking Gourd
Learn what the Underground Railroad was and how slaves used stars and simple folk songs to guide them north to their freedom.
Larry Cat in Space
Larry is an inquisitive cat who takes a trip to the moon and gives us a “cat’s-eye-view” of the moon, backyard astronomy, space travel and what it takes to live on another body in space.
Location: SunWatch Indian Village/Archaeological Park
Program Length: 1 hour
For content information or to schedule, call 937–268–8199.
Fun at SunWatch
Students discover the culture of the SunWatch people through sensory activities, stories, games, and a brief Museum tour. |
