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The Web of Life
Children's Museum of IndianapolisAdd to list DetailsIn this activity, learners examine ways that Native Americans of the Southwest express their relationship with nature through art. Learners cooperate to create a large weaving and individual rug...
Hot Stuff!
Children's Museum of IndianapolisAdd to list DetailsIn this activity, learners discover that sand is the major ingredient in glass. They carry out a guided investigation involving chocolate to see what happens when heat is applied to a material that...
Construction and Destruction
Children's Museum of IndianapolisAdd to list DetailsIn this three/four-day lesson, learners calculate perimeters and areas and draw the castle plan to scale. They develop a timeline outlining the construction of a castle and build catapults, a...
Size, Scale and Models
Children's Museum of IndianapolisAdd to list DetailsIn this activity, learners take measurements and create charts to learn about the size of dinosaurs and their relative scale to humans. In addition, learners discover how scientists estimate the...
The Ladder of Life
Children's Museum of IndianapolisAdd to list DetailsIn this activity, learners identify the DNA base bars guanine, cytosine, thymine and adenine. Learners create a DNA model using colored paper clips to resemble these base pairs. This activity is...
Excavating and Mapping Under Water
Children's Museum of IndianapolisAdd to list DetailsIn this archaeology activity, learners consider ways in which excavating an underwater site is different from excavating a terrestrial site. Through experimentation, learners discover new...
Our Beautiful World
Children's Museum of IndianapolisAdd to list DetailsIn this Bob the Builder(TM)-themed activity, learners go on a nature walk outside and describe what they observe using their senses. Learners discuss everyone's responsibility of taking care...
Is That DNA in My Food?
Children's Museum of IndianapolisAdd to list DetailsIn this activity, learners extract DNA from wheat germ. Use this activity to introduce learners to DNA, biotechnology and genetic engineering. This activity is featured on pp.21-22 (part of a...
Looking Back Through Time
Children's Museum of IndianapolisAdd to list DetailsIn this activity, learners create their own archaeological profiles. In doing so, learners will discover the fundamental nature of an archaeological site: objects and features found deeper in the...
T. rex Cretaceous Treat
Children's Museum of IndianapolisAdd to list DetailsIn this activity, learners make edible T. rex teeth (with adult assistance). The treat is a white and dark chocolate covered banana on a stick. The white chocolate represents the tooth and the dark...