Critters In The Cold
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Ann Arbor Hands-On Museum
2008-09 Honorable Mention,2009-10,2010-11,2011-12,2013-14 Honorable Mention,2014-15,2015-16, 2016-17, 2017-18
Learn about animal adaptations to extreme weather with hands-on experiments and even take a virtual trip to Antarctica. Join us as we learn how animals, such as penguins, live and have babies during extreme weather.
Dissecting a Cow Eye
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Ann Arbor Hands-On Museum
2008-09 Honorable Mention,2009-10,2010-11,2011-12,2013-14 Honorable Mention,2014-15,2015-16, 2016-17, 2017-18
Get your goggles on! Dissect a cow eye to understand how each structure works to provide the sense of sight, just like a human eye. After the program, work with your class on a series of optical illusions to see how your eyes and brain work together to bring...
Explore Your Five Senses!
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Ann Arbor Hands-On Museum
2008-09 Honorable Mention,2009-10,2010-11,2011-12,2013-14 Honorable Mention,2014-15,2015-16, 2016-17, 2017-18
Ever wonder why you can smell, hear, taste, see, and feel? Come find out how your senses help you to discover the world around you!
Fraction Interactions
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Ann Arbor Hands-On Museum
2008-09 Honorable Mention,2009-10,2010-11,2011-12,2013-14 Honorable Mention,2014-15,2015-16, 2016-17, 2017-18
It's the fraction game show! Students will find out how much they know about fractions as they work together to survive three rounds while constructing, observing, and dancing to solve math problems. Fractions can be fun!
Life Cycle Strategies
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Ann Arbor Hands-On Museum
2008-09 Honorable Mention,2009-10,2010-11,2011-12,2013-14 Honorable Mention,2014-15,2015-16, 2016-17, 2017-18
Through observations of live animals and scientific journaling, students
will compare and contrast the life cycles and adaptations of different
organisms. By analyzing animals at different stages of their life cycle,
audiences will discover the intimate ...
Nature's Recyclers
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Ann Arbor Hands-On Museum
2008-09 Honorable Mention,2009-10,2010-11,2011-12,2013-14 Honorable Mention,2014-15,2015-16, 2016-17, 2017-18
Students will learn the important role that scavengers and decomposers
play in our everyday lives. We’ll meet live animals, including a turkey
vulture up close, and discover just how decomposition works, and why
it’s essential for all living things.
Out of this World!
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Ann Arbor Hands-On Museum
2008-09 Honorable Mention,2009-10,2010-11,2011-12,2013-14 Honorable Mention,2014-15,2015-16, 2016-17, 2017-18
Come explore the universe with us! We’ll discover how our days, seasons,
and years can be predicted by the orbit of Earth around the sun. We’ll
learn how stars in our galaxy and planets in solar system compare to
each other and try our hand at modeling h...
Slime Time and the States of Matter
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Ann Arbor Hands-On Museum
2008-09 Honorable Mention,2009-10,2010-11,2011-12,2013-14 Honorable Mention,2014-15,2015-16, 2016-17, 2017-18
Explore the three states of matter by making two types of slime! Behave like molecules in solids, liquids, and gasses, and make scientific observations to discover why slime is special!
Snakes and the Scientific Method
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Ann Arbor Hands-On Museum
2008-09 Honorable Mention,2009-10,2010-11,2011-12,2013-14 Honorable Mention,2014-15,2015-16, 2016-17, 2017-18
After practicing observational skills of reptiles such as snakes,
students will use the scientific method as they attempt to discover one of
the snake’s natural habitats. We’ll perform an experiment, learn how to
use evidence to solve problems and answer...
Walking Up a Food Chain
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Ann Arbor Hands-On Museum
2008-09 Honorable Mention,2009-10,2010-11,2011-12,2013-14 Honorable Mention,2014-15,2015-16, 2016-17, 2017-18
Together with the Leslie Science and Nature Center, we will create a food chain using LIVE animals (hawk/owl, snake, frog, spider and roach for example). Along the way we will discuss how they survive in the wild.
Wonderful Water
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Ann Arbor Hands-On Museum
2008-09 Honorable Mention,2009-10,2010-11,2011-12,2013-14 Honorable Mention,2014-15,2015-16, 2016-17, 2017-18
Water may be all around us, but it’s actually pretty special. We’ll
discover how water changes phases through the water cycle, how surface
tension keeps water molecules together, and even look at technology that
changes how water behaves. Come discover w...