Learn It! Do It! Days

Learn It! Do It! Days

On Learn it! Do it! Days museum educators staff hands-on stations around the Museum. Students explore these stations in small groups, participate in hands-on activities, experiments, and presentations, and keep some of the products they create.

Dinosaurs!

Grades K-2 • $7
November 4, 2011; March 30, 2012
Discover the world of the dinosaurs! Explore the largest collection of dinosaurs in the state of Michigan, including Allosaurus and T. rex. Touch fossils, and learn about plant eaters and meat eaters. Are there dinosaurs living near your school right now?

Wild Weather Extravaganza

Grades 1-4 • $7
November 11, 2011; January 13 & February 10, 2012
Build a working weather station, explore extreme weather, travel through the water cycle, and dance your way through the states of matter! A scavenger hunt highlights weather-related themes in the natural world. • Add a 45-minute planetarium show, Zula Patrol: Under the Weather, $2/person (special price with Wild Weather Extravaganza).

Geology Rocks

Grades 2-6 • $7
November 18, 2011; January 20, March 16, 2012
Learn the difference between rocks and minerals. Explore minerals using stereoscopes – make your own slides, too! Find out what minerals are hiding in everyday household objects. Learn how earthquakes happen and make your own with our Quake Shake. Discover how rock layers stack up. Touch a rock that’s over two billion years old! Students will leave with the start of a rock collection, including one each of the three major kinds of rocks.

Environmental Stewardship in a Changing World

Grades 6-12 • $7
April 13, 2012
Explore real environmental issues and policy solutions on small and large scales. Activities, experiments, and presentations explore research on climate change, sustainable energy and food production, product life cycles, and invasive species! Leave with information and simple projects and solutions that you can implement. • Add a 45-minute tour of the School of Natural Resources and the Environment’s building, renovated to green standards and located less than a block away, $2/person.

World History Through Archaeology

Grades 6-12 • $7 • 9 am - 1 pm
October 21 & December 7, 2011; February 15 & March 9, 2012
Join archaeologists from the Museum of Anthropology and the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology to learn about prehistoric and ancient cultures. Learn to tell how old things are, and the difference betrween Neanderthal and Neolithic tools, Indus Valley and Egyptian artifacts. Discover how we know what ancient people ate, when agriculture began, and even what games people played. Find out about ancient writing systems, and leave with examples of hieroglyphs, cuneiform, and Mayan calendar notation. • Add a 45-minute planetarium show, Stars of the Pharaohs, $2/person (special price with World History Through Archaeology).

Water, Water Everywhere!

Grades 2-7 • $7
January 27, May 11, 2012
From whales to weather, water permeates our world and makes our life possible. Explore the hydrosphere, the properties that make water special, the water cycle and watersheds, and why pollution matters. Look at pond water under a microscope, test water quality, build your own water cycle terrarium and watch the water cycle in action. • Add a 45 minute planetarium show, Oasis in Space, $2/person (special price with Water, Water Everywhere!).

Have a large group and need a different date?

Book your own Learn it! Do it! Day! Minimum 150 students. Not all topics are available for private dates; call for details and availability.