Exploration Station: A Children’s Museum

1. Exploration Station: A Children’s Museum Kayleigh Burton and Lauren Krull

2. What is Exploration Station? • A hands-on exploration and discovery museum for children and their families, teachers, and care-givers! • Located in Bourbonnais, IL

3. CO$T • 175 2nd graders from NB Gallaway Elementary • Price Per Student : $9 (including lunch too!) -$4 to get into museum -$3 for lunch • Chaperones get in for free! 1 chaperone for every 5 students. (35 total) • 3 buses/70 miles roundtrip: 36.48 109.24 X 3+67.20 (gas) $109.24 buses $176.44 total

4. Programs: Shop-A-Lot Market • Visitors can: • Sort and classify foods • “Shop” using carts or reusable bags • “Buy” baked goods, produce, dairy, or deli items • Practice their counting skills with a cash register • 6.D.EC    Make comparisons of quantities.  • 8.A.EC    Sort and classify objects by a variety of properties. • 10.A.ECa  Represent data using concrete objects, pictures, and graphs. • 22.A.EC    Participate in simple practices that promote healthy living and prevent illness. • 9B.1b      Sort, classify and compare familiar shapes. • 15.D.1a     Demonstrate the benefits of simple voluntary exchanges. • 15.D.1b     Know that barter is a type of exchange and that money makes exchange easier.

5. Programs: Space Center • Visitors can: • Explore the mysteries of space • Fly paper airplanes to simulate flight path • Make discoveries about the sun, Earth, and moon • Experiment • 5.A.EC    Seek answers to questions through active exploration. • 6.A.ECa  Use concepts that include number recognition, counting and one-to-one correspondence. • 6.A.ECb  Count with understanding and recognize “how many” in sets of objects. • 6.D.1      Compare the numbers of objects in groups. • 10.C.1a    Describe the concept of probability in relationship to likelihood and chance. • 10.C.1b    Systematically list all possible outcomes of a simple one-stage experiment (paper airplane flight path) • 12.D.1a    Identify examples of motion (moving in a straight line, rotating) • 12.D.1b    Identify observable forces in nature (gravity) • 12F.1b     Identify and describe characteristics of the sun, Earth and moon as familiar objects in the solar system.

6. Programs: Explore A Lot (castle area) • Visitors can: • Enjoy a puppet theater • Play with periscopes • Dress in period clothing • Sit at the Round Table • Make new fairytale friends • 1.A.ECa   Understand that pictures and symbols have meaning and that print carries a message. • 1.A.ECb  Understand that reading progresses from left to right and top to bottom. • 1.B.ECa   Predict what will happen next using pictures and content for guides. • 1.C.ECa   Retell information from a story. • 1.C.ECb   Respond to simple questions about reading material. • 1.C.ECc   Demonstrate understanding of literal meaning of stories by making comments. • 19.A.ECa Engage in active play using gross motor skills. • 26.A.ECc Music: Participate in music activities. • 26.A.1d Relate symbol systems (e.g. icons, syllables, numbers, and letters) to musical sounds.

7. Itinerary • 8:05- School Begins • 8:25- Bus departs NB Gallaway • (1 hour trip) • 9:30- Arrive at Exploration Station • 3 hours in the museum to enjoy  • 12:30-Exit museum; lunch in picnic area outside • 1:15- Bus departs for ND Gallaway • 2:20- Arrive back at school • 2:30- Dismissal

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9. Follow Up Activity • The next day, students will be asked to draw a picture of their favorite exhibit from Exploration Station and write 3 sentences stating why and what they learned. • Teacher will lead class in discussions about the field trip and why it was a great idea to go on.