For Educators
Wonderfeet Kids’ Museum can provide programs and materials to give your students a fun and hands-on STEAM experience.
Programs
All Wonderfeet school programs, including lending kits, provide hands-on STEAM opportunities and meet the Next Generation Science Standards. Pre-visit and post-visit lessons and materials will be provided to incorporate the experience into your curricula.
Unless otherwise noted, all programs can be done at the Museum and will include Museum free play as part of a field trip. The Museum can accommodate up to 30 children at a time during a field trip. We will spend roughly 45 minutes in the classroom followed by approximately 45 minutes of free play.
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We can bring the program to you in your classroom as an Outreach Program. During an Outreach Program, Museum Educators can visit one or multiple classrooms in the same school throughout the day.
Reservations can be made by contacting the museum by calling (802) 282-2678 or emailing Paula.
Motion Commotion
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Investigate the science of force and motion with your class. You and your students will design a solution to a challenge and conduct experiments to test your ideas on how things move.
Bee-ing Helpful
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Have you ever wondered how an apple tree makes apples? What is that yellow powder in the center of a flower? Why are there so many different kinds of flowers? Have you ever wished you could be a bee? Students will explore these questions and use their knowledge to engineer a device to help pollinate flowers.
Water Cycle Wonder
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Have you ever wondered how clouds are formed? Where does the rain come from? In this program, students will explore the water cycle and how the sun’s light and heat affect the water on Earth.
“Rock n Roll”: Exploring Weathering and Erosion
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Did you know that forces can build and wear away landforms? Water, wind, and ice can tear down large landforms into small pieces. In this lesson, the students will explore weathering and erosion and their effects on Earth.
Imagination Playground (Big Blue Blocks)
Engineering and Design
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Explore engineering concepts using LEGO kits and the Imagination Playground’s small blue blocks. The kit gives children the opportunity to explore simple machines, balance, as well as design and build.
Light the Way
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Have you ever wondered how light travels from one point to another? What makes a shadow? Why does light shine better through some objects than others? Have you ever experienced TOTAL darkness? Students will explore these questions and use their knowledge to engineer a device that uses light to communicate.
Recycle, Reuse, Create:
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Where does all of our trash go? The garbage and recycling trucks take it away, but then what happens to it? What can our trash and recycling become? In this program, students will identify different sold waste materials and learn to sort and reuse these materials.
Storytime with a Craft: for Pre-K & K
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Museum staff can pick out a picture book that aligns with the season, holiday, or a theme of your choosing. Students will listen a story, create a themed craft, and enjoy an hour of free play in the museum.
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Museum staff will load up the purple van and bring the Imagination Playground to your school. This program is best set up in a gym, cafeteria or other open area. Museum educators will lead students through different engineering and building challenges based on their grade. We can schedule for multiple classes/grades all on the same day! This program can also be done as a team building exercise with staff.
$350, travel fee applies outside of a 25 mile radius
Program Pricing
Light and Shadow
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Explore light and shadow through investigations using flashlights, shadow puppets, and a light table.
Can We Build It?
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Your students can role-play as architects, engineers, and construction workers for the week with this kit that includes our foam construction blocks (bricks, cement blocks, and wooden planks), trucks and play mat, tools, safety gear, and a set of tabletop building blocks.
Imagination Playground
(rental for 5 days, does not include guided program)
Imagination Playground Medium Blocks Rental: $200
Imagination Playground Large Blocks Rental: $300
Sound-Off
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Have you ever wondered how sound travels? What makes sounds different from each other? Why do some sounds hurt my ears? Have you ever SEEN a sound? Students will explore these questions and use their knowledge to engineer a device that uses sound to communicate when modern technology is unavailable.
A Balancing Act: Forces
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Forces are invisible energy. We use them in our daily lives to make thing work. In this program, students will explore what happens when a force is balanced or unbalanced. Students will use a variety ofrecycled materials to create a mobile that demonstrates their understanding of balance.
Circuit Circus: Energy Conversion
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Have you ever wondered where electricity comes from? What is inside a battery? Electricity is a form of energy which is all around us. In this program, students will explore how electriciy works and create create a simple circuit.
Museum Play (45 min) + Program (45 min): is $8 per student Teachers: FREE Chaperones: $6 each
Just play : $6 per student, (1 hour)
Lunch room fee: $20, can accommodate 30 students at a time
Outreach Programs: We come to you! $150 for up to 20 students, no travel charge within 25 miles
Lending
These STEAM-focused materials are available to be used in preschool classrooms. All rental kits are designed for students ages 3-7
These material kits and contain suggested activities and accompanying investigations designed to enhance science, technology, engineering, and math experiences for your students.
Force and Motion
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Explore forces (push, pull, and friction) by designing a solution to a challenge, conducting investigations to test ideas, and learning how things move using ramps, balls, and cars.
Lending Pricing
STEAM based lending kits: Available by the week for $50 (a delivery fee may apply)