Workshops - Grades 2 - 8
Grades 2 - 8 Workshops
These 11/2 - 2 hour theme-based workshops are hands-on, minds-on, and customized to be age appropriate. They are specifically designed to encourage inquiry and student-directed learning.
Fee: $8 per student includes admission
For more information or if you have a special needs group and would like to discuss customizing a program to suit your needs please call 716.896.5200 x338 or email museumreservations@sciencebuff.org.
CLASSIFICATION: THAT'S THE NAME OF THE GAME!
Scientists have spent centuries organizing everything in the universe into different groups and categories. Whether it’s plants, animals, rocks, or stars, there has to be a way to connect things if they are to make sense to us. Students will explore some of the ways classification occurs through hands-on, minds-on activities and gallery adventures. This workshop extends the Classification Tour to include more opportunities to engage with our educational collections.
Limit: 60 students
CRIME INVESTIGATION
Use math, chemistry, and physics in the guise of footprints, ransom notes, and fingerprints to solve a crime in much the same way police officers and forensic scientists do. Students will learn the science behind the scenes.
Limit: 60 students
RIGHT IN YOUR OWN BACKYARD
The natural history of Western New York has so many aspects it could never be boring. No matter what part of the area you call home, it surrounds you. From the million year-old fossils to the Ice Age animals to the Native Americans to the modern residents of our woods, the path of our area’s history has many twists and turns. Follow the path with us, using museum specimens and interactive experiences. Once you know where to look, you can find it on your own right in your backyard.
Limit: 60 students
BIODIVERSITY BLITZ: ANIMALS OF OUR REGION
Weave the web of life in the Niagara Frontier! Through a variety of interactive experiences, students will explore how different species live and depend on each other. They’ll also learn about the three levels of diversity – genetics, habitat, and species.
Limit: 60 students
DYNAMIC DINOSAURS AND FASCINATING FOSSILS
How do we know dinosaurs existed anyway? What did they eat? Was their world like ours? What are those strange shapes in the rocks you find along the streams or in your backyard? Investigate the prehistoric world using fossils and displays. Students will use their powers of deduction in our workshop and tour to put together the puzzle of the prehistoric.
Limit: 60 students
WHEM ANKH: THE CYCLE OF LIFE IN ANCIENT EGYPT
Walk through the lives of ancient Egyptians. Discover how they cooked, the games they played, and the kind of houses they lived in. Students also learn about the religion of ancient Egypt and see real mummies!
Limit: 120 students
OUR PLACE IN SPACE
Take a journey through the Buffalo Museum of Science astronomy exhibit, Our Place in Space. Add fun and excitement to your students’ study of space concepts. They’ll experiment with light, view the night sky from anywhere in the solar system, look at the earth from space using satellite technology systems, and check out telescope technology.
Limit: 50 students
DESIGN CHALLENGES
These workshops are geared to introduce students to engineering design. By participating in a hands-on activity, students will be asked to design, build, and test a prototype solution to a given problem. Students enjoy a fun and engaging experience while gaining knowledge of the engineering and innovation processes.
Limit: 60 students
Choose from:
MAROONED
Can you design the tools to survive being stranded on a deserted island on the Niagara River?
JUNKYARD DESIGN
Can you build a new invention out of an old one?
NEW! PERFECT PACKAGING
Excess has become a real problem in terms of waste creation and overuse of resources. Be a part of the solution. This workshop allows the opportunity to create a package that will safely take snack foods through the postal system without being destroyed. Your proof will be the safe arrival at your school of the snacks you package and we mail to you.
