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SCIENCE ON WHEELS The incredible science lesson coming soon to a classroom near you.
Bring the natural world right into your classroom. Fun, engaging, inquiry-based programs are designed to enhance your classroom curriculum and include specimens, artifacts, and live animals from our educational collections. These one hour programs interconnect the science disciplines with math and social studies, and include many hands-on activities that support the NYS Standards.

CLASSROOM FEE: $100 per classroom / $85 additional same day Limit: 30 students per program session *An additional fee will be added to programs requiring travel greater than 25 miles. Due to the hands-on and interactive nature of our programs and to ensure the best possible quality experience, we require adherenceto our limits. An additional same day fee of $85 will be added if limits are exceeded. For more information call Robin Mancuso 716.896.5200 x338 or email rmancuso@sciencebuff.org


GRADES PRE K-2			GRADES 3-8
DIGGING DINOSAURS Students play paleontologists as they examine the fossilized teeth, horns, and claws of various dinosaurs to learn about the unique adaptations of these ancient beasts! They’ll also dig up and assemble their own dinosaur skeleton as they venture into prehistoric times.			CASE STUDY OF THE COLD BLOODED We call animals cold-blooded and warm-blooded, but thermoregulation involves a whole range of adaptations to fit the family tree of life. Students investigate simple differences between reptiles, amphibians, and mammals or involve other species (arthropods, mollusks, crustaceans) for a larger picture of the scheme of animal life on Earth.

INCREDIBLE INSECTS AND BUGGY FRIENDS Take a close-up look at real live insects and bugs – count their legs, look at their eyes, and learn about their other body parts. Explore insect and bug anatomy and the fascinating behaviors of the creepy and crawly inhabitants of the natural world.			FOSSILS: EXPLORING EARTH’S PAST Where have we been and where are we going? Students investigate the world of the past by exploring the fossil clues left behind. How have organisms changed? Why did they change? How much of the puzzle can we unravel? Are there fossils in your own backyard? Students use scientific grade casts and real fossils to make observations and deductions.

NATURE DETECTIVES Put your detective hat on and get ready to become the Sherlock Holmes of the natural world as we investigate the clues that different animals leave behind. Students use their senses to explore the sights, sounds, and smells of the natural world. Objects such as animal tracks, body coverings, and scat are just some of the signs we examine in this hands-on, interactive program.			GROWING UP IN ANCIENT EGYPT Children in ancient Egypt didn’t have the internet, video games, or even television. So what did they do for fun? How did they play? What were their lives like? Students discover what everyday life was like for the ancient Egyptians and compare it to life in the 21st century.
			BIODIVERSITY BLITZ: ANIMALS OF OUR REGION Weave the web of life in the Niagara Frontier! Through a variety of interactive experiences, students explore the ways that different species live and depend on each other. They’ll also learn about the three levels of diversity – genetics, habitat, and species.


			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.

			A CLASS ACT: ANIMAL CLASSIFICATION This hands-on program highlights the major classes of vertebrates and invertebrates. Using live animals and mounted specimens, students become the scientist as they devise classification methods for different animals.

			POLLUTION: IS IT BENEATH YOU? Interested in a visual model of how groundwater and pollutants travel? A table-top model can be brought to your classroom to help your students visualize a “deep” issue. Students will learn what ground water is and how it can be easily contaminated. The water cycle and local water pollution issues will be discussed.

			MEASURING UP Can your students find adventure and inquiry in their own schoolyard? Students use nature to learn measurement concepts in a practical and creative way: temperature and weather, playground math, tree height and areas, animal tracks – the possibilities are immeasurable!