Preschool, Kindergarten, and Grade 1 | Grade 2-8 | Grade 9-12

Have the museum travel to your school, library, or other facility to present individual classroom programs. Museum staff or volunteers can visit your classroom for an inquiry based and/or whole language experience program based on the museum’s collections. The programs are designed to enhance and enrich your curriculum. Presentations can accommodate a maximum of 25 students and are not suitable for assemblies or combined classrooms.

All program topics are available at all grade levels, even if not listed, with some adaptation of the materials. Want a natural history topic that is not listed? Please call to inquire about program development.

Scheduling
Contact Lenore Adler at (412) 688-8687 or AdlerL@CarnegieMNH.org.

Fee
Classroom presentations are $100 per program. Each additional presentation of the same topic on the same day is $50. Travel expenses may apply; see chart below. For afterschool programs and community programs, please inquire about pricing.

This 45- to 60-minute program will use visuals and touchables, along with take home projects to integrate topics from Carnegie Museum of Natural History into fun learning. All of the Traveling Classroom topics are available for in-depth, multiple session study. Mutually agreed upon scheduling of after-school classes for no more than 25 students (within a three grade level span) can be arranged for two to six weekly sessions.

Pricing depends on number of sessions and distance from the museum.

Scientists at Work (Four-Week Program)
Students will observe, measure, classify, predict, create a model, test, and communicate information.

Preschool, Kindergarten, and Grade 1
Each 45-minute classroom presentation is based on a book and uses visual and touchable materials. A follow-up activity is supplied for the class to complete after the presentation.

Backyard Insects
Take a closer look at the life cycle and the importance of many backyard insects.
Environment & Ecology 4.3.4, 4.5.4

Dino-mite Dinosaurs
Discover the world of dinosaurs, both carnivores and herbivores.
Science & Technology 3.2.4, 3.2.7, 3.3.4, 3.3.7

Dino-Story
Hear a story about a dinosaur and examine some replicas of fossils.

Funky Features: African Animals
Study the "funky features" (adaptations) of five African mammals and how they help these amazing creatures survive.
Science & Technology 3.3.4
Environment & Ecology 4.6.4, 4.7.4

Inuit Life in the Arctic
Experience the lives of the Inuit and what it would be like to be a child of these Arctic people 100 years ago and today.
Science & Technology 3.3.4, 3.3.7, 3.4.4, 3.5.4, 3.8.4, 3.8.7

What the Eye Can See: Biodiversity
Investigate the different biomes and local habitats within those biomes (woodlands, stream edge, wetlands, and agricultural lands) and the variety of life found in each.
Science & Technology 3.3.4, 3.3.7

Fossil Fun (1-hour program)
Examine local fossils and fossilization using specimens, visuals, touchable materials, group activities, and a dinosaur replica.
Science & Technology 3.2.4, 3.3.4, 3.3.7

Grade 2-8
Each 45-minute or 1-hour classroom presentation uses visuals and touchable materials. A follow-up activity is supplied for the class to complete after the presentation.

Teeth and Claws: Dinosaur Diversity
Learn what fossils can and cannot reveal about the specimen's characteristics, adaptations, and behaviors.
Science & Technology 3.2.4, 3.3.4, 3.2.7, 3.3.7, 3.5.4, 3.5.7

Biodiversity of the Insect World
Discover how humans interact with the insect world, insect biodiversity, insects that are specialists and generalists, and some aspects of pest management.
Environment & Ecology 4.3.4, 4.3.7, 4.5.4, 4.5.7

Biodiversity of Western Pennsylvania's Biomes: Living on the Edge
Discuss the interdependencies among the different native species and the abiotic (non-living) elements of the environment. Invasive, rare, threatened, and endangered species will be included in the discussion.
Science & Technology 3.3.4, 3.3.7, 3.3.12
Environment & Ecology 4.3.4, 4.3.7, 4.3.10, 4.5.4, 4.5.10, 4.6.4, 4.6.7, 4.6.10, 4.7.4, 4.7.7, 4.7.10
Geography 7.4.3, 7.4.6

Biodiversity: Predator and Prey on the African Savanna
Examines the interrelationships at work on the African savanna, emphasizing interdependencies that are symbiotic, mutual, and predator and prey.
Science & Technology 3.3.4, 3.3.7
Environment & Ecology 4.3.4, 4.3.7, 4.6.4, 4.6.7, 4.7.4, 4.7.7

Past Cultures: An Archaeological Journey into Egyptian Life
Use archaeological evidence uncovered at the ancient village of Deir el-Medina along with the geography and environment of the Nile Valley to take a look at the everyday life of Egyptians 3,500 years ago.
Environment & Ecology 4.2.4
History 8.2.3, 8.2.6, 8.4.3, 8.4.6, 8.4.9
Geography 7.4.3, 7.4.6

Past Cultures: Surviving the Challenge - Inuit Life in the Arctic
Probe the adaptations made by the Inuit to survive in the harsh conditions of the Arctic more than 100 years ago, along with a look at life today in Nunuvat, Canada.
Science & Technology 3.3.4, 3.3.7, 3.4.4, 3.5.4., 3.5.7, 3.8.7
Geography 7.2.3, 7.2.6, 7.4.3, 7.4.6

Past Cultures: Seneca Indians - the Traditional Life of the Haudenosaunee
Study the gender roles and use of resources for survival of the 17th century Iroquois in an environment similar to Western Pennsylvania.
Science & Technology 3.5.4, 3.5.7
Environment & Ecology 4.2.4
History 8.2.3, 8.2.6, 8.3.3, 8.3.6

Grade 9-12
Each 45-minute, 1-hour or 1½-hour classroom presentation uses visual and touchable materials. All topics can be adapted for high school.