Structured Field Trips

For a bit more focus to your visit, groups may choose to add approximately 30 minutes of structured activities. The remaining time (up to 1 1/2 hours) is open for exploration of the museum. Field Trips with structured activities must be scheduled at least two weeks in advance. Structured Field Trips are designed for children ages PreK - 3rd grade.
Fees: $4 per child. Minimum of 8 children (or minimum payment of $32) is required. Chaperones are free.

Early Childhood

Activity

ECE Benchmarks

Mix it Up!
Children will be able to observe the changes in the states of matter while also seeing color changes. In this engaging atmosphere, children will be able to make hypothesis, conduct experiments, and make conclusions.

Arctic Survival
What makes polar bears and penguins such top-notch survivalists in their extreme environments? By using oil, shortening, and ice, children will conduct experiments and make conclusions about how blubber and oils help keep these animals warm and dry in extremely cold temperatures. They will also compare these natural survival techniques to how we as humans keep ourselves warm and dry.

Scientific Thinking: C.EL.2
Social Competence: C.EL.2
Sensory Organization: C.EL.1
Engagement and Persistence: A.EL.2
Understanding: A.EL.3

Sensory Organization: C.EL.1
Engagement and Persistence: A.EL.2
Social Competence: C.EL.2
Listening and Understanding: A.EL.3
Scientific Thinking: C.EL.1

Science

Activity

Grade Level

WI Standards

Cool Chemistry Balloon Blow-Up
"How do you blow up a balloon with out using your breath?" Using baking soda and vinegar children will create a chemical reaction to produce a gas that will blow up a balloon and explore its behavior.

PreK-K

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Forces-Pushes & Pulls
Children will learn that all forces are either pushes or pulls, perform such movements, identify motion of objects, make predications and perform an experiment by rolling a ball down a ramp at various heights.

K-1st

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Take the Paper Table Challenge
Children discover the potential of recycled paper by following the design process to build a sturdy table out of paper tubes, make paper support more weight by changing its shape and figure out ways to keep the table legs from buckling.

Be a Geologist and ROCK ON!
This field trip introduces students to the wonderful world of geology through rocks. They will learn how to use rocks' properties to categorize them, learn how each category is formed, and how to identify fossils. Activities will give students a hands-on approach to their cognitive learning and will help students relate to and appreciate this wonderful natural resource, the rock.

2nd-3rd

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Art

Magnetic Painting
Children are fascinated with magnets and often believe that magnetic attraction is magic. However, while magnets are amazing, they are also science and that can be magical too! Magnetic painting blends art and science by using magnets, paint and metal objects to create a picture.

PreK-3rd

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Seasonal

Smile Project - Fall/Winter
Smile project is about exploring acts of kindness, discovering that they make people smile, and learning that smiling is healthy for everyone. Students will also learn proper oral hygiene and good dental health habits.

PreK-3rd

Educational Goals include:
1. To support the development of good oral health
2. To understand that foods have different nutritional values
3. To increase the ability to initiate & sustain interactions with peers and adults while learning to play cooperatively and share materials

The Plant Part Factory - Spring
Children learn that plants have structures which serve different functions in growth, survival and reproduction. They will then identify the six basic plant parts and their functions by performing the "Plant Party Factory" play and by designing their own plant

PreK-3rd

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All About Clouds - Summer
Children will discuss Wisconsin weather, learn how to identify clouds and perform a science experiment to make a cloud formation in a jar

PreK-3rd

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Schedule Your Field Trip Today!

Field Trips may be booked during the following hours:
Wed & Fri 9am- 4pm, Thurs 9am-4pm, and Sat 9am-4pm.

Field Trips may be booked on Mondays and evenings for groups of 30 or more.

To schedule your field trip, call 715-344-2003 or email bookings@cwchildrensmuseum.org.
Include your name, school or organization, preferred date and time of field trip, estimated
number of children with ages/grades, and requested activity.