School Programs
(Grades 2-8)
Curriculum-based Programming for Grades 2-8
Our low cost programming is curriculum-based and provides hands on learning for a variety of STEAM topics. Education programs costs are between $5-$8. All materials are provided. Scroll down for a complete list of our packaged program, then contact us to connect your class!
Wetland Warriors
Grades: K to 3
Duration: 60 minutes
Through hands-on activities, this program allows students to understand the importance of fresh water, and the wetlands that filter it for us. Students are also presented with information on the pollution and oil spills that threaten our fresh water, and are encouraged to use different problem-solving skills to contain their own oil spill.
Key Words: pollution, oil, petroleum, fossil fuels, non-renewable energy, renewable energy, pipeline, spill, ecosystem, diversity, habitat, species, oxygen, pollution, Great Lakes, climate change
What's Invading Our Food Chain
Grades: 2 to 7
Duration: 60 or 90 minutes
In this program students learn about the unique aquatic ecosystems of the Great Lakes and how factors like invasive species and commercial fisheries have impacted these systems.
Key Words: habitat, population, community, adaptation, food chain, producers, consumers, amount of light, availability of food, species, ecosystem, interrelationships, vertebrate, invertebrate, stability, invasive species
Light the Way!
Grades: 4 to 8
Duration: 60 or 90 minutes
This program allows students to discover the history and optical technology behind lighthouses. Students participate in hands-on experiments to learn about how light behaves, how to manipulate it, and how optics can be used in real life scenarios!
Key Words: light, natural light, artificial light, beam of light, straight path, absorb, reflect, refract, heat, navigation
STEAMship Adventures: Discovering the S.S. Keewatin
Grades: 3 to 8
Duration: 60 or 90 minutes
This program introduces students to the S.S. Keewatin, the last remaining steam passenger liner in the world. Through a guided tour and hands on activities of both the ship and the Great Lakes Museum, National Historic Site, students will learn about the importance of steam power in the industrial era, examine the social history and technological advancements of the time.
Available only: April, May, June and October, November
Key Words: social history, steam, engineering, ship building, technology
