K-5 Curriculum
The Jackson Hole Children's Museum specializes in what other's can't - MAKING A SPECTACULAR MESS! Our STEAM programs are two hours long, beginning with interactive, hands-on, exploratory stations and ending with big, messy, FUN and CREATIVITY! Our curriculums and teachers honor self-discovery by giving students choices in their own education; creating life long lovers of LEARNING. We've adapted our STEAM programs to be remote and easy-to-transport this Fall. Please, see available offerings below.
Push & Pull
(Fall)
Explore the forces that put objects in motion including: pushes, pulls, wind, magnets, friction and gravity.
Grade: Kindergarten
Biomimicry
(Fall)
Explore biomimicry through interactive games, labs and projects. Engineer a flying machine to test in our wind tunnel.
Grade: 1st Grade
Force & Motion
(Winter/Spring)
Design, engineer, and test Newton Racers. Crash, race and add “motion” to cars with magnets, balloons and sails.
Grade: 3rd Grade
Earth & Human Systems (Not Available)
Uncover the stories of Wyoming’s Geography through maps, fossils and rocks. Explore how weather affects us.
Grade: 4th Grade
Animal Habitats
(Fall)
Explore animal adaptation through camouflage, feather fat fur adaptations, scat observations, and hibernation.
Grade: Kindergarten
Materials
(Fall)
Investigate materials using science. Explore properties of hardness, flexibility, strength, shape and water resistance
Grade: 2nd Grade
Magnetism
(Winter)
Science is magic! Experiment with electro-magnetic interactions as we play with magnets, electromagnets and their forces.
Grade: 3rd Grade
Cabbage Chemistry
(Spring)
Discover the building blocks of chemical reactions by create using cabbage juice and household basic & acidic solutions.
Grade: 5th Grade
Sound & Light
(Fall)
Use senses to explore sound and light waves through interactive sound stations. Design and build your own instrument.
Grade: 1st Grade
Earth Changes
(Not Available)
Experiment with landform change models, including avalanche simulations, eroding soil and earthquakes!
Grade: 2nd Grade
Energy
(Winter / Spring)
Examine Conservation of Energy. Expand on chemical and electrical energy to build circuits with dough.
Grade: 4th Grade
Gravity
( Not Available)
Explore gravity and inertia as we test variables of flight using aerodynamics. to build our own wind machine fliers.
Grade: 5th Grade