Museum Discoveries

 

This activity is a scavenger hunt.  The reader gives the students a clue about where to take the reader in the museum.  Once the clue is read the students can begin to look around the museum to find the exhibit that the clue describes.  The exhibit that the students need to find is in parentheses before the clue.

 

  1. (Stump)  I want you to take me somewhere where you can count the rings in the trunk to tell me how old it is?

 

  1. (African Masks) These people used these to hide their faces with masks like at Halloween. Tell me who these people are and what type of wood they used.

 

  1. (Tule Boat) Take me to somewhere where I can find something that would take me across a river without getting wet.

 

  1. (Petroglyphs/Pottery/Figurines)  Take me to a place where I can learn about a way of communicating with pictures instead of words.

 

  1. (Minerals)   Show me where I can find out how many minerals there are in this museum.

 

  1. (Rocks)  Geology is the study of rocks and minerals; take me to the rock display and tell me what your favorite rock is?

 

  1. ( Fossils) We know a lot about ancient organisms because of the fossils we find. Help me find a fossil of a fish?

 

  1. (Dinosaur)  Take me to a place where I can learn about a giant prehistoric animal from its bones. Is this a meat-eater or a plant-eater and how can you tell?

 

    1. What do we call a meat-eater? Carnivore

 

  1. (Saber-toothed Tiger)  Take me to a prehistoric carnivore that gets its name from its huge teeth.  What is this animal’s favorite food? Mastadons and Mammoths

 

  1. (Cougar and Hawk) Now let’s go see another member of the cat family that still exists today?

 

  1. (Cow Skeleton) What farm animal might the cougar eat?

 

  1. (Skeletons) Now take me to a place where I can see different animals’ bone structures.

 

  1. (Nature in Art) Take me to a place were there are different artifacts from all over the world that have one theme in common.

 

  1. (Glowing Rocks) Now take me to a place where I can see rocks that glow only in the dark.

 

  1. (Marsh Living in Great Basin) What is a marsh and where can we go to learn more about one?

 

  1. (Herbs and Spices) Now take me to a place where I would find something to add flavor to my cooking.

 

If Time permits allow them to go look to the gravity well, magnets, pipes of pan, and the kaleidoscope.