VISIT / FOR TEACHERS
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SCHEDULE A FIELD TRIP TODAY!
Thank you for your interest in field trips to the Museum of Boulder! We are now taking registrations for field trips. Link to form.
VISIT / FOR TEACHERS AT THE MUSEUM
PRE-K AND 1ST GRADE
HISTORY DETECTIVES
COST: $90/Class, Discounts Available
LENGTH: 60 Minutes
SIZE: Max. 35 Students
Become detectives into the past! Use authentic artifacts to discover what life was like in Boulder in the past for miners, Plains Indians, school kids, farmers and merchants. Museum educators lead activity.
2ND – 3RD GRADE
BRING IT ON! TACKLING CHALLENGES OF THE PAST
COST: $90/Class, Discounts Available
LENGTH: 90 Minutes
SIZE: Max. 35 Students
Tackle the same challenges people in Boulder’s past overcame to create the town we have today. How can you reuse items in your covered wagon to make pioneer toys? How can you put every part of the bison to use? What sort of tool could we create to identify habitable planets? A combination of experiments, activities and projects will give students a deep understanding of the topic they took on. Then create a comic strip following the story of someone from Boulder’s past who really faced that challenge.
Museum educators lead activity.
4TH GRADE
WESTERN WORK
COST: $90/Class, Discounts Available
LENGTH: 60 Minutes
SIZE: Max. 35 Students
LEAD BY: Museum Curators
How do you turn a beet into sugar and what impact did that have on Colorado’s economy? Using authentic tools of historic trades, students explore jobs of the past and the human, capital and natural resources required for that industry. Your class will leave this program with a deep understanding of the economic drivers that built our state after 1850, trying out the jobs for themselves, using authentic artifacts from these industries:
· Flour Mills
· Mining
· Saddlery and Spurs
· Ice
· Millinery and Dressmaking
· Sugar Beets
MOVING DAY
COST: $90/Class, Discounts Available
LENGTH: 60 Minutes
SIZE: Max. 35 Students
LEAD BY: Museum Curators
Who were the migrant peoples who sought to make lives for themselves in Colorado? Which resources drew them here and what factors determined their destinies? Using the tools of an historian and authentic artifacts and photographs, students will uncover the stories of the movement of people across Colorado from pre-history to 1870. Your students can walk through the Colorado Frontier on a massive floor-map, discover the ways resources were used by various industries through inquiry-based object exploration and analysis, and put it all into context in an interactive timeline. Your students will become experts on the migration, trade and interactions of:
· Ancient Puebloans
· Utes
· Cheyenne and Arapaho
· Hispanos
· Mountain Men
· Miners
MIDDLE SCHOOL
NATIVE AMERICAN PROGRAMMING
COST: $60/Class, Discounts Available
LENGTH: 60 Minutes
SIZE: Max. 35 Students
LEAD BY: Museum Educators
Hear from a range of perspectives from today and Boulder’s past and take your own stance. Who were the Native American people who lived here and where are they now? Which relationships, policies and events led to massacres and reservations?What is important to tribes today and how do groups in Boulder defend those rights?
NATIONAL HISTORY DAY EXHIBIT FORMATTING PRESENTATIONS OR CONSULTATIONS
COST: $20/Class, Discounts Available
LENGTH: 20-50 Minutes
SIZE: Max. 35 Students
LEAD BY: Museum Curators
Bring your class to talk with curators about tips for exhibit layout, format, mounting and media treatment. Also available for one-on-one consultation with students. Get tips on mounting, formatting, layout, artifact display and giving your exhibit a “wow” factor.
HIGH SCHOOL
PERIOD CLOTHING AND PROP RENTAL
COST: $10/Item, Discounts Available
LENGTH: NA
SIZE: Max. NA
LEAD BY: NA
Find the perfect costume for your performance! Dig through our collection of historic artifacts and costumes for just the right look. Clothes must be returned laundered
NATIONAL HISTORY DAY EXHIBIT FORMATTING PRESENTATIONS OR CONSULTATIONS
COST: $20/Class, Discounts Available
LENGTH: 20-50 Minutes
SIZE: Max. 35 Students
LEAD BY: Museum Curators
Bring your class to talk with curators about tips for exhibit layout, format, mounting and media treatment. Also available for one-on-one consultation with students. Get tips on mounting, formatting, layout, artifact display and giving your exhibit a “wow” factor.
NATIONAL HISTORY DAY IN-CLASS HELP WITH RESEARCH AND PROJECT DEVELOPMENT
COST: Free
LENGTH: Flexible
SIZE: Max. NA
LEAD BY: NA
Schedule a research day with Museum of Boulder volunteer support at your school. Please schedule at least one month in advance.
VOLUNTEER JUDGES FOR YOUR SCHOOL’S HISTORY DAY COMPETITION
COST: Free
LENGTH: Flexible
SIZE: Max. NA
LEAD BY: NA
Need judges for your school’s competition? Our staff and volunteers would love to come to your school to judge the competition. We will provide knowledgeable volunteers who work well with kids and will offer constructive critiques while fostering a love of history.
VISIT / FOR TEACHERS IN THE CLASSROOM
PRE-K AND 1ST GRADE
CITY IN A SUITCASE
COST: $15/TRUNK/WEEK
LENGTH: N/A
SIZE: N/A
Take your class on a trip around the world with our City in a Suitcase. Each suitcase contains cultural artifacts from one of Boulder’s Sister Cities. They are great tools for teaching many subjects, and have been used in art, language arts, geography, Spanish and history classes.
• Dushanbe, Tajikistan Sister City Trunk
• Mante, Mexico Sister City Trunk
• Yateras, Cuba Sister City Trunk
• Lhasa, Tibet Sister City TrunK
2ND – 3RD GRADE
BRING IT ON! TACKLING CHALLENGES OF THE PAST
COST: $90/CLASS
LENGTH: 60-90 MINUTES
SIZE: UP TO 35
Tackle the same challenges people in Boulder’s past overcame to create the town we have today. How can you reuse items in your covered wagon to make pioneer toys? How can you put every part of the bison to use? What sort of tool could we create to identify habitable planets? A combination of experiments, activities and projects will give students a deep understanding of the topic they took on. Then create a comic strip following the story of someone from Boulder’s past who really faced that challenge.
4TH GRADE
MIDDLE SCHOOL
PERIOD CLOTHING AND PROP RENTAL
COST: $10/ITEM
LENGTH: N/A
SIZE: N/A
SCHOLARSHIPS: AVAILABLE
Find the perfect costume for your performance! Dig through our collection of historic artifacts and costumes for just the right look. Clothes must be returned laundered
EXHIBIT FORMATTING PRESENTATIONS OR CONSULTATIONS
COST: $20 DONATION
LENGTH: 20-50 MINUTES
Bring a curator to your class to share tips for exhibit layout, format, mounting and media treatment. Also available for one-on-one consultation with students. Get tips on mounting, formatting, layout, artifact display and giving your exhibit a “wow” factor.
IN-CLASS HELP WITH RESEARCH AND PROJECT DEVELOPMENT
COST: FREE
LENGTH: FLEXIBLE
Schedule a research day with Museum of Boulder volunteer support at your school. Please schedule at least one month in advance.
VOLUNTEER JUDGES FOR YOUR SCHOOL’S HISTORY DAY COMPETITION
COST: FREE
LENGTH: FLEXIBLE
Need judges for your school’s competition? Our staff and volunteers would love to come to your school to judge the competition. We will provide knowledgeable volunteers who work well with kids and will offer constructive critiques while fostering a love of history.
HIGH SCHOOL
PERIOD CLOTHING AND PROP RENTAL
COST: $10/ITEM
LENGTH: N/A
SIZE: N/A
SCHOLARSHIPS: AVAILABLE
Find the perfect costume for your performance! Dig through our collection of historic artifacts and costumes for just the right look. Clothes must be returned laundered
EXHIBIT FORMATTING PRESENTATIONS OR CONSULTATIONS
COST: $20 DONATION
LENGTH: 20-50 MINUTES
Bring a curator to your class to share tips for exhibit layout, format, mounting and media treatment. Also available for one-on-one consultation with students. Get tips on mounting, formatting, layout, artifact display and giving your exhibit a “wow” factor.
IN-CLASS HELP WITH RESEARCH AND PROJECT DEVELOPMENT
COST: FREE
LENGTH: FLEXIBLE
Schedule a research day with Museum of Boulder volunteer support at your school. Please schedule at least one month in advance.
VOLUNTEER JUDGES FOR YOUR SCHOOL’S HISTORY DAY COMPETITION
COST: FREE
LENGTH: FLEXIBLE
Need judges for your school’s competition? Our staff and volunteers would love to come to your school to judge the competition. We will provide knowledgeable volunteers who work well with kids and will offer constructive critiques while fostering a love of history.