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Field Trips  (2009-2010)
Visit the Math Science Nucleus including the Children's Natural History Museum to a science experience your students will never forget!  Book field trips by calling (510)790-6284 or email  msn@msnucleus.org.

Cost:  $150.00 for 25 students or below
$175.00 26-40 students
Field trips are 1 1/2 hours and include a small snack (except Pre-K). Each presentation usually includes 3 hands-on activities.  Lessons are customized to grade level.

Grade Title Ca Science Correlation
PreK-K Prehistoric Fremont * Kindergarten: Investigation (4 d,e)
1-3 Ice Age Fossils*

Second Grade: Earth Science (3b,e) 

4-6 Prehistoric Fremont*

Third Grade :Life Science (3 b)
1-4 Dino Magic*

Second Grade: Earth Sciences (3b,e) 

K-3 Stars and Constellations*

First Grade: Investigation (4a,e) Third Grade: Earth Science  (4a,b,c,d,e) 

4-6 Searching the Universe

 Fifth Grade: Earth Science  4(a, b, c)
1-6 Elements, Minerals, and Rocks

Second Grade:  Earth Sciences (3a,b,e); Fourth Grade (4a,b), Fifth: Physical Science (1 b,c,d,f)
4-6 Volcanoes  Sixth Grade: Earth Sciences (1 a-g)
1-4 Physics of Toys

Second Grade: Physical Science (1 b,d,e,f)

3-6 Electricity

Fourth Grade:  Physical Science (1 a,c,e,g)

3-5 Light Magic

Third Grade: Physical Sciences (2a,b,c,d) 

3-6 Electrons and the Hairy Monster

Second Grade: Physical Science (1,b,c,d,f)

1-3 Looking at Animal Teeth*

First Grade: Life Sciences (2a,c,d)

Students may also visit the museum shop, but teacher should add another 15 minutes to their trip.  Many small items are under $1.00. 
Ice Age Fossils (PRE-K - K)* Students search for fossils and use numbers to count what they have sorted.  They earn a Shark necklace.  They decorate  a Safari Hat and then look for fossils in the Children’s Natural History Museum.  Special 1 hour, no snack, limited to 20 students and 15 adults 

 Ice Age Fossils (1-3)* Students learn the different animals that lived in the Fremont area during the Pleistocene including mammoths and sabertooth cats.  They will go on a scavenger hunt in the  Museum.  They will compare the present with the past.  Learn about fossil excavations by sorting through fossils and receive a fossil shark tooth. CA State Science Standards: Second Grade: Earth Science (3 b,e)  Limit: 40

Prehistoric Fremont (4-6)* Students learn the different animals that lived in the Fremont area during the Pleistocene (mammoths, sabercats, camels, etc).  They will visit the Natural History Museum and discover the fossils that are there. They will make a cast of one of the teeth in the museum Limit: 32 CA State Science Standards: Third Grade: Life Science (3 b)

Dino Magic (1-4)* Students enter a land of dinosaurs, as they observe skin prints, tracks, and fossils. Hands-on activities include comparing models and real dinosaur bones.  Quick tour of Natural History Museum allows children to compare Fremont fossils with dinosaurs.  Gift:  Dinosaur Egg CA State Science Standards: Second Grade: Earth Sciences (3 b,e)  Limit: 24
Stars and Constellation (K-3) *  We all look at the stars and wonder "What is up there?" using Miller Stardome students learn to recognize constellations and learn the myths behind them. CA State Science Standards: First Grade: Investigation (4a,e) Third Grade: Earth Science  (4a,b,c,d,e)  Limit:24

Searching the Universe  (4-6) * We all look at the stars and wonder "What is up there?" Students make their own star (superball); view different telescopes and make a moon bookmark as they explore the universe.  Students make a star (superball) CA State Science Standards:  Fifth Grade:Earth Science  (4 a,b,c) Limit: 32
Elements, Minerals and Rocks (1-6) Students will learn that elements make up minerals; minerals make up rocks; and the three different environments where rocks are formed. Through hands-on activities students will learn about igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic rocks.  Includes snack, 3 rocks and sand chart. : (*optional rock kit of 12 rocks can be  made for extra $3.50 per child) CA State Science Standards: Second Grade:  Earth Sciences (3a,b,e); Fourth Grade: Earth Science (4a,b), Fifth Grade: Physical Science (1b,c,d,f) LIMIT 32
Earthquakes and Volcanoes (4-6) *Why is  California known for its earthquakes?  How many volcanoes are in California?  What formed the Sierra mountains?  The answers to these questions lie in the explanation of plate tectonics.  Ca Science Standard Sixth Grade: Earth Sciences  (1a-g) LIMIT 32

Physics of Toys (1-4)Students learn basic principles of gravity, electromagnetism, and mechanics.  They will be entertained with toys through history.  Activities include working with various toys and will be asked to  design and make their own  toy. CA State Science Standards:  Second Grade:  Physical Science (1,b,d,e,f) Limit: 30
Electricity (3-6) Students are electrified with static and current electricity. They learn the difference between series and parallel circuits.  Students can see first hand how this vital form of energy charges the world. CA State Science Standards: Fourth Grade:  Physical Science (1 a,c,e,g) Limit: 302

Electrons and the Hairy Monster (3-6) *Students look at magnets and learn their properties.  They look at various magnets.  They all make their own ‘Hairy Monster,” made from magnetite. CA State Science Standards: Fourth Grade: Physical Science 1 (b,c,d,f) Limit: 32

Light Magic (3-5) Can you change the way that light moves?  What is a hologram?  How is light different colors? Students will bounce light off mirrors, and learn about optical illusions.    Students experience the power of lasers and receive a hands lens CA State Science Standards: Third Grade: Physical Sciences (2a,b,c,d)  Limit: 32

Looking at Animal Teeth (1-3)* Students   compare the different teeth of different animals.  They compare them with fossil herbivores and carnivores to compare and contrast. CA State Science Standards: First Grade: Life Sciences (2 a,c,d) Limit: 30

 

Self Guided Tour of  Children's Natural History Museum

Explore a world of  fossils from long ago including those from the Paleozoic, Mesozoic, and Cenozoic.  Walk to more modern times with fossils of  mammoths, sabertooth cats, sloths, camels, and other large mammals.  Discover modern day animals through their bones.  Visit the Boy Paleontologist room to see how they discovered the fossils in Fremont in the 1940’s. View the Minerals and Rocks, Hall of Small Wonders and Tools of Early Humans.  Hands-on activities for small groups are located throughout the museum. 

PRICE: $2.00 per student  $1.00 per chaperone. You may download activities to help guide students. There should be 1 chaperone for every ten students in the museum.  LIMIT: 60 students.  Approximate time for museum tour: 1-2 hours.  If you want a docent tour for 40 or less students add $75.00.  No docent tour available for over 40 students. However a staff member will be available for questions.

 Tours can be scheduled Monday-Friday from 9:30am-4:00pm.
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Presentations are at  4074 Eggers Drive.
Suggested times for field trips are 9:30-11:00 or 12:30-2:00, Monday-Friday. 
We accept Purchase Order, Check, or Cash.  We can invoice prior or on the day.

For more information please contact the Math/Science Nucleus at (510)790-6284 or email msn@msnucleus.org

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