Programs

Explorer Field Trips include
• Explorer Field Trips encourage students to explore the Museum at their own pace in small groups.
• Minimum group size is 10.
• Fee: $4.50 per child
• 10-minute orientation by a cMoe exhibit guide
• 1 1/2 to 2 hours of exploration in the interactive, hands-on Museum exhibits
• Option for utilizing a lunch room for 1/2 hour at no additional charge (lunch rooms must be reserved in advance)

Focused Field Trips
• Focused Field Trips provide experiential learning workshops that expand on concepts integrated in the Museum exhibit environments.
• Workshops are developed to support state academic curriculum standards for the appropriate age level.
• Minimum group size is 15. Larger groups will be divided into rotation groups no larger than 20 for preschoolers and 30 for grades 1-6.
• Fee: $6.50 per student.
• 10-minute orientation by a cMoe exhibit guide
• 45-minute guided workshop related to an exhibit conducted by a cMoe educator
• Up to 1 1/2 additional hours of exploration in the interactive, hands-on Museum exhibits
• Pre- and post-visit extension materials
• Option for utilizing a lunch room for 1/2 hour at no additional charge (lunch rooms must be reserved in advance)

NEW! Energy Matters Focused Field Trips
The following new Focused Field Trip workshops, made possible through a grant from Vectren, have been developed to help facilitate understanding of the characteristics
of renewable and nonrenewable resources and how today’s choices will impact the future.

Watt's Up? (Grades K-3)
Kindergarten and Primary students (grades 1-3) will gain a greater understanding of where energy comes from and the importance of using it wisely in this active workshop. Students will explore sources of energy, electric safety and ways to save energy at home through literature, counting, graphing, sorting and other hands-on station activities.

Power Up! (Grades 4-6)
An understanding that everything in the world comes about as an exchange of energy is the central theme in this session for grades 4-6. Students will explore wind, water and solar power as sources of renewable energy as well as participate in activities that illustrate how diminishing resources often require us to make difficult decisions.

For curriculum standards or reservation information, call 812-464-cMoe, ext. 230.

Home School Science Workshops
1st Thursday of each month at
1:00 p.m.
Presented by cMoe Museum Education Staff, the Home School Science program has been developed with the interests and educational needs of children aged 6-10 in mind. All activities are aligned with the Indiana Academic Standards for grades 1-5.

Registration fee includes hands-on interaction in the workshop as well as Children's Museum admission following the workshop to connect the concepts presented to the interactive cMoe exhibit galleries.

Workshop Fees:
• Workshop participants - $5
• 1 parental chaperone per family - Free
• All additional children (over 18 months old) and adults - $5

Advanced Registration is required and can be made by calling 812-464-2663, extension 230.

Upcoming Workshops:
• January 7, 2010
Simple Machines
How did the Egyptians manage to build the pyramids without modern construction equipment? Find out as we explore the miraculous power of pulleys, levers, incline planes and more!

• February 4, 2010
Fun with Polymers
It's a liquid, it's a solid, it's a polymer! Discover the amazing strength and elasticity of polymers and their many uses in our everyday life through exciting hands-on experiments.

• March 4, 2010
Watt's Up With Energy?
An understanding that everything in the world comes from an exchange of energy is the focus of this session as we explore the renewable resources of wind, solar and hydroelectric power