MUSEUM OUTREACH PROGRAMS BROUGHT TO YOUR SCHOOL

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MUSEUM OUTREACH PROGRAMS
Experience science, math, technology, and history through hands-on activities and demonstrations brought to your school by the Up 'N' Atom Museum Outreach van. The Up 'N' Atom van brings a variety of programs year-round to schools, community centers, festivals, camps, and more in New Mexico. Outreach programs are specifically designed as interactive experiences that support New Mexico standards in Science, Social Studies, and Language Arts. We can customize programs to meet educational goals.

Energy Adventures with Little Al ~ Journey to the Sun, Earth, and Universe
Those Incredible Flying Machines ~ Robot Encounters ~ Rockets into Space
Big Deal: The Small World of Nano ~ Our Radioactive World
Bats, Bombs, and WWII ~ Stand By and Make Do

DESCRIPTION OF UP 'N' ATOM OUTREACH PROGRAMS

Energy Adventures with Little Al (Grades K-2, 3-8) What is energy? How do we convert energy from sun, wind, and earth to do work? Each grade level will have a specific program dealing with various forms of energy. Little Al (a large hand puppet representing Doctor Albert Einstein), will capture the attention and imagination of young children as they learn especially about alternative sources such as wind and solar power. Older students will enjoy greater focus on experimentation and hands-on activities with electrostatics, sound and light, and Nikola Tesla’s coil, introduced by Robot Al.
Journey to the Sun, Earth, and Universe (Grades K-5) Travel to outer space, learn about Earth’s weather patterns, and see what sunspots and magnetism have to do with earthly communications. Students will have fun being a planet, seeing how frogs can tell weather, using a telescope, and learning more about the universe we live in.
Those Incredible Flying Machines (Grades 2-4) When the Wright Brothers first flew at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina in 1903, they opened up a whole new world. Today we are still fascinated by flight. Students will learn about the simple forces of flying, experiment with da Vinci’s ideas, and investigate propulsion. By making simple helicopters and jet-propelled pinwheels, flying helium-filled balloons and paper airplanes, and more, kids won’t need Peter Pan to show them how to fly.
Robot Encounters (Grades 3-6) Were robot machines a part of everyday life in ancient Alexandria? How are robots being used right now to explore the depths of the ocean and to help in archaeological digs? Students will learn what makes a robot “tick” and will build a robot that can compete in RoboRAVE, a free state-wide robotics challenge sponsored by Inquiry Facilitators, Inc.
Rockets into Space (Grades 5-8) Space is really the final frontier, and the only way to get there is by rocket. From air rockets and rocket racers to navigation by GPS modules, this unit will offer grade-specific programs in rocket design and engineering to prepare students for a voyage into outer space.
Big Deal: The Small World of Nano (Grades 6-12) Discoveries concerning the special properties of tiny particles from 1 to 100 nanometers in size have scientists all over the world thinking big ideas by thinking small. Introduce your students to recent developments regarding nano-technology applications in materials science; and chemical, electrical, and mechanical engineering. Students will work with ferrofluids, liquid crystals, hydrogen fuel cells, and models of nano-chemistry.
Our Radioactive World (Grades 6-12; adult outreach) Do we glow in the dark? Can you measure the half-life of licorice? What do superheroes have to do with radiation? By using a Geiger counter to test hot samples and by observing alpha, beta, and gamma rays in a cloud chamber, students will learn about radiation and nuclear decay. They will also learn why nuclear medicine just might be one of the hottest career areas of the future.
Bats, Bombs, and WWII (Grades 9-12) Did you know that the Mexican Free Tailed Bat was enlisted to fight World War II? Students will journey back in time to 1940s New Mexico when our nation was at war. They will find out how the scientists from Los Alamos drove to what we now know as the Trinity Site. Using various hands-on stations, including period maps, students will learn about the geography and landscape of wartime New Mexico, and compare it to the state they live in now.
Stand By and Make Do (Grades 9-12; adult outreach) Sam is a lady with a problem: she received a cookbook for Christmas, but its ingredients are not available any more since the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor, plunging the United States into WWII. Now what? Students will hear about life at Los Alamos and how the “gadget” wasn’t the only secret being kept there. The presenter starts out in the first-person voice, and then shifts into third-person voice to discuss the issues that arose. Afterwards, students will consider what a World War means in practical and personal terms.

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