Story Telling Tour
Informal tour led by someone who was there.

Docent Guided Tour
Formalized tour lead by museum certified staff.

Self Guided Tour
We provide your students with literacy-based self-discovery guide books.

II. LEARNING ADVENTURES CLASSROOM PROGRAMS

III. LEARNING ADVENTURES ASSESSMENTS
(CLASSROOM PERFORMANCE SYSTEM —CPS)

I. LEARNING ADVENTURES TOURS


A. STORYTELLER
(25 maximum)
Our Docent and Volunteer team includes many folks who lived the times. Let them tell their story as they transport you and your students to another time and place.

MANHATTAN PROJECT
Experience the Manhattan Project from those who were part of the top secret mission.
NM Standard: Social Studies, Science (All Ages)



DECISION TO DROP
Learn both the public and scientific communities stand on the decision to drop the world's first atomic bomb.
NM Standard: Social Studies, Science (All Ages)

CULTURE OF THE COLD WAR ERA
Explore the culture of the Cold War Era with people who experienced it first hand.
NM Standard: Social Studies, Science (All Ages)

B. DOCENT GUIDED
(25 maximum)
Our Docent Guides are schooled and museum certified in the following subject areas in order to provide you with a more formal educational tour.

NUCLEAR MEDICINE/QUACKERY
Learn about positive uses of radiation in medicine, MRI's, X-Rays, the human body, and medical quackery.
NM Standard: Science, Social Studies (Grades 6-12)

POWER UP
The Nuclear Industry: Pros & Cons
Learn about the production of Nuclear Energy in the world and its implications for tomorrow's community.
NM Standard: Science and Technology
(Grades 6-12)



RADIATION
Learn what's hot and what's not in the world around you as you learn about both natural and man made radiation.
NM Standard: Science (Grades 4-12)

MEN & WOMEN OF PHYSICS
Meet the key players of physics in this special Year of Physics tour.
NM Standard: Social Studies, Science (Grades 4-12)

C. SELF GUIDED SEARCH & LEARN TOUR
(45 maximum)
We can provide your students with bilingual literacy-based, self-discovery guidebooks.

Click here to download the mStories self-discovery guidebook »

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II. LEARNING ADVENTURES PROGRAMS

Our Classroom Learning Adventures are standards-based fun! These are interactive programs presented by our staff educators and museum certified docents.
(15-Student Minimum, 35 Maximum)

PROGRAM OFFERINGS INCLUDE:

THE DECISION TO DROP
Let us help you with your New Mexico history course requirement. Your students will get an introduction to critical problem solving by role play in this program. Students will work through historical issues surrounding the decision to drop the atomic bomb and make group decisions based on historical facts. Students will also weigh the pros and cons of the decision to drop based on scientific facts and will advise those who will make the decision. Primary source material will be used for this program.
NM Standards: Social Studies, Science, and Language Arts (Grades 8-12)

MANHATTAN PROJECT—SECRETS & SPIES
Secrecy, espionage and science all proved crucial in the race for the atomic bomb. How did secrecy and science work together? Transport your students back to Los Alamos Labs in 1940, into the heart of the Manhattan Project to experience Secrets & Spies for themselves.
NM Standards: Social Studies, Science, and Language Arts (Grades 5-11)

NUCLEAR MEDICINE—SEEING IS HEALING
How is nuclear medicine saving lives in the world today? Students will learn some of nuclear medicines' applications as well as get a chance to see how the theories behind nuclear medicine work in an interactive environment.
N.M. Standards: Science, and Social Studies (Grades 6-12)

TASTE OF SCIENCE
Challenge your students' minds through presentations about space science, the magic of magnets, and radiation in the world around them through presentation and interactive activities. This program can travel to local schools.
NM Standards: Science, Technology, and Social Studies (Grades 4-8)

ZOOMZONE™
ZOOM on into the ZOOMzone located right here at the National Atomic Museum! Experiment like a scientist, solve problems like a mathematician and build like an engineer with with cool, all NEW hands-on activities when you schedule a program with us. Check our special events page for special theme programs.
NM Standards: Science and Math (Grades K-6)

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III. LEARNING ADVENTURES ASSESSMENTS (CPS)

Our Classroom Performance System is an interactive learning environment where the teacher sets up a lesson in the CPS software, hooks a data projector to the computer, and students participate in the lesson through the use of remote controlled keypads. This is an interactive way to assess your students' knowledge of their National Atomic Museum experience. You can provide us with a CPS compatible test before your trip, or choose from one of our subject and grade appropriate standardized exams which can be emailed and imported directly into most digital grade book programs.
Allow an extra 30 minutes for your visit.