CHILDREN’S PROGRAMS 2024-2025

Thanks to your donations, Children's Programs are 100% funded by the Alcott PTG!
 

Acton Discovery Museum - Force & Motion

Grade K

What makes an object move? Can we control the movement? Does the strength of a push or pull have an effect? How about the direction of the push or pull? What happens when objects move past each other or collide? Students explore concepts of force and motion while interacting with a variety of toys, balls, and vehicles.

ACTON DISCOVERY MUSEUM - BUBBLES

Grade 1

How long does a bubble really last? What color is a bubble? Can you predict when a bubble will pop? Students challenge what they think they know about bubbles as they make new observations, pose questions, investigate, and discuss their findings.

Poetry Guy - Ted Scheu

Grade 2

Ted Scheu, poet and former Concord resident, will bring his whimsical poetry and inspiration to students by guiding poetry-writing workshops in each classroom.

Plimoth Patuxet Museums: People of the Dawnland

Grade 3

An Indigenous museum educator will discuss Wampanoag People's relationship to the land, respect for all living beings, and seasonal ways of life. Students will handle traditional artifacts and animal furs and may also play a traditional game.

Cultivating Curiosity: Rube Goldberg Design

Grade 4

Students will learn how energy travels through a system through the creation of a domino run with various additional elements incorporated into the design. At the end of the lesson we will conduct a Rube Goldberg Exposition where students will demonstrate a design to their classmates.

Concord Museum - Outreach Program

Grade 5

Students explore items that address goods that were being boycotted in the lead-up to the Revolutionary War and objects/documents around the question “Was the battle of April 19th at the North Bridge planned or was it an accident?” In two small groups students get to discuss the objects, the reality of boycotting and make a claim based on evidence that they explore to decided if this first battle was a planned effort or not.