These classes include staff-facilitated, hands-on experiences designed for homeschool students using inquiry-based learning and critical-thinking.
To make a reservation, call 585.697.1942. Pre-registration is required. All programs require a minimum enrollment. If the minimum is not met two weeks prior to the scheduled start date, the program will be cancelled. There is no member discount for homeschool programs. Please arrive 15 minutes early to check-in.
Homeschoolers are also eligible to enroll for our current school offerings as a group. Visit www.rmsc.org/ForTeachers/ for more information.
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to learn about out Homeschool Inquiry Room Classes.
Adults may accompany the activity if space allows.
For more information relating to curriculum or customization options, call Deborah Massey at 585.271.4552 x521.
SENECA DISCOVERY
GRADES PREK-2
In the Native Peoples of the Americas exhibition Surrounded by Haudenosaunee artifacts, listen to the Seneca oral tradition, “The Rabbit’s Dance”, and do the rabbit dance with rhythm instruments.
10-10:30am, Tuesday, October 16, 2012
Course#T850……………...Cost $6
HAIDA DISCOVERY
GRADES 3-7
In the Native Peoples of the Americas exhibition Surrounded by Haida (Northwest Native American) artifacts, listen to the oral tradition, “Raven Steals the Light”, and get hands-on with Haida culture.
10-10:30am, Tuesday, November 27, 2012
Course #T851……………...Cost $6
BONE, FUR, TOOTH & TOOL DISCOVERY
GRADES PREK-8
In Expedition Earth
Get hands-on with bones, fur, teeth and tools. Discover how anthropologists learn about paleo-man from their tools.
10-10:30am, Tuesday, December 18, 2012
Course #T852……………...Cost $6
MASTODON DISCOVERY
GRADES K-5
In the Expedition Earth exhibition
Feel fur and a mastodon tooth. Listen to and see a short picture-book story about mammoths. Act out how mastodons and mammoths move.
10-10:30am, Tuesday, January 15, 2013
Course#T853……………...Cost $6
DINOSAUR DISCOVERY
GRADES K-5
In the Expedition Earth exhibition
Do an activity to learn about Maiasaurs, Triceratops, and Albertosaurs and then create a story together using a magnet board.
10-10:30am, Tuesday, February 12, 2013
Course#T854……………...Cost $6
PREDATOR-PREY DISCOVERY
GRADES 2-5
In the Expedition Earth exhibition
Become a predator in a deep sea or coral reef (cloth) environment. Catch prey fish made of camouflaged or contrasting colored cloth. "Graph" fish survival and discover adaptation.
10-10:30am, Tuesday, March 19, 2013
Course#T855……………...Cost $6
LIFE OF LONG AGO TIMELINE DISCOVERY
GRADES 3-8
In the Expedition Earth exhibition
Measure out the millions of years as we travel back from paleoman to mastodons to dinosaurs to reptiles to amphibians to fish and early plants.
10-10:30am, Tuesday, April 16, 2013
Course#T856……………...Cost $6
MAGNETISM & ELECTRICITY DISCOVERY
GRADES 3-8
in the ENERGIZE it exhibition
Through interactive demonstrations, explore magnetism, electricity, and their use in every day machines.
10-10:30am, Tuesday, May 21, 2013
Course#T857……………...Cost $6