You may register to visit any of these exhibits on a "self-guided" basis. A self-guided experience is dependent on each teacher's planning and preparation for his or her class visit. Preview the exhibit before your visit for FREE and use our Curriculum Materials* to assist you in guiding your students.
Science Exhibits
Social Studies Exhibits
Limited Time Exhibits
BE THE DINOSAUR: LIFE IN THE CRETACEOUS
February 5, 2010 - May 4, 2010
Recommended for Grades PreK-2, 3-5, 6-8, 9-12
Travel back 65+ million years and use cutting-edge computer simulation technology and traditional exhibit elements to Be the Dinosaur™ in an extinct Late Cretaceous ecosystem.
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A: 1,2 ; CDOS: 2 ; ELA: 1,3,4 ; MST: 1,4LE(3,5,6),5 ; SS: 3
Suggested Connections: Expedition Earth; Glaciers & Giants; Ecology; An Ever-Changing Planet; Inquiry Room: Rocks, Fossils, and More.
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CSI: THE EXPERIENCE
October 2, 2010 – January 2, 2011
Recommended for Grades 3-5, 6-8,
9-12
An additional fee above normal admission will apply
With input from investigators from the popular TV show, along with their real-life forensic science counterparts, students play the role of crime scene investigator. As they try to solve the crime, students learn scientific principles and real investigative techniques.
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A: 3; CDOS: 1-3 ; ELA: 1, 3, 4 ; HPE&HE: 1, 2 ; MST: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
Suggested Connections: Expedition Earth; Glaciers & Giants; How Things Work; Light Here | Light Now; Inquiry Room: Insect Investigations; Color and Light.
CSI: The Experience Official Site
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Science Exhibits
Be the Dinosaur
CSI: THE EXPERIENCE
AdventureZone/Discover "R" Weather
Recommended for Grades PreK-2, 3-5, 6-8, 9-12
Take a simulated voyage under Lake Ontario! Operate an Erie Canal lock. Experiment with weather, the water cycle, and a giant stream table.
CDOS: 1 ; ELA: 1 ; MST: 1(1,2),4PS(2,3,4,5),4LE(1,3,7),5(2,3,4,6) ; SS: 1,3
Suggested Connections: Expedition Earth; From Here To There; Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition; Inquiry Room: Discovering Weather; Rocks, Fossils and More; Simple Machines; Planetarium: Wild Ocean; Face of Earth.
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Expedition Earth
Recommended for Grades PreK-2, 3-5, 6-8, 9-12
Travel back into deep time and discover an ever-changing planet where earthquakes and volcanoes have helped change the land and seas, resulting in adaptation or extinction. Move forward to a mere 10,000 years ago when an immense ice sheet covered Rochester, and learn how a paleontologist uses fossil evidence to reconstruct the giants of the past. Explore the diversity of the Rochester region and learn about habitats and populations. Plus the NEW Object Theater.
A: 1 ; ELA: 1,4 ; LOTE: 2 ; MST: 1(1,2,3),2(1),3(5),4PS(2,3,4,5),4LE(1,2,3,4,5,6,7),5(3),6(1,2,3,5) ; SS: 1, 3, 5
Suggested Connections: AdventureZone; Be the Dinosaur; Native Peoples of the Americas; The Haudenosaunee; Inquiry Room: Insect Investigations; Rocks, Fossils and More; Planetarium: Cycles in the Sky; Native American Skies; Solar System 2010.
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From Here To There
Recommended for Grades PreK-2, 3-5, 6-8, 9-12
Explore how simple machines transfer force to move objects. Ride a hovercraft. Learn the science behind hot air balloons, boats, and magnetic-levitation trains.
CDOS: 1 ; ELA: 1 ;
MST: 1(1,2,3),3(1,2,5),4PS(2,3,4,5)<4LE(7),5(1,2,4,5,6),6(1,2,3,4,5,6) ; SS: 1
Suggested Connections: AdventureZone; How Things Work; K'NEX; Raceways; Inquiry Room: Fantastic Forces; Simple Machines; Planetarium: Solar System 2010.
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How Things Work
Recommended for Grades K-2, 3-5, 6-8, 9-12
Explore the mechanisms behind everyday objects and machines. Concepts include: simple and complex machines, sound, electricity, and magnetism.
CDOS: 1,2 ; ELA: 1 ;
MST: 1(1,2,3),3(1,2,5,6,7),4PS(1,3,4,5),4LE(7),5(1,2,4,5,6),6(1,2,3,6),7(1) ;
SS: 1(3),2(3),3(1)
Suggested Connections: From Here To There; K'NEX; Inquiry Room: Fantastic Forces; Magnet Exploration; Simple Machines; Planetarium: Solar System 2010.
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K'NEX
Recommended for Grades K-2, 3-5, 6-8
Use engineering skills and creative muscle to build cars, bugs, towers, and more! Hands-on connections to physical science and simple machines.
CDOS: 1 ; MST: 1,3,5,6,7
Suggested Connections: From Here To There; How Things Work.
Light Here | Light Now
Recommended for Grades K-2, 3-5, 6-8, 9-12
Get hands-on with light, color, and optics. Mix subtractive and additive primary colors. Experiment with reflection and shadows.
CDOS: 1 ; ELA: 1 ; SS 1 ; MST: 1(1,2,3), 3(5,7),4PS(3,4,5),5(2,4,5,6),6(1,3,6)
Suggested Connections: How Things Work; Inquiry Room: Color and Light; Planetarium: Holiday Songs and Skies with Mr. Jack Frost; Solar System 2010; Deep Space Universe; I See the Sky.
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Raceways
Recommended for Grades K-2, 3-5, 6-8, 9-12
Experiments with Newton's Laws of Motion have never been so fun. Send balls looping, spinning and racing over ramps.
ELA: 1; MST: 1(1,2), 3(1,5,6,7), 4PS(1,4,5), 5(1,4), 6(2,3,4,5)
Suggested Connections: From Here To There; How Things Work; Inquiry Room: Fantastic Forces; Simple Machines; Planetarium: Cycles in the Sky; Solar System 2010; Celestial Sphere.
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Social Studies
TITANIC: THE ARTIFACT EXHIBITION
At the Western Door
Recommended for Grades 3-5, 6-8, 9-12
Explore 400 years of cooperation and conflict between the Seneca and Europeans in Western New York. Experience the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) people and culture.
A: 1,2,3,4 ; CDOS: 1 ; ELA: 1,2,4 ; LOTE: 1,2 ; MST: 4LE,5 ; SS: 1,2,3,4,5
Suggested Connections: Expedition Earth; Face to Face; Glaciers & Giants; Native Peoples of the Americas; Planetarium: Native American Skies.
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Face to Face: Encounters with Identity
Multidisciplinary: Social Studies * Art
Recommended for Grades 3-5, 6-8, 9-12
From the Iroquois, to Plains Indian, to the courts of Imperial China, explore how individuals and groups express their identities to the world around them.
A: 2,3,4 ; ELA: 1,4 ; LOTE: 2 ; SS: 1,2
Suggested Connections: At the Western Door; Native Peoples of the Americas; The Haudenosaunee; Planetarium: Native American Skies.
Native Peoples of the Americas
Recommended for Grades K-2, 3-5, 6-8
Explore how people meet their needs, such as clothing, housing, and food, in different ways according to the local natural resources.
A: 4 ; ELA: 1, 4 ; LOTE: 2 ; SS: 1, 3
Suggested Connections: At the Western Door; Expedition Earth; Face to Face; Glaciers & Giants; The Haudenosaunee; Animals and Plants Around Us; Planetarium: Native American Skies.
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Our Town – Early Rochester
Recommended for Grades K-2, 3-5, 6-8
Immerse yourselves in 19th century Rochester – its shops and homes. Compare and contrast the culture and economies of the Rochester community then and now. Optional: Add a visit to Rochester Business Hall of Fame.
ELA: 1, 4 ; SS: 1, 3
Suggested Connections: AdventureZone (Erie Canal Exhibit); Rochester's Underground Railroad; Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition; Planetarium: Freedom Under the Stars.
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Rochester Buisiness Hall of Fame
Recommended for Grades 3-5, 6-8, 9-12
George Eastman, Howard Coles, Louise Woerner, and many more…what are their enduring contributions to the business and community of greater Rochester? Who will follow in their entrepreneurial and philanthropic footsteps?
CDOS: 1; ELA: 1 ; MST: 2, 5; SS: 1, 4, 5
Suggested connections: Our Town—Early Rochester; Flight to Freedom: Rochester's Underground Railroad; Planetarium: Freedom Under the Stars.
Flight to Freedom: Rochester's Underground Railroad
Recommended for Grades 3-5, 6-8, 9-12
Immerse yourselves in re-created environments, first-person accounts, and hands-on experiences of this period.
A: 1,4 ; ELA: 1,2,4 ; SS: 1,2,3,4,5
Suggested Connections: Our Town - Early Rochester; Planetarium: Freedom Under the Stars.
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