OUTREACH PROGRAMS
Let The Children’s Museum of Green Bay come to you! Outreach programs bring the museum’s resources and expertise directly to the comfort of your organization. Experience an interactive program designed for kindergarten - 5th grade. You are sure to love it!
Outreach programs include hands-on activities facilitated by a member of the museum’s education team and aligned with Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction Academic Standards.
Program Length: 45-60 minutes
Session Size: 25 participants maximum
Fee: $150 per program
Scheduling: Contact Whitney at wpotvin@gbchildrensmuseum.org or
Program Options
Series: Outreach programs are categorized into series that focus around a corresponding theme. You can select any number of programs in any order from a series. You do not need to schedule all programs in a series.
Singular Session: All outreach programs can also be scheduled as individual, stand-alone programs.
STEM-tastic Outreach Series
Ready, set, STEM! Bring your brainstorming and building powers for these hands-on projects. We’re experimenting and engineering our way through the exciting world of STEM (science, technology, engineering, math). Are you up for the challenge?
Programs and
Learning Objectives:
- Measurements Mania (project: play dough)
- Magnetism (project: magnet painting)
- States of Matter (project: slime)
- Outer Space (project: straw rockets, pocket solar systems)
- Properties of Light (project: kaleidoscopes)
- Zoo Designs (project: animal habitat creation)
- Unsinkable Ships (project: boat build)
- Whirl of the Wind (project: parachutes in wind tunnel)
- Safety Shelter (project: shelter creation)
Science Standards: CC3, CC6, SEP1.A, SEP2, SEP3, LS1.D,PS1.A-B, PS4.A-B, ESS1.A, ETS1.A-B, ETS3
Art by the Masters Outreach Series
Come create with us! Learn about each artist and their unique techniques. Then we’ll make our own masterpieces inspired the artists’ notable works!
Programs and
Learning Objectives:
- Vincent Van Gogh (night sky scene - oil pastels)
- Claude Monet (bridge painting - oil pastels and watercolor)
- Georgia O’Keeffe (flower painting - oil pastels and watercolor)
- Jackson Pollock (string painting - tempera paint)
- Georges Seurat (pointillism canvas - tempera paint)
- Jasper Johns (letter/number collage - tempera paint)
- Henri Matisse (shape collage - paper)
- Wassily Kandinsky (circles collage - paper)
- Salvador Dali (decorative birds - clay)
- Ancient Civilizations (pinch pot - clay)
Art Standards: A.PR.1, A.CR2-3, A.R.1, A.CN.3
Animal Adventures Outreach Series
We’re exploring animals of all shapes and sizes! What do they look like? Where do they live? What do they eat? We’ll answer these questions and more! Each session includes hands-on projects.
Programs and
Learning Objectives:
- Mammals
- Birds
- Fish
- Reptiles
- Amphibians
- Insects
- Zoo Designs
Science Standards:
SEP1.A, SEP3, LS1.D, ETS1.A-B