School Program Educator Resource Packets
Pre- and Post-Visit Lessons and Activities
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Educator Resource Packets are available for five of the Museum's school programs. Scroll down or click on the program's name at the top of the page to download a PDF of that program's entire packet or to select one of the packet's individual lessons.
- Be a Green Builder (Grades 5-9)
This program does not come with a packet. - Bridge Basics (Grades 4-8)
Program not currently offered. - City by Design (Grades K-5)
- Drawing on History Tour (Grades 4-8)
This program does not come with a packet. - Fuller's Fantastic Geodesic Dome (Grades 5-9)
- Green by Design (Grades 4-9)
- Patterns Here, There, and Everywhere (Grades PreK4-2)
- Washington: Symbol and City (Grades 3-5)
Bridge Basics
Download Entire Packet (48 pages)
City by Design
Download Entire Packet (68 pages)
Individual Lessons:
- Understanding Land Use
Students learn about how buildings and other spaces are organized within a city.
Language Arts, Social Studies, Visual Arts - My Perfect City
Students evaluate their own city and imagine ways to improve it.
Science, Social Studies,Technological Literacy, Visual Arts - Mixing It Up: Zoning Today
Introduces students to city planning by encouraging them to think about their own school and neighborhood.
Math, Social Studies, Technological Literacy, Visual Arts - Where You Live: Take a Closer Look
Four additional activities to explore planning in your community.
Science, Social Studies - Family Field Trips: Exploring Your Community
Activities that students can do with their families.
Fuller's Fantastic Geodesic Dome
Download Entire Packet (56 pages)
Individual Lessons:
- Introduction to Domes
For the educator. - Who Was Buckminster Fuller?
For the educator. - Understanding Forces at Work: Compression and Tension
Students examine how forces act upon common objects and learn about compression and tension.
Math, Science - Shapes and Solids: Investigating Triangles, Squares, Pyramids, and Cubes
Students compare the strengths of different shapes and solids.
Math, Science, Technological Literacy, Visual Art - Architecture Investigation: Traditional and Geodesic Structures
Students learn about different types of structures that are commonly used in buildings.
Social Studies, Technoloical Literacy, Visual Art - Gedoesic Domes: Take a Closer Look
Four additional activities.
Language Arts, Social Studies, Visual Art - Fun Field Trips: Exploring Your Community
Activities that students can do with their families.
Green by Design
Download Entire Packet (69 pages)
Individual Lessons:
- It's Easy Being Green!
Students learn what it means to be green and discuss ways that they can help the environment.
Social Studies, Visual Art - What a Piece of Junk!
Students compare two objects that serve a similar purpose.
Social Studies, Technological Literacy - Thinking About Home
Students consider what makes a home.
Social Studies - What's in a Region?
Students learn about the climates, physical features, and natural resources of five regions in the U.S.
Social Studies, Technological Literacy, Visual Art - Apple Diaries
Students investigate where their food comes from.
Social Studies, Technological Literacy, Visual Art - Milli's Insulation Investigation
Students evaluate different insulating materials and discuss how insulation is used in houses.
Science - Green by Design: Take a Closer Look
Three additional activities.
Science, Social Studies - Fun Field Trips: Exploring Your Community
Activities that students can do with their families.
Patterns Here, There, and Everywhere
Download Entire Packet (52 pages)
Individual Lessons:
- Shhhh Shapes, Psssst Patterns
Students learn about shapes and patterns, and how they are used in architecture.
Math, Social Studies, Visual Art - Classic Tales and Patterns
Students listen to a story and discuss patterns present in the story.
Language Arts, Math, Visual Art - Designing Stamps, Decorating Streets
Students create architectural stamps and use them to create a streetscape.
Math, Social Studies, Visual Art - Glorious Glass
Students create stained glass windows using paper and cellophane.
Language Art, Math, Social Studies, Visual Art - Mosaic Madness
Students create mosaics using colored paper tiles.
Math, Social Studies, Visual Art - Patterns Here, There, and Everywhere: Take a Closer Look
Four Additional Activities.
Visual Art - Fun Field Trips: Exploring Your Community
Activities that students can do with their families.
Washington: Symbol and City
Individual Lessons:
- Symbols: Signs, Signs, Everywhere Signs!
Students learn about symbols and signs. - Symbolic Architecture
Students learn how buildings can be symbols. - Fun Field Trips: Exploring Your Community
Activities that students can do with their families.
