Looking Out My Backdoor – Mobile Museum
Overview
Ever wonder what’s in your backyard? Unique and fascinating animals can be there. Find out what’s outside your door and learn how important all creatures are.
Possible Activities (at the educators discretion)
- Discussion: What animals do you see when you look outside?
- highlight some key creatures with accompanying specimens
- Review how these creatures interact – introduce food chain
- What happens when we remove a link in the food chain?
Standards
| GS: 24,25 |
Details
- Live Animals: Yes
- Duration: 1 hour
- Minimum number of students: 10
- Maximum number of students: 30 per session at your school/organization
- Intended Grade Level: PreK-K
- Location: at your site
Discovery Tours
- Dino Descendants (Birds): PreK-K
- Home Sweet Habitat: PreK-K
- SENSE-ational Animals: PreK-1st
- Environments & Survival: K-4
- Exploring Extinction: Grades 1-2
- Cycle of Life: Grades 1-3
- Stones & Bones: Grades 4-8
- Delaware & Beyond: All Ages
- Self-Guided: All Ages
Mobile Museum Outreaches
- How to Museum: All Ages
- Dinos, Dinos, Dinos: PreK-K, 1-2, 3-5
- Amazing Animal Adaptations: PreK-K
- Buggin’ Out: PreK-K
- Looking Out My Backdoor: PreK-K
- Forces in Motion: PreK-1
- Earth’s Place in Space: K-2
- How It’s Made: 1-2
- Trait-astic!: 1-3
- Most Extreme Animals: 5-6
- Motions of the Ocean: K-2
- Pollinators Party: PreK-1