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Let us bring the Morris Museum to you! The museum offers programs in the sciences, humanities and fine arts. All programs are designed to allow students to experience learning in an interactive way using museum artifacts and reproductions. Several programs incorporate multi-media PowerPoint presentations.
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| Elementary school students learn about insects during the Investigating Insects program. |
Object Presentation
Grades: K-3
In this study of the giants that inhabited the earth millions of years ago, students examine fossils and models. Through observation and comparison, they will learn to identify various characteristics of dinosaurs and how they lived.
Science Standards (2009): 5.1.A, 5.1.D, 5.3.E, 5.4.B
Object Presentation
Grades: K-3
Take a walk in the woods without going outdoors! Children will learn about members of our woodlands community and their interconnections as they explore the secret signs that mammals, birds and reptiles leave behind.
Science Standards (2009): 5.1.A, 5.3.C
Object Presentation
Grades: 1-4
Insects are so much more than buzzing, hopping creatures! This program allows students to get up-close to actual specimens of beetles, butterflies and other insects. See what makes these tiny animals unique!
Science Standards (2009): 5.1.A, 5.3.B, 5.3.C,5.3.D, 5.3.E
Object/PowerPoint Presentation
Grades: 1-4
Trees provide our earth with the essentials of life. In this program, students will
explore several ways in which trees and their products are used by people while discussing the parts of a tree and their function.
Science Standards (2009): 5.1.B, 5.1.D, 5.3.B, 5.3.C, 5.3.D, 5.4.E, 5.4.G
Object/PowerPoint Presentation
Grades: 1-4
Students will enjoy learning about the hows and whys of weather phenomena! Through wacky and wonderful demonstrations, children will gain understanding of world weather conditions.
Science Standards (2009): 5.1.B, 5.4.F, 5.4.G
Social Studies Standards (2009): 6.1.B
Object/PowerPoint Presentation
Grades: 1-3
How does an animal’s habitat contribute to its successful survival? Students will
examine various habitats, the animals that live there, and explore their interrelationships within food chains.
Science Standards (2009): 5.1.A, 5.3.A, 5.3.B, 5.3.C, 5.4.G
Object/PowerPoint Presentation
Grades: 1-4
Why is soil and its conservation important? Students will explore the formation of
soil through natural earth processes of weathering and erosion. Students will also examine various samples of rocks and minerals.
Science Standards (2009): 5.1.A, 5.4.B, 5.4.C, 5.4.G
Object Presentation
Grades: 3-8
Make simple machines…simpler! While discussing ways these machines improve everyday life, students will discover and test the mathematical relationship between force and distance, using a simple machine to do
work.
Mathematics Standards (2004): 4.5
Science Standards (2009): 5.1.A, 5.1.B, 5.1.D, 5.2.B
Object/PowerPoint Presentation
Grades: 4-6
Vulnerable? Endangered? Extinct? Based on the International Classification for Threatened and Endangered Species and to gain understanding, students will explore the impact of human choices, such as hunting, harvesting and human-animal conflict on world wildlife.
Science Standards (2009): 5.1.A, 5.1.C, 5.1.D, 5.3.C, 5.3.E
Social Studies Standards: (2009): 6.1.B
Object Presentation
Grades: K-8
What can we use to make music besides our voices? Students will experience a multisensory exploration of music by seeing, hearing and touching instruments from around the world, and learn a little bit about the culture that created each instrument.
Visual and Performing Arts Standards (2009): 1.1.B, 1.2.A, 1.3.B, 1.4.A
Science Standards (2009): 5.2.C, 5.4.G
Social Studies Standards (2009): 6.1.B
Object/PowerPoint Presentation
Grades: 1-12
In our highly visual culture, children see so much, but observe very little. This “learning to look” program instructs students by using a 4-step art critique to appreciate art. Program includes viewing diverse pieces from the Morris Museum collection.
Visual and Performing Arts Standards (2009): 1.1.D, 1.2.A, 1.3.D, 1.4.A, 1.4.B
Object/PowerPoint Presentation
Grades: 1-6
The way to “grow a country” is to populate it! Students learn why and how people moved westward, and examine museum artifacts and reproductions to piece together a picture of pioneer life in the 1800s.
Visual and Performing Arts Standards (2009): 1.2.A
Social Studies Standards (2009): 6.1.B, 6.1.C, 6.1.D
Object/PowerPoint Presentation
Grades: 2-5
Through examining authentic artifacts and reproductions, students will experience a broad overview of American Indian life in four major geographical and cultural areas: Eastern Woodlands, Plains, Southwest and Northwest Coast.
Visual and Performing Arts Standards (2009): 1.2.A
Social Studies Standards (2009): 6.1.B, 6.1.D
PowerPoint Presentation
Grades: 3-6
This program examines important contributions to New Jersey state history through various immigrant groups that have settled here. Students will explore reasons for immigrations, where people came from and what they found when they arrived.
Visual and Performing Arts Standards (2009): 1.2
Social Studies Standards (2009): 6.1.A, 6.1.B, 6.1.C, 6.1.D
Object/PowerPoint Presentation
Grades: 5-12
What are mechanical musical instruments and automata? As a complement to the museum’s Murtogh D. Guinness collection, discussion will focus on the historical significance of the Guinness collection, and will reveal how the concept of entertainment changed over time.
Visual and Performing Arts Standards (2009): 1.2.A
Social Studies Standards (2009): 6.1.B, 6.1.C, 6.1.D
Object/PowerPoint Presentation
Grades: 5-12
Quilts express aesthetic, artistic and mathematical qualities as well as provide a glimpse into the history of our country. Students will learn how quilts help define and contribute to the social fabric of our country.
Visual and Performing Arts (2009): 1.1.D, 1.2.A
Social Studies Standards (2009): 6.1.A, 6.1.B, 6.1.D
Object/PowerPoint Presentation
Grades: 5-12
Quilts express aesthetic, artistic and mathematical qualities as well as provide a glimpse into the history of our country. Students will learn how quilts help define and contribute to the social fabric of our country.
Visual and Performing Arts (2009): 1.1.D, 1.2.A
Social Studies Standards (2009): 6.1.A, 6.1.B, 6.1.D
Object Presentation
Grades K - 2
Explore the celestial skies! Students will learn about the sun and moon, earth’s seasons, and take a look at stars and constellations found in the night sky.
Language Arts Literacy Standards (2004): 3.4
Science Standards (2009): 5.1.A, 5.2.C, 5.4.A
Grades: 3-6
As an introduction to the history and mythology of our starry nights, students will learn about the mythological origins of constellations and many of the imaginative interpretations by ancient peoples who saw pictures in the night sky.
Language Arts Literacy Standards (2004): 3.4
Science Standards (2009): 5.4.A
Social Studies Standards (2009): 6.1.D, 6.2.D
Call the Morris Museum at 973.971.3710 from 9 a.m. – 3 p.m., Monday through Thursday or email educator@morrismuseum.org.
Outreach Programs are available Monday through Friday beginning at 9:30 a.m. To ensure the dates of your choice, we suggest you schedule as far in advance as possible.
Science and Arts & Humanities Programs:
$150 for the first program
$100 for each additonal program scheduled on the same day
Planetarium Programs:
$200
There is an additional travel charge of $25 for schools/organizations outside a 10-mile radius from the Morris Museum.
A confirmation/invoice will be mailed at the time the program is booked. A deposit of 50% is due upon receipt of this confirmation. Final payment is due within 30 days of the invoice. Fees for programs cancelled up to two weeks in advance will be fully refunded; fees for programs cancelled less than two weeks in advance are non-refundable.
Science and Arts & Humanities Program specifics:
One program includes two (2) consecutive 50-minute presentations; each presentation is approximately 50 minutes. Consecutive presentations must take place in the same room.
Maximum of 50 students per presentation. However, smaller groups allow optimal student interaction and are recommended.
Planetarium Program specifics:
Planetarium programs include four (4) presentations, typically two in the morning and two in the afternoon. Each presentation is approximately 50 minutes.
Maximum of 25 students and one teacher per session.
Space requirements: an open floor area of at least 20' x 20' with a height of 16'.
Please provide a large table at the front of the room for all programs.
For PowerPoint presentations, please arrange for a screen to be set up in the room ahead of time.
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