Virtual Family Day: Exploration
Create and discover with your family! Activities are designed for all ages.
Discover the diverse ways people have explored throughout history, from mountain climbing and fossil hunting to unraveling the mysteries of outer space!
Activities To Do At Home:
The links are all PDF documents.
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Create a Field Journal: Make a journal to help you explore. Watch a how-to video here!
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Pack for an Expedition: Imagine you are going on an expedition. Pack a backpack to take with you.
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Make Sun Art: Investigate how we explore the Sun. Watch a video about the Parker Solar Probe here!
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Straw Rockets: Create a paper rocket and launch it from a straw.
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Explore ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ Booklet: Tell a story about exploring ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥. Watch a gallery walk video here!
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Ice Excavation: Set up a paleontology dig and discover prehistoric life.
Left to Right: Ice Excavation, Explore ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ Booklet, and Make Sun Art (
Videos:
Exploration Gallery Walk
Watch a guided tour of objects related to exploration in the museum galleries!
Create A Field Journal
Watch a how-to video to help you make your own field journal!
NASA Parker Solar Probe
Discover how the Parker Solar Probe will survive its journey to explore the Sun!
Museum Minute: Watch short videos about exploration made by UAMN education staff. Each video includes ideas for activities to do at home.
For activities designed for kids ages 5 and under, go to our Virtual Early Explorers page.
For activities designed for kids ages 6-12, go to our Virtual Junior Curators page.
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Museum Family Days are proudly presented by TOTE. THANK YOU!
UAMN is a proud partner of the and member of the NASA Space Science Education Consortium.
This project was funded under NASA cooperative agreement NNX16AL65A. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.