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Education Programs

School Discovery Programs

CabinThe School Discovery Programs are curriculum-integrated activities provided by the Museum that are not otherwise available to local schools. They are set up to serve children in Preschool through Grade 8. The Museum identified curriculum integration points using the 1999-2000 Approved State of Missouri Curriculum for K-8 (Department of Education, State of Missouri). Early childhood programs were designed using Developmentally Appropriate Practices in Early Childhood Programs Serving Children From Birth Through Age 8 (National Association for the Education of Young Children).

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19 School Discovery Programs are currently available:

Dance Circle (PreK-K)
Dental Hygiene (1st-5th)
Genetics (1st –5th)
Family Fitness (PreK-K)
My Favorite Fruit or Vegetable (PreK-K)
The Five Senses (PreK-K)
Food Web (6th-8th )
Health and Happiness (1st-5th)
Juice or Sugar? (1st-5th)
The Language of Nature (1st-5th)

My First Doctor Visit (PreK-K)
Plants we Eat (1st-5th)
Plants in Medicine (PreK-8th)
Personal Hygiene (PreK-K)
Stress and Relaxation (PreK-K, 6th-8th)
To Eat or Not to Eat (All Ages)
Turn Off the TV (PreK-K)
Uncover the Human-Body (1st-5th)
Warm Fuzzies (1st-5th)

Education and Outreach Programs

These programs differ from the School Discovery Programs in being educational but not integrated to specific curriculum points. They are suitable for many age groups, including preschoolers and senior citizens.

13 Education and Outreach Programs are currently available:

Artifact Guessing Game (All Ages)
Creating a Stress Free Trail (All Ages)
Drugs: An Impact on the Brain and Body (9th-12th)
The Hole Truth about Body Piercing (6th-12th)
Human Skeleton (All Ages)
Medicine: Now and Then (1st-8th)
Museums: A Behind the Scenes Look (1st-8th)

The Painted Truth about Body Tattooing (6th -12th)
Scavenger Hunt (All Ages)
Self-Portrait from Nature (All Ages)
Tour (All Ages)
What's in a Brain (6th-8th)
The White Blood Cells Game (PreK-5th)

Tours

Museum staff give tours to varied groups, including school children, college students, and senior citizens, as well as friends of the osteopathic profession and ATSU-KCOM applicants. Tours can be adapted to the particular interests of the tour group (e.g., local history, health and medicine, medical instruments).

All programs are free, but space is limited and reservations are required. Programs are also subject to change.

For more information about education programs, contact the Education Coordinator at 660.626.2359.