outreach

Outreach

Museum Educators are available to visit your school to conduct fun and educational outreach programs. Programs last approximately 45 minutes unless otherwise noted. Program descriptions are listed below. Please call 904.396.6674 ext. 230 or email cturner@themosh.org for more information or to schedule an outreach.

Please have the following information ready in order to book a program:

•School’s name, physical address, phone number, fax number, and contact email address

•Total number of participants and grade level(s)

•Preferred program, date, and time

•Type of event and program location (for example, cafeteria or media room)

Outreach Costs

$400 for one program of up to 75 students

$150 for each additional same program within the same day

Mileage additional ($.50/mile)

Special Pricing for Team-Up After School Programs*

$100 per program

*Based upon availability

Programs Offered

Science on the Go (Grades K-12)

Sit in on the zany experiments conducted in our mobile science laboratory. This interactive program includes experiments that cover physical science concepts such as matter, electricity, force and motion, and air pressure.

It All Makes Sense (Grades K-6)

Students will come to their senses in this multi-disciplinary program that teaches the biology of the five senses through hands-on science experiments. See the color spectrum through prisms, hear sound waves in action, feel the chill of freezing cold liquid nitrogen, and more!

Leaping Lizards (Grades PK-2)

Little paleontologists will love learning all about these leaping- or more appropriately, “terrible”- lizards. Fossils and replica dinosaur remains will be passed around for young scientists to observe and we’ll even play a meat-eater versus plant-eater game! Living examples of the closest living reptile relatives will come along too to help demonstrate some of the characteristics of these extinct creatures.

Florida Wildlife (Grades K-12)

Florida is home to many splendid and amazing creatures- just look in your own backyard! In this program, the MOSH Educator will talk about fauna native to Florida, different classifications of animals (mammals, reptiles, etc), and habitats. Living, mounted, and stuffed animals will assist with the presentation of the program and students may have a chance to pet the live animals.

Reptiles on the Road (Grades K-12)

MOSH’s resident reptiles will slither, stroll, and stride on over to your school to teach students about different kinds of reptiles and what they are all about! Possible visitors may include a live snake, gopher tortoise, bearded dragon, or alligator.

African Folktales (Grades K-5)

Why do mosquitoes buzz in people’s ears? What tricks will Anansi the spider play on his friends? You will want to add these and many other stories to your black history resources.

Native American Folktales (K-2)

Why did the grandmother spider steal the Sun? What happened when coyote was the Moon? Students will help tell these tales and more as they relive them before their classmates’ eyes.

Native American Cultures (Grades 3-6)

The Timucuan Indians lived right here in Jacksonville many years ago! Learn how they used their environment to survive and about the different tools they made.

Hats Off to Jacksonville (Grades 3-6)

Journey through time and follow the development of Jacksonville from a cow crossing known as Cowford, to a bustling tourist town, and finally to the modern city it is today. Students will wear many hats as they create a timeline of Jacksonville’s past.