WaterWays
"The WaterWays workshop is always a favorite! All the hands-on activities the children participated in would be impossible in a classroom. It is awesome to watch them build and discover new things in the workshop."
Mary Vande Berg, 1st Grade teacher
"This was a great experience because it extended the students’ knowledge in a variety of ways by seeing live examples and by using trial and error with their teams."
Candace Danko, 1st Grade teacher
Workshop Overview: During the WaterWays workshop, students engage in hands-on activities that explore how society uses, controls, directs, provides, and enjoys water. Using play as learning, they will develop creativity and problem-solving skills, work cooperatively, form hypotheses, and experiment through trial and error.
WaterWays Curriculum Guide
Grade Level: 1-5
Illinois State Learning Goals: 4, 5, 11, 12, 17A
Workshop Goals and Objectives:
Students will:
- Collaborate to design a water pipeline system that moves water from a model mountain to a city.
- Use the scientific process to form hypotheses and test, modify, and retest their systems.
- Explore hands-on systems that move and direct water, such as pulleys, locks, water wheels, and pumps.
- Identify cause-and-effect relationships among pressure, energy, force, gravity and motion.
- Enjoy the sensory experience of touching and moving water in a variety of ways.
| Daily | 10am-5pm |
| Thursday evenings | 5-8pm |
| Special hours |
Target Free First Sundays First Sunday of every month: Free admission for ages 15 and under. Kraft Free Family Night Thursday evenings: 5-8pm Free admission for everyone.
|
Copyright 2010 Chicago Children's Museum || All Rights Reserved
chicago web development
