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Grades 2-4: Interactive Webinar
Overview
Overview
Join us for a participatory spooktacular science adventure around the museum. We’ll go behind-the-scenes, see scientists prepare specimens and use collections, think deeply and even watch a colony of flesh-eating beetles clean flesh from bones. Some scientific collections may seem scary, but when we understand why they’re important , we understand that caring for collections helps us care for nature and ourselves too.
Join us for a participatory spooktacular science adventure around the museum. We’ll go behind-the-scenes, see scientists prepare specimens and use collections, think deeply and even watch a colony of flesh-eating beetles clean flesh from bones. Some scientific collections may seem scary, but when we understand why they’re important , we understand that caring for collections helps us care for nature and ourselves too.
Schedule: Thursday, October 30, 2025
Schedule: Thursday, October 30, 2025
This program is designed for grades 2-4 but all are welcome.
This program is designed for grades 2-4 but all are welcome.
10:30 am and 1:00 pm PT
10:30 am and 1:00 pm PT
English-only presentation
English-only presentation
How does it work?
How does it work?
This program lasts approximately 45 minutes, is taught by a team of professional educators, and is broadcast to multiple classes at the same time via YouTube Live. Students will interact with their peers and through hands-on activities.
This program also works well for classes who meet asynchronously because the recording will be shared after broadcast.
Materials Needed
Materials Needed
Students will need a pencil and a piece of paper to sketch.
Extension Activities
Extension Activities
Specially designed extension activities to be self-directed by students or can be used as class group work. May be built upon by teacher if desired.
NGSS connections
NGSS connections
This unit supports the following standards:
Crosscutting Concepts
Structure and Function
Connections to Nature of Science
Science assumes consistent patterns in natural systems.
Related Performance Expectations
2-PS1-1. Plan and conduct an investigation to describe and classify different kinds of materials by their observable properties.
3-LS4-3. Construct an argument with evidence that in a particular habitat some organisms can survive well, some survive less well, and some cannot survive at all.
4-LS1-1. Construct an argument that plants and animals have internal and external structures that function to support survival, growth, behavior, and reproduction.
ELA / Literacy Common Core connections
ELA / Literacy Common Core connections
This unit’s supporting lessons can augment and provide a real life context for these ELA standards.
Text Types and Purposes (grades 3-5):
1. Write opinion pieces on topics or texts, supporting a point of view with reasons and information.
3. Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique
Research to Build and Present Knowledge (grades 3-5):
7. Conduct short research projects that build knowledge through investigation of different aspects of a topic.
8. Recall information from experiences or gather information from provided sources to answer a question.
Connection & technology information
Connection & technology information
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