Programs this year
Art and the Animal
Program Dates: August 30, 2008-November 2, 2008
A guided tour of the exhibit along with a collage activity.
- Grades: All grades
- Length: 50 - 70 minutes
30-40 minute guided tour
20-30 minute animal collage activity
Three galleries of animal art by internationally acclaimed artists.
Teachers! Come on Saturday August 30, 2008 to meet some of the artists, view the exhibit and see a free program on the exhibit at 1:00 pm.
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Support Documents
- Teacher Packet: Art and the Animal 330kb PDF
- Scavenger Hunt: Grades Pre K - 2nd 63kb PDF
- Scavenger Hunt: Grades 3 and Up 63kb PDF
Brown County Library Treasures
Program Dates: September 20, 2008-November 12, 2008
Authentic Lincoln photograph from the studio of Matthew Brady.
- Grades: 6-12
- Length: 45-60 minutes
Authentic Lincoln photograph from the studio of Matthew Brady. Howard Pyle paintings. Letters by John Adams, Thomas Jefferson and Andrew Jackson. Mideastern rugs. Great for classes studying American History or art.
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Fighting the Fires of Hate:
America and The Nazi Book Burning
Program Dates: November 13, 2008-January 11, 2009
Tour this historic exhibit from the United States Holocaust Museum.
- Grades: 5-12
- Length: 45-60 minutes
Tour this historic exhibit from the United States Holocaust Museum. On-line resources for books and authors featured in the exhibit. Have your students enter one page writing competition and win a bus ride to the museum. Details to be announced.
Teaching the Holocaust in Wisconsin's Schools: A Workshop for Middle and High School Teachers
November 15, 2008 7:30am - 3:30pm
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum is sponsoring a one-day teacher workshop, free of charge, to classroom and pre-service teachers of language arts and social studies, though all disciplines are welcomed.
Amazing Feats of Aging
Program Dates: January 21, 2009-May 3, 2009
Learn how the body changes over time.
- Grades: 5-12
- Length: 45-60 minutes
Learn how the body changes over time. Time lapse photography and interactives help students understand how to care for their brain and body now.
Free admission to all chaperones over 50.
From the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry.
Support Documents
Preview of Exhibit and Teacher's Packet External Website
Art Tours
Academic Year: 2008/2009
- Program Dates: When art exhibits available
- Grades: 6-12
- Length: 45 to 90 minutes
Whether it's the 63rd Art Annual, Selected Pieces from the Green Bay Art Colony or other featured art exhibitions, students can find form, function, and perspective.
Have students sketch or study a variety of different media. Check our website for details and dates of art exhibits. You may request an artist from the Green Bay area to lead your tour.
Support Documents
- General Art Packet 500kb PDF
- General Art Packet Slideshow 3.2mb PDF
- General Art Packet Slideshow Teacher Guide 1.0mb PDF
Dino-Mural
Academic Year: 2008/2009
- Grades: pre-K - 3
- Length: 30 to 45 minutes
Life size Dinosaur Mural with interactives features a mother T-rex guarding her eggs. Program with hands-on activity. Not available during the run of T-rex: King of the Dinosaurs.
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Early Wisconsin History
Academic Year: 2008/2009
- Grades: 4-12, especially 4th
- Length: 2 to 2.5 hours
Explore the middle of On the Edge of the Inland Sea, while also studying Wisconsin history from the Fur Trade to the Peshtigo Fire. Hands-on activity challenges students to think about the tools and toys that suited different eras.
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Support Documents
- Early Wisconsin History Packet 1mb PDF
- Academic Standards 40kb PDF
- Outline for Self-Guided Tour 80kb PDF
- Timeframe 20kb PDF
Mapping Old Green Bay
Academic Year: 2008/2009
- Grades 2-6, especially 3rd
- Length: 2 hours
Learn about the Green Bay area through maps, transportation, and people as presented on a guided tour through On The Edge of the Inland Sea. Students then work in the classrooms with two historic maps of Green Bay in our newly developed map activity!
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Support Documents
- Education Packet 1mb PDF
- Academic Standards 40kb PDF
Native American Awareness
Academic Year: 2008/2009
- Grades: 2-12
- Length: 1 to 2 hours
Students explore On the Edge of the Inland Sea to learn about different tribes, technologies, treaty rights and modern perspectives. Great for teaching cultural diversity.
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Support Doucument
- Native American Awareness Tour Script 135kb PDF
Prehistoric Cultures of Northeastern Wisconsin
Academic Year: 2008/2009
- Grades: K-5, especially 2nd
- Length: 2 hour
Explore the first third of On the Edge of the Inland Sea and learn about the Paleo-Indian, Archaic, and Woodland cultures. Compare and contrast the technologies and adaptations early people used in a changing environment. Made compatible for the new Wisconsin textbook: Wisconsin: Our State, Our Story.
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Support Documents
- Teacher Packet 1mb PDF
To Body and Health
Academic Year: 2008/2009
- Grades: pre-K - 6
- Length: 30 to 45 minutes
Learn about the human body with the aid of our Transparent Anatomical Mannequin. Volunteers lead hands-on activities that help students relate to their bodies.
Available in Spanish.
Support Doucuments
- Academic Standards 40kb PDF
- Body Parts Worksheet Grades: preK - 2 40kb PDF
- Body Systems Worksheet Grades: 3+ 40kb PDF
Geology Exploration
Program Dates: September 3, 2008-December 10, 2008
Learn how geology shaped Wisconsin.
- Grades: 5-8
- Length: 45-60 minutes
- When: Monday and Wednesday after 11:30 am
Learn how geology shaped Wisconsin both geologically and culturally, then explore rock and fossil specimens.