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| Time Travelers Sleepover | EW-01 | | EarlyWorks, Historic Huntsville Depot, Alabama Constitution Village | | Language Arts | Social Studies | | | Technology | | | Description: | Students travel back in time to explore the rich history of the Old South. Curriculum encourages teamwork as well as individual exploration. All program content is multi-disciplinary, crossing the lines of history, literature, art and science. For example, past meets present when students encounter the hi-tech behind-the-scenes of working animatronic history exhibits. The Sleepover is supervised. Available at EarlyWorks, Historic Huntsville Depot and Alabama Constitution Village. | | Course Length: | 1 p.m. to 1 p.m. following day | | | | | Disclaimers: | Prices are based on 4 people to a room. Additional charges will be incurred for single occupancy. | | | | | | | | |
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| Great History Sleepover | EW-02 | | Historic Huntsville Depot | | Language Arts | Social Studies | | | | | | Description: | Spend the night in one of the oldest railroad structures in the nation! Built in 1860, the Huntsville Depot provides the perfect spot for a great History Sleepover! The Sleepover is supervised and begins at 6 p.m. and ends at 11 a.m. the next day. Students will hear ghost stories as they roast marshmallows at the bonfire; join the Depot Brigade and march to the beat of a drum; discover actual graffiti left by Civil War soldiers; experience the life of a Civil War soldier-cooking, supplies, even medical attention! | | Course Length: | Program is from 6 p.m. until 11 a.m. the next day. | | | | | Disclaimers: | No showers available. | | | | | | | | |
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| Village Living History | EW-03 | | Alabama Constitution Village | | Language Arts | Social Studies | | | | | | Description: | Alabama Constitution Village, a living history museum, marks the site where Alabama became the 22nd state admitted to the Union in 1819. Interpreters make history come alive as they invite students to card cotton, turn the great wheel lathe in the cabinet shop, stoke the fires in the blacksmith shop and dip candles. | | Course Length: | 2 hours | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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| Civil War Encampment | EW-04 | | Historic Huntsville Depot | | Language Arts | Social Studies | | | | | | Description: | Students will enhance language development extending vocabulary knowledge using terms appropriate in the 1860’s. They will discuss and analyze the culture and lives of people living during the 1860’s in the South: weather, hardships, daily life, dangers, responsibilities, etc. They will develop map and globe skills by locating features associated with the Civil War; use cardinal and intermediate directions to describe routes used in the war; locate and identify states in the confederacy and union. Lasting cultural influences of the Civil War will be explored: food, medicine, music, literature, social structure. Held at the Historic Huntsville Depot. | | Course Length: | 2 hours | | | | | Disclaimers: | | | | | | | | | |
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| Folklife Festival | EW-05 | | Alabama Constitution Village | | Language Arts | Social Studies | | | | | | Description: | Students will examine the difference between urban nineteenth century life in the South and life of today. Learn the importance of handing down skills of traditional crafts and folkways from one generation to the next. By experiencing the importance of the relationship between the land and its people, students discover the interdependence of people in early Alabama. Offered at Alabama Constitution Village one week in April each year. | | Course Length: | 2 hours | | Days Offered: | One week in April | | | | | | | | | | | |
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| EarlyWorks Museum Camp-in | EW-06 | | EarlyWorks | | Language Arts | Social Studies | | | | | | Description: | Students will solve a mystery that will take them on an adventure down the river in a keelboat, through a mine explosion, a haunted log cabin and the old town court house. Teams will gather on a giant map to receive their first clues; using problem-solving and strategy, players will search for more clues and barter with other teams in a race to be the team which survives! The Sleepover is supervised. | | Course Length: | Program is from 6 p.m. until 11 a.m. the next day. | | | | | Disclaimers: | No showers available. | | | | | | | | |
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| Interactive Docent-led Tour | MA-01 | | Huntsville Museum of Art | | Language Arts | Social Studies | | | | Fine Arts | | Description: | Taking a tour with a trained docent enhances the museum experience. A docent encourages students to ask and answer questions about the art on view. Docents provide a great deal of background about the artist, the works, and the artistic movement to which the art belongs. By helping the student to observe, compare, and interpret, the docent provides students the tools to evaluate art on their own. Groups of ten or more may schedule a docent-led tour with two weeks notice. | | Course Length: | 1 hour | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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| Lectures, Gallery Walks | MA-02 | | Huntsville Museum of Art | | Language Arts | Social Studies | | | | Fine Arts | | Description: | Many programs are offered by the Huntsville Museum of Art throughout the year. These programs include gallery walks in which students join an artist for a tour of his/her works currently on view in one of the galleries. Often there are slide lectures presented in the Museum’s Great Hall by artists, Museum curators, educators, art collectors, and art historians to enhance the enjoyment of exhibitions currently on view. | | Course Length: | 1 hour | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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| Read and Learn Even More | MA-04 | | Huntsville Museum of Art | | Language Arts | Social Studies | | | | | | Description: | Art is accompanied by a label that tells the viewer the artist’s name, the title of the work, and the materials used to create the piece. Sometimes an extended text may accompany the label. Its purpose is to provide historical background, define art terms, and provide detailed information about the artist. This written information provides the additional opportunity for individual exploration of the galleries at no additional cost. Activity-filled gallery guides are available for specific exhibitions. | | Course Length: | Varies according to schedule. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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| Times in Education | HT-01 | | The Huntsville Times | | Language Arts | Social Studies | Science | Mathematics | | | | Description: | The Huntsville Times field trip is a directed learning experience for students. The field trip includes a guided tour of the facilities, exposure to all departments, including the
pre-press, press and distribution center. Students will also learn about newspaper careers. | | Course Length: | 1 hour 30 minutes | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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| Light It Up | BG-01 | | Huntsville Botanical Garden | | Language Arts | | | Mathematics | | | | Description: | Showcasing the "Galaxy of Lights," students conduct experiments with electricity and learn how much electricity is needed to power the sparkle of Christmas | | Course Length: | 1 hr. 30 min. | | | | | Days Offered: | Thanksgiving weekend through December 31 each year. | | | | | | | | | | | |
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| Butterflies and Bugs | BG-02 | | Huntsville Botanical Garden | | Language Arts | | Science | | | | | Description: | From caterpillar to chrysalis to butterfly, your students will thrill at investigating the life cycle of the butterfly in the beautiful new 9,000 square foot Nature Center---the nation’s largest open-air seasonal butterfly house! The students will be immersed in a total body experience as they come face to face with thousands of native butterflies, tadpoles, frogs, tree frogs, turtles, button quail and other critters living in the waterfall, ponds, streams and lush vegetation of the Nature Center. Maybe a butterfly will even land on their hands!
Located right outside the Nature Center is the two-acre Children’s Garden which is actually 8 gardens in one! Enter the ancient world of dinosaurs where you can walk through a rib cage and dig for fossils; see a real Space Station node donated by Marshall Space Flight Center containing an aquaponic display; explore the world of rainbows through bubbles and prisms and much, much more! | | Course Length: | 2 hours | | Days Offered: | April through September | | | | | | | | | | | |
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| Machine Mania | SQ-01 | | Sci-Quest | | Language Arts | | Science | Mathematics | Technology | | | Description: | Gears, pulleys, axles, and wheels-we have them all! Examine the marvels of machines as the students work in groups using K'NEX® to create their very own contraptions. | | Course Length: | 1 hour | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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| Dissection | SQ-02 | | Sci-Quest | | Language Arts | | Science | Mathematics | Technology | | | Description: | Uncover the mysteries of what's "in" the inside. Discover how animals are similar and how they differ. You may choose from rats or bats in Frankenstein's Lab, or choose to dissect a snake or a real shark! | | Course Length: | 1 hour | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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| Heart to Heart | SQ-06 | | Sci-Quest | | Language Arts | Social Studies | Science | Mathematics | Technology | | | Description: | This program is a great addition to our Immersive Theater presentation, Inside the Human Body. Students will observe the dissection of a sheep’s heart while also learning about the circulatory system and the major components of blood. This program is bound to keep things pumping! | | Course Length: | 1 hour | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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