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City Builders

 

What did Baltimore look like in 1896? Using a giant map of the museum’s neighborhood,

students help build old Baltimore. They learn where workers lived and shopped and how

they got to work each day. Students then construct a neighborhood by creating and coloring paper models of houses, trains, and shops that they can take home. This program works well as a companion to In The Neighborhood. It is also a good alternative for groups that may have difficulty moving through the museum.

Grade: Pre-K – 2nd                                                                                               
Capacity:  15
Duration:  60 minutes
Rate: $7.00 per child
Standards met for Social Studies, Math & Science

Design-It 

Long before Legos™ or Erector sets®, children used wooden boards, tree limbs, cardboard boxes, blocks and even sand to construct buildings, vehicles and other gadgets. In this guided program, students are given a working design with appropriate materials and are asked to engineer a successful project. Working in small groups, students work through challenges and learn about experimenting, testing, making observations, asking questions and explaining what they have done and why. Choose from five different projects:

  • Ball & Tracks
  • Baloon Powered Cards
  • Paper Bridges
  • Wiring a House

Grade:   3rd – 8th
Capacity: 30
Duration: 60 minutes
Rate: $8.00
Standards met for Social Studies, Math & Science

Kids’ MotorWorks

Let us bring the BMI’s Kids’ MotorWorks to you! As we turn your classroom into a truck factory, students learn how Henry Ford revolutionized car-making by introducing the assembly line into the automotive industry. Students’ desks become job stations and the class works together to build replicas of a 1914 moving van. Students learn how an assembly line works and that each job is equally important in creating a finished product.  Each worker gets his or her very own van!

Grade: 2nd – 8th
Capacity: 50
Duration: 60 minutes
Rate: $8.00
Standards met for Social Studies, Math & Science

 
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