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Epeebes
Easy Peasy!
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In need of Museum trip ideas!
So the teachers in my school have to come up with a Social Studies based museum trip. Last year we went to the Museum of Natural History  it wasn't age appropriate for Social Studies (K-3 school). So I need ideas!
Us teachers are going to visit the museum on Election day as part of our PD to scope it out.
I already looked up The NYC transit Museum and they have some really cool stuff.
Can anyone head me in the right direction? My school is in Queens so anything in Queens, Brooklyn, Manhattan and Nassau is preferable. TIA!
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Posted 10/2/10 11:24 AM  |
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bunny1099
LIF Infant
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Re: In need of Museum trip ideas!
Cradle of Aviation on Long Island
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| Posted 10/2/10 1:47 PM |
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jewels
Stop and smell the flowers
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Re: In need of Museum trip ideas!
Queens Museum of Art - the panorama of NYC is pretty cool and they have nice school trip programs -link
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| Posted 10/2/10 2:47 PM |
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Re: In need of Museum trip ideas!
I have never been, but the Museum of Televison and Radio has cool programs.
Also Museum of the City of NY- we did a program there about urban planning a few years ago- it was awesome! They have a big variety of programs.
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| Posted 10/2/10 5:19 PM |
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Seta
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Re: In need of Museum trip ideas!
These are not museums, but they are Social Studies.
I have taken my students to Alley Pond Park, Queens in April for the past few years. It's an outdoor cutural festival...African, Native and South American. The shows are entertaining and the kids love it.
Brooklyn College also has plays through their theater department. Some of the productions are based on historical time periods.
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| Posted 10/2/10 5:52 PM |
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Moehick
Ready for the sun!
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Re: In need of Museum trip ideas!
Mount Vernon Hotel and Museum in Manhattan. We just discovered it last year and it is the best Social Studies Museum trip we have been on. Going again this year.
http://www.ny.com/museums/abigail.adams.smith.museum.html
Message edited 10/2/2010 10:18:05 PM.
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| Posted 10/2/10 10:04 PM |
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MissJones
I need a nap!
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Re: In need of Museum trip ideas!
My friend and I took our classes to the Met in the spring. We made scavenger hunt activities for the paintings. We want to go again but plan on making it a shorter trip since it was too long for K and 1.
Also, the trip cost about $1 (just to cover the cost of the bus drivers tip and the bridge).
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| Posted 10/2/10 10:14 PM |
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MommaBear
Very much in love!
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Re: In need of Museum trip ideas!
You should look up the South Street Seaport museum...they have all kinds of workshops for different age groups and it's really reasonable.
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| Posted 10/3/10 9:12 AM |
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Epeebes
Easy Peasy!
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Re: In need of Museum trip ideas!
Thank you for the suggestions I'm going to look into them this week.
Keep them coming if you have more
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| Posted 10/3/10 8:01 PM |
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justmefornow
LIF Adolescent
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Re: In need of Museum trip ideas!
Not a teacher, but this was wonderful for my DDs class trip. It's in College Point.
Poppenheusen Institute
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| Posted 10/3/10 9:33 PM |
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Christine
2nd verse same as the 1st
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Re: In need of Museum trip ideas!
There's a King Tut Exhibit in midtown.
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| Posted 10/3/10 9:43 PM |
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Samlove
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Shari
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Re: In need of Museum trip ideas!
Sony Wonder - it is an interactive museum in NYC. It is wonderful. History of technology from back in the day until now. Kids love it and its cheap
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| Posted 10/3/10 10:03 PM |
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mrsBLT
missing my baby
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Re: In need of Museum trip ideas!
smithsonian native american museum! it's free and awesome!
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| Posted 10/5/10 1:19 PM |
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