Geospace with Field Trip

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Convert circles into cones and transform rectangles into prisms! Equipped with scissors, tape, glue, and a lot of imagination, students become “Paper Engineers,” each creating a geometric diorama inside and around a cardboard box — all in 3D!

This Learning Lab invites students into the world of geometry through three-dimensional paper constructions. The GeoSpace Lab Specialists will introduce paper engineering techniques that can be used to construct 3D geometric solids. GeoSpace is an integrated math/art program designed to demonstrate to students the connection between two-dimensional shapes and three-dimensional solids that define the world in which we live.

Addresses the Common Core State Standards (CCSS):

Geometry

Age

Grades K – 5

Lab Time

Kindergarten:
1.25 – 1.5 Hours

Grades 1 – 3:
1.5 Hours

Grades 4 – 5:
2 Hours

Pricing per Learning Lab

$12 per student
$8 per adult

Requires 6:1 child/adult ratio. Prices listed to not include transportation of students to/from the Museum.

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