Touch-A-Truck | Saturday, July 19 | 9–1
Touch-A-Truck | Saturday, July 19 | 9–1
Spark children’s curiosity and open up a world of wonder! DuPage Children’s Museum will collaborate with your organization to provide the tools and resources to help you facilitate hands-on STEAM learning experiences for your school-aged children with easy-to-implement lessons.
Research shows that out-of-school time is a critical space for children to explore their curiosities (Children spend 95% of their lives outside of school!), but not all children have access to high quality STEAM learning opportunities. Through partnership, DCM can support organizations in building their own internal capacity to reach students where they are (at organizations!) through hands-on, student-driven learning, providing children with an opportunity to wonder and explore.
At A Glance
Who: Wonder Clubs are for any organization that provides programming for school-aged children, PreK – Grade 5, outside of school hours.
Where: Wonder Clubs take place at your organization.
When: These clubs are intended to take place anytime outside of school hours including after school, weekends, and summer.
How: DuPage Children’s Museum provides the materials and supports your organization to lead engaging hands-on curriculum.
Help Wanted: STEAM Detectives for the DCM Detective Agency!! Provide children with the opportunity to engage in STEAM learning as they various solve mysteries. DCM Wonder Clubs lessons center around engineering, chemistry, art, and math content as well as social emotional practices like collaboration, self-identity, and resilience.
DCM Wonder Clubs curriculum ”DCM Detective Agency” invites participating students to become detectives as they solve different mysteries using STEAM! Students will create decoder devices to send hidden messages, analyze paint splatter patterns, explore an animal’s camouflage, write a detective short story, role play together to solve a mystery and so much more!
Wonder Clubs lessons are created for three grade-bands (PreK-K, Grades 1-3, and Grades 4-5) with developmentally appropriate learning experiences that build on similar STEAM concepts across the grades. Each Wonder Club grade-band consists of eight 45-minute lessons with suggested book connections and learning extensions to provide additional opportunities for children to discover, explore and wonder.
Questions?
Jenny Flowers, Sr. Manager Student Learning & Community Engagement
[email protected] or 630.637.8000 x1340
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