CCM To Go

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Chicago Children's Museum To Go brings the museum right to your school! As much fun as a field trip, CCM To Go offers the same kinds of workshops you’d experience at the museum—without the hassle of a bus. A museum educator will visit your classroom and facilitate a one-hour, hands-on workshop, available on Tuesdays and Thursdays, between 9:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. For information on registering, see FAQs.

CCM To Go

Workshops	Grade Level	Days Offered
Coaster Challenge	Grades 1-5	T,Th
Dinosaur Detectives	Age 3-Grade 1	T,Th
Fair Play	Grades 2-5	T,Th
Make Mural	Grades 2-5	T,Th
The Skin You Live In	Age 3-Grade 1	T,Th
smART spaces	Age 3-Grade 1	T,Th

Fees First Session: Each additional session (up to 3): Capacity Pre K and K: Grades 1-5:

$200 $125 minimum 15 students per class maximum 20 students per class minimum 15 students per class maximum 35 students per class

Coaster Challenge
Grade 1-Grade 5
Build your own roller coaster! Students will discover the physics of simple machines by exploring force and motion, gravity, friction, momentum and more, while working in teams to complete a coaster track. Using unique materials to build simple and compound machines, they will create one thrilling ride.

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Dinosaur Detectives
Age 3-Grade 1
When a CCM educator visits your classroom, your students will begin to unravel the mysteries of Suchomimus, a recently-discovered, 100-million-year-old species of dinosaur. Through sound, music, movement, and dramatic storytelling techniques, students will begin to make connections between dinosaurs, paleontology, and humans.

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Fair Play
Grades 2–5
This workshop is designed to help children identify prejudice and develop appropriate response strategies. It features a life-size board game that tackles challenging issues, such as stereotyping, name-calling, and exclusion, through teamwork and problem solving. Learn to play fair and join in the fun, when we bring this interactive experience to your classroom!
This workshop is available at your school on Tuesdays and Thursdays only, 9:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m.
 

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Make a Mural
Grades 2-Grade 5
Paint a mural that reflects a unit of your choice! Students will become acquainted with the tools of mural making, exercise their use of visual language, and create a collaborative mural featuring curriculum content that's ready to display in your classroom. Prior to the workshop, teachers choose the mural's subject matter, which can be incorporated into any unit of study.
This workshop is available at your school on Tuesdays and Thursdays only, 9:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m.

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The Skin You Live In
Age 3-Grade 1
Paint a mural that reflects a unit of your choice! Students will become acquainted with the tools of mural making, exercise their use of visual language, and create a collaborative mural featuring curriculum content that's ready to display in your classroom. Prior to the workshop, teachers choose the mural's subject matter, which can be incorporated into any unit of study.
This workshop is available at your school on Tuesdays and Thursdays only, 9:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m.

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smART spaces
Age 3-Grade 1
Turn your classroom into a vibrant art studio, where young students re-shape, re-build, and re-invent everyday objects—with exciting and surprising results. Students will help hang their works, transforming the classroom into an art gallery! During the creative movement portion, children will bend, stretch, and reach their way into new shapes and forms, learning that even their bodies can be transformed into something new.

Bank of America is a supporting sponsor of CCM To Go.

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