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OUTREACH PROGRAMMING

Do you want an unforgettable educational experience for your students? The Education Department offers a variety of exciting programs at the Museum or at your school.

A variety of program presentations are available to schools, including but not limited to, Pirates, Off the Coast, Native Americans, Fossils, and our most requested, Miss Sarah: A Colonial Housewife. Additional classroom activities may be scheduled by request. Please call or e-mail our Education Coordinator, Brandie Cline-Baggett, to schedule an outreach program or request more information. All outreach programs are FREE.

All curriculum based programs incorporate goals and objectives of the North Carolina Standard Course of Study as well as  DoDEA Curriculum Standards.

 HISTORY PROGRAMS

For a fully enjoyable experience please note that there is a firm limit of no more than 60 students per presentation; 30 or fewer students is recommended for a more hands-on experience. Pre-K programs are limited to 30 students.

 

Native Americans

Native NC--Early: Explore the lives of North Carolina’s native people using archaeology and history. Emphasis is given to the native people who lived in the Onslow County area between the Paleolithic Era and the end of the Woodland era. The presentation is enhanced with images and artifacts.

Native NC--European Contact: Explores early contact between Europeans and North Carolina's native people. Students will compare Roanoke and Jamestown and will discuss the Native Americans that the Europeans encountered while creating each of these settlements. Students will also discuss the Woodland Native Americans who lived in the Onslow area at the time of settlement.  For each program, estimated time: 45 minutes; Levels: 3-12; Please provide one table.   

Colonial Life

A Visit with Miss Sarah:

A costumed interpreter takes students back to 1771 with a presentation about 18th century lifeways in colonial Onslow County. Miss Sarah discusses daily living, family, work, and play during the colonial era. Please let us know if there is a specific theme or topic you would like Miss Sarah to address. 
Time: 45-60 minutes; Pre-K--12; Please provide one table.

A Visit with Miss Sarah: Spinning

Miss Sarah shows your students how to card wool and spin their own yarn! After a brief demonstration on a spinning wheel, students are divided into three stations--carding, spinning, and dress up. Time: 45 minutes; 1st-12th grades; Please provide a table and chairs for each station.

A Visit with Miss Sarah: Colonial Fun

Students wil learn about a variety of Colonial games. After a brief demonstration of Colonial songs and rhymes, students will be divided into six stations--card houses, whirligigs, cup & ball, bilboquet, ninepins, and marbles. Dress up is also included for grades 1-5. Time: 45 minutes; 1st-12th grades; Please provide a table and chairs for each station.

Colonial Piracy       

 

 

 

Pirates!  

A costumed presentation teaching students what it took to be a pirate during the "Golden Age of Piracy," with a discussion of the everyday lives and culture of pirates such as Blackbeard, Stede Bonnet, Anne Bonny, Mary Read, and Calico Jack.  Time: 45-60 minutes; K-12; Please provide one table.

Pirate Fun

This fun and informative program is available for large groups or classrooms! Students visit three stations to create pirate flags, eye patches, or hats; take pictures as pirates, and hear stories and music related to piracy. Works well as an AR reward party. Time: 60 minutes; K-12; Please provide tables and chairs for each station, black construction paper, hole punches, and newspaper.

Museums & Artifacts

Curious Curators

What are artifacts and where do they come from? Students will learn what a museum is and explore many artifacts and replicas from our education collection. Older students will also discuss what objects survive to become artifacts, how they are dated and why they are collected. 
Time: 45-60 minutes; Pre-K--12th grade; Please provide one table.

 

 

Architectural History

Museum Director Lisa Whitman-Grice discusses a variety of elements found in local architecture. If walls could talk, they would reveal the details of life discussed with this slide show.
High School Age

Architectural History Walking Tour

Walking tour of downtown Richlands reveals the details of stories told by architecture and design.
Middle School – High School Age

 

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NATURAL HISTORY PROGRAMS

Due to the touch/hands-on aspects of our natural history programs we limit the student number to 30. Pre-K presentations are limited to 15.

 

Fossils

Dig It!

Using examples from the Museum's education collection, students learn about fossil formation and the earliest life in Onslow County. Discover the prehistoric sea creatures and ice age mammals that dominated Onslow's Mesozoic and early Cenozoic landscape. Students are invited to search for fossils in reject ore provided by PCS Phosphate Aurora, NC, and may keep what they find! Time: 45 minutes; Pre-K--5th grade; Please provide zip top bags.

Dig It!  Rocks & Minerals

Available in January 2010, this Dig It! program option will include a discussion of the rocks and minerals found in Onslow County and what types of rocks and minerals our fossils are made from. This special program is available to grades 1-5, but will focus on 4th grade curriculum. Students are invited to dig for fossils and keep what they find! Time: 60 minutes; 1st - 5th grade; Please provide zip top bags.             

Dig It!  My Sea Bed

Students learn about fossil formation through song and hands-on activities. During a discussion about the various animals living in the Atlantic Ocean, children can touch real fossils that have been found in Onslow County and discuss their formation while creating their own imprint fossils using seashells (provided).  Afterwards, children may dig for fossils and keep what they find. Time: 30 minutes; 1st - 5th grade; Please provide zip top bags, clay or Play-Doh® for this activity.

Ocean Life

Under the Sea

In this program children learn to interpret the remains of sea creatures found on Onslow's beaches while also learning about life cycles, behaviors, anatomy, and/or environment of fish, crustaceans, and other sea creatures that live in Onslow's ocean waters. The program concludes with students creating Japanese Gyotaku (fish prints) using rubber fish provided by the Museum. Students are welcome to bring their own beach specimens to share. Time: 45 minutes; 1-5th grade; supply paper (or t-shirts), paint, and brushes. Please allot an additional 15 minutes per presentation for t-shirts.

Squishy Fishies

Under the Sea for young children. Students will use movement, rhyme, and imagination to learn about the different sea creatures that call Onslow home. Students will also learn how they are similar to and diferent from bony fish. After a discussion of things that live in the water, students will create Gyotaku, or fish prints. Time: 30 minutes; Pre K - K; Please supply t-shirts,(or paper), paint and brushes or sponges. Please allot an additional 15 minutes per presentation for t-shirts.

 

EDUCATION COORDINATOR E-MAIL: Brandie Cline-Baggett