NEW: The Robbins Museum Educational Program is being enhanced, with the help of a grant from the A. D. Makepeace Foundation.
As part of the Native American Educational Project, we will be featuring on-line Activities and Challenges! Test your skills and your knowledge of Native American lifeways and archaeology! Great for preparing for your visit or –for educators- as an assessment piece post-tour!
For educators interested in bringing students to the Museum (or having our staff come to your classroom), check out the Massachusetts Education Curriculum Frameworks links to see how our programs and activities connect to Learning Standards, Content, and Skills..
1) Social Studies
2) Art Speaks
For more information, to schedule a tour or a program, or to discuss how we can meet your educational goals, please contact the Education Department at: education@massarchaeology.org
NEW: Robbins Museum Education Program (Please Click)
Education on the Go: The Robbins Museum and MAS goes out on the Road!
Robbins Museum Bingo - The new game for young Museum visitors
Please E-Mail us at our new education@massarchaeology.org mail address, or call us at 508-947-9005, with your questions and inquiries on our educational offerings, particularly as regards museum visits and school tours.
OTHER ROBBINS MUSEUM UPCOMING
EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS
Massachusetts Archaeological Professionals (MAP) is offering Saturday morning educational programs for children 6-12 years of age on the third Saturday of every month at the Robbins Museum of Archaeology. The programs that have been scheduled from February 2008 to December 2008 are listed below:
February 16 Nautical archaeology
March 15 Zooarchaeology
April 19 Archaeobotany
May 17 Experimental archaeology- pottery
June 21 Experimental archaeology- stone tools
July 19 Experimental archaeology- bone tools
August 16 Artifact analysis- pottery
September 20 Site preservation/ conservation
October 18 Artifact analysis- stones
November 15 Pirate archaeology
December 20 Archaeology of kids life
The programs will be one hour in length and will run from 10:30-11:30 am at the Museum. Admission to the program is $7.50 per child and $6.00 for each additional child for families with multiple children attending the programs. The Robbins Museum will be receiving 33% of the registration total. The programs are limited to 20 children and pre-registration and pre-payment will be through MAP at our website www.parp4kids.com. Registration will include admission to the museum and it is hoped that the parents and siblings of the children attending the programs will stay and explore the Museum. MAP will provide some activities (coloring pages, scavenger hunt in the Museum) available for anyone waiting for program participants. This program is being used as a test case for the educational potential at the Museum and it is hoped that in the future these programs will expand to include an Archaeology Club (possibly with Saturday morning meetings) and other Saturday and school vacation programs. Anyone with any suggestions for educational programs or education ideas, or who wishes to volunteer to assist with any of the MAP programs should contact Craig S. Chartier, Director MAP (plymoutharch@hotmail.com), or Kevin Quackenbush who heads the Education Committee at j.quackenbush@ips.invensys.com .
Craig Chartier and kids at the March 2007 Roman, Roman, Roman program.
GRADE SCHOOL ARCHAEOLOGY SESSIONS
In-school archaeology sessions for Massachusetts fourth, fifth and sixth graders are offered by Kevin Quackenbush, an avocational archaeologist. Mr. Quackenbush, a Trustee at the Massachusetts Archaeological Society and chairman of the MAS Education Committee, has been providing grade school sessions discussing archaeology for several years. The 'hands on' format of the session, offering students the opportunity to handle, and marvel at, the stone tools and projectile points of long past cultures, never fails to elicit great interest and classroom energy. If you are interested in arranging a session, Mr Quackenbush can be reached by e-mail at j.quackenbush@ips.invensys.com
