Field Trip Activity Sheets
Field Trip Guide: What's the Weather?
Earth and Space Science
Guide highlights: WeatherWise, Lightning!, Live Presentations, and Omni films.
Please note that some programs require advance reservations or additional tickets.
These guides provide chaperones with themed recommendations for programs and shows to see during your field trip. Each includes a map that highlights the points of interest. Use these guides to stimulate group conversation, keep track of your program schedule, and list group members and their reactions to their experience.
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| Format | Field Trip Activity |
| Grades | 3 – 8 |
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| Documents | MOS_Weather.pdf |
Field Trip Guide: What's the Weather?
Field Trip Guide: What's the Weather?
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Field Trip Guide: What's the Weather?
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Field Trip Guide: What's the Weather?
List of Related Offerings
Format:
Exhibit
Exhibit
Grades:
K - 12
K - 12
- WeatherWise
- With engaging interactives and stunning images, this exhibit takes you through the scales of weather: global, national, regional, local, and personal. At the focus of the exhibit is a skill called nowcasting. Even if you've heard a local forecast, you can learn to refine that forecast to predict if ... (details)
Format:
Live Presentation
Live Presentation
Grades:
6 - 12
6 - 12
- Climate Change
- Discover evidence for natural and human-caused climate change, explore projected consequences, and learn about ways to reduce CO2. (details)
Format:
Live Presentation
Live Presentation
Grades:
3 - 12
3 - 12
- Electricity!
- Learn about the connections between electric and magnetic forces with this high-voltage presentation. Witness a demonstration of lightning created by the world's largest air-insulated Van de Graaff generator. (details)
Format:
Live Presentation
Live Presentation
Grades:
3 - 12
3 - 12
- Weather Wonders
- Indoor wind, clouds, fog, and snow? Anything is possible when discovering how air, water, and temperature combine to cause weather changes, and elements of the weather are made before your eyes! (details)
Format:
Omni Film
Omni Film
Grades:
3 - Adult
3 - Adult
- Forces of Nature
- Presenting the awesome spectacle of natures' most severe acts, this film follows three scientists at work: a meteorologist tangling with Midwestern tornadoes, a volcanologist studying gas-spewing giants in the Caribbean, and an earthquake specialist wielding GPS and sonar technologies in Turkey. T ... (details)
Format:
Field Trip Activity
Field Trip Activity
Grades:
Pre-K - 8
Pre-K - 8
- Field Trip Guide: Dinosaurs and Fossils
- Guide highlights: Dinosaurs: Modeling the Mesozoic, Dinosaurs: Giants of Patagonia, Live Animal presentation, and Natural Mysteries. Please note that some programs require advance reservations or additional tickets. These guides provide chaperones with themed recommendations for programs and shows to see during your field trip ... (details)
Format:
Field Trip Activity
Field Trip Activity
Grades:
3 - 5
3 - 5
- Field Trip Guide: Animal Adaptation
- Guide highlights: Human Body Connection, Live Animal presentation, A Bird's World, and Natural Mysteries. Please note that some programs require advance reservations or additional tickets. This guide provides chaperones with themed recommendations for programs and shows to see during your field trip ... (details)
Format:
Field Trip Activity
Field Trip Activity
Grades:
1 - 3
1 - 3
- Field Trip Guide: Insects
- Guide highlights: Butterfly Garden, Bugs!, Making Models, and Natural Mysteries . Please note that some programs require advance reservations or additional tickets. This guide provides chaperones with themed recommendations for programs and shows to see during your field trip. It also includes a map that highlights the points of interest ... (details)
Format:
Field Trip Activity
Field Trip Activity
Grades:
Pre-K - 2
Pre-K - 2
- Field Trip Guide: Eye Spy: Observing the Natural World
- Guide highlights: Discovery Center, Live Animal presentation, Natural Mysteries, and New England Habitats. Please note that some programs require advance reservations or additional tickets. This guide provides chaperones with themed recommendations for programs and shows to see during your field trip ... (details)
Format:
Field Trip Activity
Field Trip Activity
Grades:
K - 3
K - 3
- Field Trip Guide: Patterns and Measurement
- Guide highlights: Mathematica: A World of Numbers & Beyond, Natural Mysteries, Human Body Connection, and Discovery Center. Please note that some programs require advance reservations or additional tickets. This guide provides chaperones with themed recommendations for programs and shows to see during your field trip ... (details)
Format:
Field Trip Activity
Field Trip Activity
Grades:
3 - 5
3 - 5
- Field Trip Guide: Engineering and Simple Machines
- Guide highlights: Design Challenges, Cahners ComputerPlace, Science in the Park, and Nanotechnology Please note that some programs require advance reservations or additional tickets. This guide provides chaperones with themed recommendations for programs and shows to see during your field trip. It also ... (details)
Format:
Omni Film
Omni Film
Grades:
1 - 1
1 - 1
- Tornado Alley (Featuring New England Time Capsule)
- Join Storm Chasers star Sean Casey and the researchers of VORTEX 2, the most ambitious effort ever made to understand the origins and evolution of tornadoes, on this heart-pounding science adventure. Feel the adrenaline and experience the science as Tornado Alley reveals the beauty and untamed power of breathtaking weather events ... (details)
