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| Corpus Christi Museum of Science and History Educational Resources |
Welcome to the Corpus Christi Museum of Science and History Educational Resources Center. Our site enables you to find information on our exhibits, provides access to educational materials and activities, and gives you options to customize your tour. In addition to the standard self-guided tour, the Museum offers options for guided tours that include the Pinta, Seeds of Change, and Santiago's Challenge. TEKS supporting Focus Programs and Fact Hunts are also available by reservation, Tuesday through Friday from 10:00am to 5:00pm. The Museum is closed on Mondays.
Focus Programs are available in History and Natural History: Click here to view Descriptions
Fact Hunts which cover all Museum exhibits are available with a FREE Museum Logo pencil.
Click on the link to sign up.
Click here to Sign up for a Museum Visit or Educational Programing |
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| Experience the POWER of SIMPLE MACHINES* aboard the Columbus Ships! |
Columbus and his crew knew the compounding power of simple machines. The lever, pulley, wheel and axle, and inclined plane were used aboard on a daily basis to help the crew accomplish daily tasks. During your tour you will try your hand at the capstan to accomplish a similar task. Click here to Read More
Reservations required. Sign your crew up by clicking on the link above.
*Science Concepts:
The student knows there is a relationship between force and motion.
The student knows concepts of force and motion evident in everyday life. |
Rudy using the Capstan aboard Pinta
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| Voyage: A Journey through the Solar System |
The Planets of Our Solar System
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Voyage: A Journey Through Our Solar System is now here in Corpus Christi! This spectacular scale model of our solar system contains colorful images, three dimensional scale models, and informative text on each planet. The exhibit, designed by the National Center for Earth and Space Science Education, is a permanent exhibit along Shoreline Drive from I-37 to Peoples Street. Voyage is designed as a self-guided walking tour of the scale model solar system. The Sun is located at Peoples St. and the exhibit concludes with Pluto at I-37 and Shoreline Drive. This is a convenient walking distance from the Watergarden area and the Museum of Science and History, allowing you to take a visit to both Voyage and the Museum! Educational materials for grades K-12 for Voyage are available online for classroom use.
Here are more pictures of the Voyage exhibit.
Log onto Dr. Jeff Goldstein's great site Dr. Jeff's Blog on the Universe to learn "cool stuff" and make space science an adventure for adults and children. |
Traveling Trunks are available !
Bring science and history from the Museum to your classroom! Traveling Trunks from the Corpus Christi Museum allow you to study subjects, specimens, and artifacts right in your own classroom. Available trunks include Rock and Mineral Trunk, Paleontology Trunk, Ranching Heritage Trunk. Trunks can be used as an independent study unit or as an extension of your Museum visit. Trunks are student and teacher friendly and loaded with interesting information, activities, books, videos, Power Points and hands on materials. Trunks are easy to transport in your car or van. Available to schools only at an economic fee of $40 for 5 days-enough time for each teacher in your grade level to share the trunk! The Teacher must pick up and return the Trunk to the Museum. For information or trunk reservations, call 826-4665 or email sandral@cctexas.com |
Rock and Mineral Traveling Trunk
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