EDUCATOR RESOURCES
Looking for education materials that will help your students get the most out of their next museum visit? You've come to the right place! New materials are regularly being added, including grade-specific lessons based on our exhibits that are developed using the National Curriculum Standards. MOI's goal is to help you have the best educational experience possible during your next museum visit.
Tour Guides for Your Museum Visit:
At-the-Museum Activities & Worksheets:
- At-the-Museum Activity: What Am I? Carousel Animal Matching Sheet (Grades K-1)
- At the-Museum Worksheet (2nd Grade)
- Answer Sheet: 2nd Grade
- At-the-Museum Worksheet (Grades 3-6)
- Answer Sheet: Grades 3-6
- At-the-Museum Worksheet (Grades 7-12)
- Answer Sheet: Grades 7-12
In-the-Classroom Activity Ideas & Worksheets:
- Carousel Horse Coloring Sheet (grades preK-2)
- Carousel Machine Coloring Sheet (grades preK-2)
- Make Your Own Lead Horse Master Sheet (grades K-6)-use paints, beads, glitter, etc. to decorate this horse to be the lead on a carousel.
- Carousel Horse Connect the Dots Sheet (grades K-6)
- Step Right Up! Science of Carousels-Phenomenal Physics (grades 5-12)
- "Merry Go Round" by Langston Hughes-language arts and social studies lesson on segregation in the southern United States (grades 9-12)
Useful Links:
- Brief History of the Origin of Carousels
- Chronology of Carousels
- Local Carousel History: Rexburg and Idaho Falls
- Recreating the Art and History of a Carousel: A Carousel for Missoula, Montana
- History of the Carousel at Lagoon Amusement Park in Farmington, Utah
- Books About Carousels
- Amusement Park Physics: Carousels
- Band Organ Glossary of Terms
Education Materials for Permanent Exhibits:
Education Materials for Past Exhibits:
Other Resources for Educators:
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