Outreach

Museum-On-The-Go


Can’t come to the Museum?  We can come to you! Museum-on-the-Go brings one of our interactive Focused Topics to your facility.
 
Museum-on-the-Go Hours
Monday - Friday, 10am –2pm based on availability
 
Museum-on-the-Go Pricing
$6.00 per student, minimum of $180.00.
For locations over 25 miles, round trip, from the Schoolhouse Children’s Museum, a mileage fee of $1.00 per mile will apply.
 
School Scholarships
Limited funds exist for Title One schools or programs serving underserved children, to experience a Museum-on-the-Go program.  Contact Linda@schoolhousemuseum.org
Click below to fill out our inquiry form!
 
Palm Beach County School Board Approved Trips:
All Kindergarten - Second Grade topics are Palm Beach County School Board Approved
 
Steps to planning Museum-on-the-Go:
 
1. Identify your desired date and time.  We suggest having two alternative dates.

2. Have contact information available at time of inquiry. (Group/Organization name, number of students including grade/age, primary contact person, address, phone number and email address)
3. Chose the Focused Topic you would like. Options are listed below.

4. Call (561) 742-6783 for information and to book your MOTG program.
Additional information:
 
  • A $50.00 deposit is required for all Museum-on-the-Go reservations.  An MOTG program  is not booked until the deposit has been received.
  • Should the visit be cancelled, the deposit is non-refundable.
  • Please make checks payable to Schoolhouse Children’s Museum & Learning Center.  Payments can also be made using Visa, Mastercard, Amex or cash.
  • Please contact the Program Manager prior to your MOTG program if you have any special needs or requests.  Phone: (561) 742-6783, Email: linda@schoolhousemuseum.org
  • Payment in full must be made on the day of your MOTG program unless special arrangements have been made.
Museum-on-the-Go Programs
 

Preschool
 
Creepie Crawlies- The Very Busy Spider
Students investigate this architect of the insect world. Find out how spiders find food in their webs and why they don’t get stuck themselves. Students create their own spider web.

Color-red, yellow, blue-what can I make from you?
Children will enjoy the story of “Mouse Paint” by Ellen Stohl Walsh or “Color Dance” by Ann Jonas and then begin the adventure in color mixing their own!

Fun Physics
After listening to “Balancing Act” by Ellen Stohl Walsh,  children will experiment with balance, explore levels and create their own balancing figure.

Who Lives in the Mangrove Forest-An introduction to Habitats!
Come discover what a habitat is, what a mangrove is and who lives there!  We will learn about three different creatures who call the mangrove forest home.
 

May The Force Be With You! Magnet Exploration
Learn what is magnetic and what is not, how the mysterious force of magnets can move things and even paint with magnets!

Duck, Duck Feather
What is the job of a water bird’s feathers? Students will be briefly introduced to ducks and other water birds of the Florida everglades before examining the unique job of a feather though hands on explorations and activities.
 
It’s Raining, It’s Pouring!
What does it mean to be “waterproof”? Come explore this concept in an introductory lesson on one of the properties of materials.
Kindergarten - Second Grade
 
Sea Turtle Rescue
Learn a little bit about the sea turtles that nest on our beaches, things that impact those nests/hatchlings and how plastic pollution hurts turtles. Finish the
class with a S.T.E.A.M. challenge to protect a nest!
 
It’s Not Easy Being Green
Learn all about recycling and choices that make the Earth “happy” or “sad”.  Complete the class with a S.T.E.A.M. based challenging of creating a litterbug from recycled materials! 
 
I Dig Dinos
Come and discover the age of the dinosaur! Students will become paleontologist and learn all about fossils. As a junior paleontologist, students will explore fossilized “dinosaur eggs” and get to take a new “pet” home.
 
Engineering a Fairy Tale 
Once upon a time…. Using favorite children’s fairy tales, students will use their problem solving and creative thinking skills to develop new solutions for the story book character’s dilemmas.
Three Little Pigs – Students will attempt to build a structure that can stand up to the huffing and puffing of the Big Bad Wolf.
 
Move it! Move it!
A lesson in force, push and pull…Come explore these important concepts and then tackle the S.T.E.A.M. challenge to assist "construction workers who need help moving rocks to build a road"!
 
May The Force Be With You-Magnet Exploration
Learn what is magnetic and what is not, how the mysterious force of magnets can move things, work through different materials, and even paint with magnets!
 
Duck, Duck Feather
What is the job of a water bird’s feathers? Students will be briefly introduced to ducks and other water birds of the Florida everglades before examining the unique job of a feather though hands on explorations and activities.
 
It’s Raining, It’s Pouring!
What does it mean to be “waterproof”? Come explore this concept in an introductory lesson on one of the
properties of materials.