Mammoth Site Education Department
Teachers & Home Schooling Parents...do you sometimes feel overwhelmed
by hands-on science activities? Do you feel there is never enough time
to develop, then gather the necessary resources for a "fun",
yet educational project?
Let the Mammoth Site Education Department come to the rescue with our "kid-tested" teaching
aids! Schedule an Outreach visit (Sharon or Don will
travel up to approximately 150 miles), or...order a "Mammoth
In A Trunk" kit to be delivered
to your front door, or....visit the museum to have a
personal grade-level guided tour of the Mammoth Site. Pre-visit, on-site,
and post-visit hands-on activities are available from September though
May.
Visit the museum to have a personal grade-level guided tour of the Mammoth Site.
(Photo courtesy SD Tourism)
Use the Education Department's Curricular Activities Booklets, or... purchase the Mammoth Site's interactive CD ROM (3 hours of educational entertainment and games to be use again and again!) Shop our online museum store for educational kits, toys and books.
Grade-Level Personalized Guided Tours For Visiting Learning Groups
The Mammoth Site offers the museum visitor a 30 minute guided tour plus a 10 minute video. The tour/video information features the Mammoth Site and Ice Age Geology, Paleontology, and Paleoecology. Special attention is given to the hands-on exhibits, which allows the optimum learning experience.
Mammoth Site & South Dakota Alliance for Distance Educational Programs:
Through the South Dakota Alliance for Distance Education grant, contracts were awarded to parks, museums, science centers and other organizations within South Dakota that provide K-12 educational programs for development of distance learning programs. In addition, two-way video conferencing equipment was installed in these locations for the delivery of their programs over the Digital Dakota Network. Distance learning programs based on the SD Content Standards are now available through the Mammoth Site. Classes offered: 1st Grade: FOSSILS, FOSSILS, FOSSILS; 7 & 8 Grade: BE A PALEO DETECTIVE; 9 through 12 Grade: OSTEOLOGY. Visit the Digital Dakota Network website.
SCIENCE CURRICULAR ACTIVITY BOOKLETS
The Hot Springs Mammoth Site, as part of its educational mission, has undertaken a partnership with the Hot Springs School District to design and test a series of K-5 Science units. Now in booklet form, these science curricular activity booklets are available for classroom and home schooling use. The informative curricular booklets explain each grade level activity and list the economical supplies needed. Booklets include:
- Kindergarten-Mammoths, Mammoths, Mammoths
- First Grade-Fossils
- Second Grade-Animal Tracks
- Third Grade-Topographical Reversal
- Four Grade-Digs & Middens
- Fifth Grade-Paleo-environments
See the Mammoth Site's Online
Gift Shop for prices and ordering information.
Phone: 605-745-6017 or email: mammothed@mammothsite.com
