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On Location at the Umpqua Discovery Center
The Umpqua Discovery Center is able to provide the following programming
for interested schools. Pre-visit and post-visit curriculum is also available
upon request. The Center can provide programming for a maximum of 50 students
at one time. Each program is an average of 25 minutes.
Admission cost / program:
25 or more students – |
24 or less students- under Age 6 - $2.00 Age 6 - 17 - $4.50 over Age 17 - $8.50 $7.50 adult/chaperone |
Following is a detailed description of our programs
“Tidewaters & Time” Exhibit Wing
Suggested Grade Level: 2-6
Maximum 12 students per session
Pre-visit Activities: - Research |
Post-visit Activities: - Treasure Hunt Recall |
Discovery Center Presentation:
- Guided Tour
“ Pathways to Discovery” Exhibit Wing
Suggested Grade Level: 2-6
Maximum 12 students per session
Pre-visit Activities: - Life Cycle of Trees |
Post-visit Activities: - Forest Laws |
Discovery Center Presentation:
- Guided Tour
Programs at both The Discovery Center and as Outreach Programs
Jedediah Smith and the Umpqua River Massacre
Suggested Grade Level: 5-6
Maximum 25 Students per session
Pre-visit Activities: - Map Information |
Post-visit Activities: - Trace a Map - Creative and Expository writing |
Discovery Center Presentation/Outreach Program
- The History of Jedediah Smith
- Smith and the Conflict with the Kalawatset Indians
The History of Umpqua City and Fort Umpqua
Suggested Grade Level: 5-6
Maximum 25 students per session
Pre-visit Activities: - Word Search |
Post-visit Activities: - Make a Map |
Discovery Center Presentation/Outreach Program
- The History of Fort Umpqua and Umpqua City
The History of Gardiner and Reedsport
Suggested Grade Level: 5-6
Maximum 25 students per session
Pre-visit Activities: - Word Search |
Post-visit Activities: - Make a Map |
Discovery Center Presentation/Outreach Program
- History of Gardiner and Reedsport
The History of Scottsburg and Elkton
Suggested Grade Level: 5-6
Maximum 25 students per session
Pre-visit Activities: - Word Search |
Post-visit Activities: - Make a Map |
Discovery Center Presentation/Outreach Program
- History of Scottsburg and Elkton
The Tsunami of 1700
Suggested Grade Level: 2-6
Maximum 25 per session
Pre-visit Activities: - How earthquakes happen |
Post-visit Activities: - Surviving a tsunami |
Discovery Center Presentation:/Outreach Program
o The Tsunami of 1700
o The Tsunami of 1700 through Native American Tales
o Surviving a Tsunami
Native American Presentations
Suggested Grade Level: 2-6
Maximum 25 students per session
Discovery Center Presentations:
- Storytelling
- Regalia
- Flint Knapping
- Tribal History
- Drum and Dance
Animal Identification
Suggested Grade Level : 3-6
Maximum 25 students per session
Pre-visit Activities: - Chew, Bite and Chomp: How You Eat your Food |
Post-visit Activities: - Map Your Teeth |
Discovery Center Presentation/Outreach Program
- Be an Animal Detective (includes power point on identifying animals
from
their skulls, footprints and scat – grades 4-6)
Elk and Bear
Suggested Grade Level: 2-4
Maximum 25 students per session
Pre-visit Activities: - Word search - Seasonal Maze |
Post-visit Activities: - Dilemma cards |
Discovery Center Presentation/Outreach Program
- Become an Elk activity
- Become a Bear activity
Sand Dunes
Suggested Grade Levels: 2-6
Maximum 25 students per session
Pre-visit Activities: - The creation of the dunes |
Post-visit Activities - Beach Grass |
Discovery Center Presentation/Outreach Program
o Building a Dune
Gray Whales
Grade Levels: 2-6
Maximum 12 students per session
Pre Visit Activities - Make Words |
Post Visit Activities - Coloring Books |
Discovery Center Presentation/Outreach Program
- Whale Migration Game
Shipwrecks of the Umpqua
Grade Levels: 2-6
Maximum 12 students per session
Pre Visit Activities - Coloring book |
Post Visit Activities - Maritime Terms |
Discovery Center Presentation/Outreach Program
- Mapping the Wrecks on the Umpqua
- Archeology – Diving for Treasure
- Crossing the Bar Board Game
Umpqua River Lighthouse
Grade Levels: 2-6
Maximum 12 students per session
Pre Visit Activities - Word search |
Post Visit Activities - Signal Flags |
Discovery Center Presentations/Outreach Program
- The History of the Umpqua Lighthouse
- The Fresnel Lens
Life Saving Stations
Grade Levels: 2-6
Maximum 12 students per session
Pre visit Activities - Word Search |
- Signal Flags |
Discovery Center Presentations/Outreach Program
- History of the Umpqua Life Saving Station
- How to Build a Life Saving Station
Weather
Suggested Grade Levels: 2-6
Maximum 25 students per session
Pre-visit Activities: - Moods |
Post Visit Activities - Creative Writing |
Discovery Center Presentation/Outreach Program
- Forecasting the Weather
II: Oregon Curriculum Content Standards
Upon request, lesson plans will be sent to you where each pre-visit lesson
plan, post-visit lesson plan, and Center presentation has a grade level
noted for which it is intended. This can be adjusted if the content is
something that would work better for you at a different grade level. Objectives
are also noted. We have also included the Oregon Curriculum Content Standards
that each experience addresses.
| SS (Social Studies) | EL (English Language) | SC (Science) |
| - HS (history) | - SL (speaking/listening) | - LS (life science) |
| - CG (civics/government) | - RE (reading) | - SI (scientific inquiry) |
| - GE (geography) | - WR (writing) | |
| - SA (social science analysis) |
| AR (Arts) |
| - CP (creating) |
| - AC (aesthetics and principles) |
