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Special Exhibit Programs

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Program Descriptions

Math in Motion
Pre K - K (45 minutes)
Grades 1 - 2 (1 hour)
Schedule this educator-led programs before or after your visit to Kid Stuff:
Basic concepts about balance and motion come to life as students set Slinkys, skates, and tops into action.  Math skills like sorting, making patterns, estimating, and number sense take on epic proportions when students work with giant colorforms, nerf balls, and more!

[MA Frameworks Science, Technology & Engineering 3.1, 3.3, 3.4, 3.5; Math Grades Pre K - K: N.1, N.3 - 4, N.8, P.1 - 3, G.1 - 4, M.1 - 3; Grades 1 - 2:  N.1, N.4, N.7, P.1, G.1, M.1 - 4, D.2 - 3.]
[NY MST Standard 1.1; Standard 3 Math PK-K: PS.4, PS.6 - 8, RP.3, CN.1 - 3, R.3, N.1, N.4, A.1, G.1, M.1, S.1 - 2;  Math Grade 1 - 2: PS.4, PS.6 - 8, RP.4, CN.7, CN.9, R.1, N.1 [G3only], N.2-3, A.1, G.2, G.3[G3only], G.4[G4only], 3, M.1, S.1 - 2, S.4, S.6 [G3only]]; Standard 4 Physical Setting 5].

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Kid Stuff:  Math and Science!
Grades 3 - 5 (1 hour)
Get acquainted with classic vintage toys while learning about symmetry, probability, magnetism, forms of energy, measuring time and distance, calculating speed, and graphing.

[MA Frameworks Science, Technology & Engineering 3.1, 3.4. 3.9, 3.10.  Math Grade 3.  G.6, M.1, M.5, D.1 - 4; Math Grade 4:  P.6, G.8, M.1, M.5, D.1 - D.5; Math Grade 5: P.4 - 6, G.6, D.2 - 3.]
[NY Standards MST Standard 1.1 Inquiry; Standard 3 Math Grade 3: CN.1, CN.3, CN.6, G.5, M.2, S.2, S.4 - 5.  Math Grade 4: CN.1, CN.3, CN.6, M.2, S.2; Math Grade 5: M.1, CN.1, CN.3, CN.6, S.2, S.4, S.5, S.7.   Standard 4 Physical Setting 4, 5.]

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