Wilmington's Children's Museum
Younger students will enjoy exploring the Wilmington's Children's Museum with its many hands-on exhibits.
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- Lesson plan: Let's hear it for sound! This lesson will help students build an understanding of the concepts of sound (vibration, pitch) through participation in a variety of hands-on experiments. By observing, predicting, and analyzing results, students can actively investigate the science of sound.
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- Discovery Place and the Charlotte Nature Museum: Discovery Place offers hands-on activities in all areas of science for students at both the Discovery Halls and Charlotte Nature Museum.
- KidSenses Children's InterACTIVE Museum: The interactive exhibits at this children’s museum spark the imagination and kids have fun as they play and learn.
- Horizons Unlimited: This wonderful education center and museum provides hands-on programs for students in the areas of history and the physical and biological sciences.
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- Learn more about New Hanover County, North Carolina, animals, biology and life science, chemistry, geology, gravity, habitat, magnets, physics, science, and sound.
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This children’s museum is a hands-on “learning through play” center for children and their families. Interactive play stations invite imagination, exploration, introspection, interaction and creativity. Stations include a science room, dress-up room, sand room, art room, grocery store, “gravity wall,” and pirate ship.
Programs designed for school groups are aligned to the goals and objectives of the North Carolina Standard Course of Study. Reservations can be made by calling 910-254-3534.
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