Rocky Mount Children's Museum and Science Center

Students will love visiting the Rocky Mount Children's Museum and Science Center. The exhibits are fun, hands-on, and engaging.

http://www.rockymountnc.gov/museum/

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• Lesson plan: Elementary ecosystems Students are introduced to the basics of species interdependency within an ecosystem. They perform a simple simulation to see how one species can affect many others.
• KidsHealth Health and wellness articles and animations for kids, teens, and parents.
• NASAKIDS Provides information on our solar system and space exploration for elementary school students.
• EPA Explorers Club Uses multimedia games, sourcebooks, and many other resources to teach students and teachers about conservation, ecosystems, recycling, air pollution, water pollution, human health, plants, and animals.
• Lesson plan: Germs and the body Students explores germs, where they exist, and how they can affect the body. In studying bacteria, students will also learn preventative measures they can take to stay healthy.
• Lesson plan: Creating A Community Students will design a community and take into consideration the structures and human resources necessary for a balanced community. They will evaluate their community as they evaluate differences between wants and needs.

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Founded in 1952, the Rocky Mount Children’s Museum (RMCM) was one of the nation’s first children’s museums. It offers a variety of exhibits featuring topics on physical sciences, natural and biological sciences, planetary and space sciences, and early childhood development. Each of the exhibits encourages critical thinking. After sustaining damage from hurricane Floyd, the museum had to operate out of a temporary location. Now it resides in the new Imperial Centre for the Arts and Sciences, a 150,000 square foot complex created in the old Imperial Tobacco Factory.

A visit to the new state-of-the-art digital SciDome™ planetarium is a must. Opening in January of 2006, the new planetarium will seat 56 visitors and will provide day and evening programs.

The Rocky Mount Children’s Museum and Science Center is located near downtown Rocky Mount at the Imperial Centre for Arts and Sciences on Franklin Street. For more information, send e-mail to museum@ci.rocky-mount.nc.us or call (252) 972-1167.

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