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Object Story: The Steamboat "Peter Crary"
A highly-detailed “ship portrait” of a steamboat pulling another vessel.
Activity: Make a Contemporary Connection to Inventions
Examine the role of innovation in relationship to progress and improvements in lifestyle and consider the impact of these improvements on the environment.
Activity: Twenty-First Century Object
Reimagine an object from the eighteenth or nineteenth century into one for the twenty-first.
Activity: Change and Consequences
Explore the influence that artificial lighting has on everyday life and the environment.
Activity: Candle Math
Explore the relationship between candle light and contemporary lighting from incandescent and fluorescent lamps.
Create a Herbarium Specimen
Preserve information about a particular plant for future generations.
Explore Plant Adaptations in Your Community!
Take a walk through your neighborhood, local park, or anywhere else where plants grow. What adaptations do you observe?
Botanical Art
Learn about botanical art and create your own artwork.