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What adaptations helped animals survive during the Ice Age? Do we see these adaptations in present-day animals? Students will investigate and discuss what adaptations future animals will have based on our changing environment. Cost: $150/program, $125/additional programs on same day Travel Fees 30–60 miles: $20 60–90 miles: $40 90+ miles: $60 Capacity: Minimum of 15 students, maximum of 25 students per program

Explore how creations from Indiana innovators like Wilbur Wright sparked ingenuity and change as students create their own inventions. They will be challenged to work as a team and create a prototype to solve a problem at school. Cost: $150/program, $125/additional programs on same day Travel Fees 30–60 miles: $20 60–90 miles: $40 90+ miles: $60 Capacity: Minimum of 15 students, maximum of 25 students per program

Students will use the design process to brainstorm solutions, build prototypes and test their creations just like real Indiana engineers. They'll also explore potential and kinetic energy as they engineer devices to launch objects. Cost: $150/program, $125/additional programs on same day Travel Fees 30–60 miles: $20 60–90 miles: $40 90+ miles: $60 Capacity: Minimum of 15 students, maximum of 25 students per program

Students will discover first-hand how paleontologists search and uncover Paleozoic and Ice Age fossils while investigating dig pits, examining a real fossil slab, and making their own trace fossil. Cost: $150/program, $125/additional programs on same day Travel Fees 30–60 miles: $20 60–90 miles: $40 90+ miles: $60 Capacity: Minimum of 15 students, maximum of 25 students per program

Students will delve into the process of how living creatures become fossils, learn about fossil records and explore the clues fossils leave behind - just like an Indiana paleontologist! Cost: $150/program, $125/additional programs on same day Travel Fees 30–60 miles: $20 60–90 miles: $40 90+ miles: $60 Capacity: Minimum of 15 students, maximum of 25 students per program

Pioneers used simple machines and engineering to create a new life in Indiana. Students will explore how simple machines and innovations made their life easier as they design and build their own compound machine. Cost: $150/program, $125/additional programs on same day Travel Fees 30–60 miles: $20 60–90 miles: $40 90+ miles: $60 Capacity: Minimum of 15 students, maximum of 25 students per program

Indiana is home to a wide variety of rocks and minerals! It's the perfect place for students to explore the rock cycle, and investigate rocks and minerals like a geologist through hands-on activities. Cost: $150/program, $125/additional programs on same day Travel Fees 30–60 miles: $20 60–90 miles: $40 90+ miles: $60 Capacity: Minimum of 15 students, maximum of 25 students per program

Students will explore Newton’s Laws of Motion while engineering a solution to protect fragile fossils as they are transported back to the museum. They will use the design process to brainstorm solutions, build prototypes and test their creations, and then reflect on the process - just like real Indiana engineers! Cost: $150/program, $125/additional programs on same day Travel Fees 30–60 miles: $20 60–90 miles: $40 90+ miles: $60 Capacity: Minimum of 15 students, maximum of 25 students per program

What’s that object? Is it a cheese grater or a toaster? Students use deductive reasoning to uncover the true stories behind curious artifacts. Tailored content varies according to grade level. Grades 3-5 will focus on goods from Indiana and how items from the late 1800s–early 1900s evolved to objects we use today. Grades 6-8 will focus on the ingenuity of Hoosiers to make everyday life easier before modern technologies were easily accessible. And grades 9-12 will focus on how science and technology improved everyday life by exploring the evolution of objects.  Cost: $120/groups of fewer than 30 students, $4/each additional student Capacity: Minimum of 30 students, maximum of 220 students per program