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1st - 3rd Grade: Creature Features

Become a scientist as you learn about the amazing adaptations of Bronx animals.

Lesson 1

Lesson 1: Camouflaged Critters

Are you good at hide and seek? These Bronx animals are! Join Bronx Children’s Museum’s Education Director Nicole Wallace as she shares with us the amazing adaptation of camouflage.

Video Length: approx. 12 minutes

Bronx Children's Museum: Camouflaged Critters

Items you will need

  • 2 sheets of construction paper 

  • Oil pastels

  • Scissors

  • Glue dot (or tape)

Lesson 2

Lesson 2: Form & Function

Shells, claws, and flippers, oh my! Join Bronx Children’s Museum’s Education Director Nicole Wallace as she shows us how different body parts help animals survive in a particular environment.

Video Length: approx. 12 minutes

Bronx Children's Museum: Form and Function

Items you will need

  • Clay

  • Sculpting tool (toothpick, fork, straw)

Lesson 3

Lesson 3: Waters On the Go! Bus Tour

Full steam ahead! Step aboard our famous purple Museum bus and visit our mobile exhibit, Waters On the Go!

Video Length: approx. 12 minutes

Bronx Children's Museum: Inside the Waters on the Go! Bus Tour 1st-3rd grade

Items you will need

  • Sturdy paper

  • Oil pastels, crayons, or markers

  • Scissors

  • Glue

Lesson 4

Lesson 4: Bronx Waterways: Finding Calm in Nature

Did you know the Bronx has more greenspace than any other NYC borough? Take a virtual tour through some of the amazing parks and waterways found right here in the Bronx and learn new ways of being calm and reducing stress.

Video Length: approx. 15 minutes

Bronx Children's Museum: Bronx Waterways Tour - Finding Calm in Nature

Items you will need

  • Sturdy paper

  • Water soluble oil pastels

  • Water

  • Paintbrush

Questions? Need help?

If you need any help, or have questions, please contact:

Jessica Montalvo-Jackson, Director of Director of School Programs and Education | jessica.jackson@bronxchildrensmuseum.org

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