I thought that the education program this morning was very worthwhile. I found the adaptations part especially useful, since that is one of our science units in the 5th grade core. I think it would be good to integrate some science stuff into a study of westward expansion and the Mormon Trail. When we study Lewis and Clark in my class, I have my students do an "exploration" of either their back yard or a park, if they don't have a yard. They describe and draw what they see and also do a leaf rubbing. I show them a sample of Lewis's journal where he sketched some of the animals he saw.
The firearms section of the museum reminded me how interested the boys are in weapons, and someone always chooses the weapons report when I divide my kids up to report on different aspects of the westward movement. The display in the museum was amazing; I'm rather illiterate when it comes to firearms, but if my brothers were along, we would be in that section of the museum until Christmas while they described the history and characteristics of every gun there. The museum was great, and too much to completely absorb.
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