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Montshire at Home:
Online Resources

Developed, hosted, and curated by the Montshire’s Education team, this online learning series consists of videos and resources that allow young learners to delve into a different topic using a variety of learning methods.

Learning opportunities include:

  • Teacher’s Guide for educators
  • DIY science projects for kids and parents to do at home
  • Downloadable activities, such as scavenger hunts and puzzles
  • Video explorations of science concepts

Science Topics

Enjoy the Montshire's Astronomy Day from home with activities for learners of all ages!

Astronomy Day at Home

Learn about heavenly bodies visible in the night sky and even rarely-seen wonders.

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Turn your kitchen into a lab with these sweet candy experiments.

Sweet Science

Turn your kitchen into your own laboratory with these sweet candy experiments.

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Painted Turtle at the Montshire Museum of Science.

Pond Life

Take a deep dive into aquatic habitats. Learn interesting facts about local amphibians, and see what life you can discover in your favorite body of water.

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Rebecca deploys her aluminum foil armada.

Boats

Learn about boats through fun and exciting engineering challenges!

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Sun from the Planet Walk at the Montshire Museum of Science.

Sun

Learn about the sun through fun and exciting engineering challenges!

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Get spruced up and learn about the trees who live in your neighborhood!

Trees

Get spruced up, head outside, and learn about the trees who live in your neighborhood!

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Learn all about the chemistry of colors through hands-on activities, videos, and more!

Color Chemistry

Learn all about the chemistry of colors through hands-on activities, videos, and more!

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Make no bones about it, skeletons are fascinating! Enjoy videos and science activities to learn all about them!

Skeletons

Make no bones about it, skeletons are fascinating! Enjoy videos and science activities to learn all about them!

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Air is amazing! It's a mix of gases that is too thin to see, but thick enough to feel and to do some useful work.

Air

Soar into activities and videos about air!

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Explore how light behaves by studying shadows and sundials, making prisms, light painting, and more!

Light

Explore how light behaves by studying shadows and sundials, making prisms, light painting, and more!

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Dive into the world of bugs and enjoy videos and downloads of buggy activities.

Bugs and Creepy Crawlers

Dive into the world of bugs and enjoy videos and downloads of buggy activities.

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Spend a week exploring the world of puzzles with Montshire at Home. Check out the videos and downloads of activities that you can easily do at home!

Puzzles

Spend a week exploring puzzles, including ones you can easily do at home!

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Density is this week’s science topic on Montshire at Home. Check out the videos and downloads of experiments demonstrating density that you can do yourself with salt, water, food coloring, cups, balls, and a few other items hanging around the house.

Density

Enjoy videos and experiments about density using household objects.

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This week, for Montshire at Home, we're working on cardboard creations!

Cardboard Creations

Create marble runs, fashion hats, build worlds, and more — all with cardboard!

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This week, we’re going to work on our own chain reaction at home!

Chain Reactions

Create a series of cause and effect events to achieve a simple task in a fun complex way.

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Join us for a week dedicated to all things seeds!

Seeds

Check out videos, experiment, and more — all about seeds!

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Join us for a week dedicated to all things eggs!

Eggs

Join in for videos, experiments, and activities dedicated to eggs!

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​Join us for a week of soapy science as we dive into the world of bubbles!

Bubbles and Soap

​Join us for some soapy science as we dive into the world of bubbles!

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