Virtual Early Explorers: Big Things

 

February 2022's theme was Big Things!

An adult and two children look at dinosaur skeletons and a dinosaur mural in a museum lobby.

UAMN photo by Jennifer Arseneau.

At-Home Activities:

Child standing behind a shadow puppet theater, holding a moose puppet up to the screen to cast a shadow.

From Small to Big: Explore how all big things are made up of many small parts.

Alaska State Symbols Shadow Play: Make shadow puppets and a puppet theater to explore “big” animal facts.

(Courtesy of WGBH) Watch a video exploring the sizes of different animals.

 

For activities designed for kids ages 6-12, go to the Virtual Junior Curators page.

 

Circle with a painting of four woolly mammoths. Around the edge are the words "UAMN Early Explorers: Hunt and Find: Mammoth Family."

 

 

During February, the Early Explorers Mammoth Family was exploring the museum. They found BIG things! Early Explorers searched for the mammoth family in the museum galleries.

 

 

Return to Virtual Early Explorers homepage.