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Waterman Center Discovery Boxes
Call the Waterman Center at 607-625-2221 to reserve a discovery box or e-mail your request at info@watermancenter.org
Teachers who are in the Broome & Tioga County school districts may borrow any of these Discovery Boxes from Waterman Center for one week. Each box is filled with a variety of activities designed for the individual student or a small group. They provide lots of information and handson learning in a controlled setting. For more information on these, or the reserve a box for your class, Call Waterman Center at 625-2221. Reservations must be made at least (2) weeks in advance.
Kindergarten thru Second Grades
Nature Shapes
Your students will have the opportunity to explore the world of nature using a variety of shapes, patterns and more.
Furs and Feathers
Students will examine one factor that makes mammals different form birds. Students will learn that not all feathers are the same and that each one has a specific task to do. Fur, too, is not all the same and your students will learn how different animal furs' are designed to help the animal survive.
Second thru Fourth Grades
Insect Life Cycles
Students will explore the world of insects as they learn the difference between complete and incomplete metamorphosis.
Reptiles and Amphibians
What is an amphibian? How is it different from a reptile? These and other questions will be answered by your students as they explore this discovery box.
Camouflage
If your students were all insects, what color would they want to be? Would that color help them hide from predators? Students will discover the reason some creatures are camouflaged.
Food Chains
Energy passes through the natural system from plants to animals in a sort of chain. Students will explore how this system works for the benefit of all.
Tree Identification
What is the difference between opposite and alternate leaf structure? Simple and Compound leaves? What does "MAD HORSE" have to do with tree identification?
Skulls
The type of teeth found in a skull can tell a scientist a lot about the animal. So too can the placement of the eyes, the size of the nose, and many other clues aid in identification.
Fourth thru Sixth Grades
Native American Crafts
Native Americans from this area have always had a variety of crafts they used to trade and decorate their longhouses.
Migration
Each fall and spring the skies are filled with birds on an annual treck. Why do they do this and how do they find their way back?
Fossil Fun
Many years ago scientists believe this area was covered by vast ocean. When the ocean retreated many sea creatures were left buried in the mud. Today we can find thers fossils and learn about life at that time.
Endangered Species
What do the Timber Wolf, the Black Footed Ferret, the Whooping Crane and the California Condor all have in common?
Native American Artifacts
One of the best ways we have of knowing about life from the past is by the artifacts left a number of special items for us to discover and study. Your students will have the opportunity to examine some of these.
*NOTE*
The Waterman Center is in the process of designing several new boxes. Please call or e-mail us if you have an idea for a new discovery box.