Tuesday, October 16, 2012

Fernbank Museum Fieldtrip

Fernbank currently has the Genghis Khan Exhibit on display until January 21st 2013.  There are many useful activities and lessons already prepared that correlate to middle & high school curriculum standards.  The IMAX Theater features a movie called "Africa's Elephant Kingdom"

 
 
 
 
Picture taken from Nile Guide Traveler Blog
 
 
Picture taken from Secret of World History Blog
 
Get more specific information about Fernbank Museum's Exhibit Genghis Khan on their website

Click Here for Fernbank Genghis Khan Link

Georgia Performance Standards GPS for middle & high school:

6th Grade SS6G8 Geographic Understandings- The student will locate selected features of Europe.
7th Grade SS7G9 The student will locate selected features in Southern & Eastern Asia.
7th Grade SS7G11 The student will explain the impact of location, climate, physical characteristics, distribution of natural resources & population distribution on Southern & Eastern Asia.
7th Grade S7CS5 Students will use the ideas of system, model, change, and scale in exploring scientific  and technological matters.
7th Grade S7L4 Students will examine the dependence of organisms on one another and their environments.
7th Grade SS7G1 The student will be able to describe and locate the important physical & human characteristics of Africa.


World History High School
SSWH2 The student will identify the major achievements of Chinese & Indian societies from 1100 BCE to 500 CE.  
SSWH4 The student will analyze the importance of the Byzantine & Mongol empires between 450 CE & 1500 CE.
SSWH5 The student will trace the origins & expansion of the Islamic World between 600 CE & 1300 CE.
 

World Geography High School
SSWG5 The student will describe the interaction of physical & human system that have shaped contemporary South Asia, Southeastern Asia & Eastern Asia.

Biology High School
SB1  Students will assess the dependence of all organisms on one another & the flow of energy & matter within their ecosystems.

Choose any of the GPS Standards listed above & elaborate or describe more details.  Also tell about your experience on the fieldtrip.  Would you recommend this for others?


 
 
 

 
 
Pictures taken by Danielle
 

7 comments:

Unknown said...

I felt the trip was well exciting and very factfull

Anonymous said...

The muesuem was amazing and the movie we saw was sad, funny, and it was ok

Anonymous said...

i wish they would have ttok the time to walk us through the gangus khan exhibit

Anonymous said...

Well, the museum was lots of fun and the movie/film was very educational with information on elephants and their habitats and what they eat,do how they act in their habitats,and it showed us how they mate and fight for the female elephants.Ganghis Khan died in 1227 aged 65 thats was an important piece of history and how he fought in this world before he died.IT was a very informational and factful trip....the FERNBANK field trip was great,THANKS!

Jazmine Hightower said...

The Fieldtrip Helped Me Learn More About Elephants Way Of Living & Their Struggles. I Would Reccomend This To Smaller Children Who Wants To Learn More About Animals.

ALONNA said...

THE TRIP WAS FUN I LEARNED THINGS I NEVRE LEARNED BEFOR

Maronda Hastie said...

I enjoyed the IMAX movie "Africa's Elephant Kingdom!" The matriach was very protective of her family much like humans. It was funny watching the newborn baby try to walk & be introduced to the family.

I plan to go back to take my time going through the Genghis Khan exhibit. The exhibit was so extensive with plenty of artifacts. I'm certain I missed something!!!!