1st Grade

A visit to the Museum of Arts and Sciences opens a world of exploration to your class.  With your visit to the Museum you will recieve both pre- and post-visit activites for all that you do at the Museum to connect your field trip to the classroom.   Here are some of the 1st Grade GPS that are dealt with on every visit to the Museum, refer to the pre- and post- materials to see a complete list:

ELA1R1 The Student demonstrated knowledge of concepts of print.

M1G1 Students will study and create various two and three-dimensional figures and identify basic figures (squares, circles, triangles, and rectangles) within them.

S1CS1 Students will be aware of the importance of curiosity, honesty, openness, and skepticism in science and will exhibit these traits in their own efforts to understand how the world works.

SS1G2 The student will identify and locate his/her city, county, state, nation, and continent on a simple map or a globe.

The Museum provides a variety of unique experinces and opportunities for your students to learn.  Select any combination of programs or current exhibits that would enhance your classroom experience. Use the links below to view information on specific programs and exhibits and correlations to the Georgia Performance Standards. 

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Featured Exhibitions              Planetarium

Live Animal Programs           Environmental Education

Labs and Classes

If you have any more questions, please feel free to contact the Group Services Coordinator at groups@masmacon.com.  If you are ready to book your trip please use either our online form or call the Museum to submit your request.

Featured Exhibits

Head to Toe

March 28-August 31, 2008

Newberry  Gallery

Are you an herbivore or a carnivore? What can an x-ray see? Just how hard does your heart work? What do fingerprints do? The answers to these questions and more await you in the Museum's latest exhibit!

The human body is a fascinating and complex machine, with each of its many parts fulfilling a unique and interesting function. Head to Toe, based on Pacific Science Center's nationally acclaimed Science on Wheels: Blood and Guts exhibition, educated visitors about five bodily topics: skeletons, organs, the senses, general health and general body facts. Compare skulls and backbones to learn how each one works for different animals. Learn about your individual fingerprints and smell detector cells in your nose.

Live Animal Program

What We Need

With the help of our back yard animals, students will be shown how to recognize individual characteristics such as size, shape,  and color and discuss positive ways characteristics are similar and different. We will talk about how all living things need the basics to survive, such as sunshine, air, food, and water.

Related GPS:

S1L1 Students will investigate the characteristics and basic needs of plants and animals.

Planetarium Shows

The Sky From A to Z

This program presents the sun as a star essential for life on Earth. Its rising, setting, and the origins of day, month, and year are briefly addressed. Students are introduced to objects in the night sky, including seasonal constellations, the moon, meteors, and planets. The Earth is seen from space during a spaceship ride to the sun and the planets.

Related GPS:

S1CS4 Students will use the ideas of system, model, change, and scale in exploring scientific and technological matters.

S1P1 Students will investigate light and sound.

Our Place In Space

Through a crossword puzzle, Scarlett Macaw and her animal friends explore the cause of day and night, the importance of our star, the sun, the beauty of the constellations, and the variety of objects throughout the universe.

Related GPS:

S1CS4 Students will use the ideas of system, model, change, and scale in exploring scientific and technological matters.

S1P1 Students will investigate light and sound.

Environmental Education