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Field trips to the Morris Museum offer an in-depth study of a particular exhibition. A museum educator guides students through an exhibition while engaging them in lively discussion. All programs incorporate hands-on materials or activities.
The following Exhibition Programs are based on changing exhibitions. Dates
are indicated with each program.
Through November 21, 2008
Program Length: 60 minutes
Program Fee: $8 per person
Explore the art and the history of 50 rare and important original screen-printed and stone-lithographed film posters from the early to middle 20th century. Students will discuss the role that race played in the film industry, the African American contribution to the popular culture of film and the unique printmaking process that was used to create the original posters. The program will conclude with a poster making activity.
Visual and Performing Arts Standards 1.1, 1.3 - 1.5; Language Arts Literacy Standards 3.3, 3.5; Social Studies Standards 6.1, 6.4
September 30 – December 19, 2008
Program Length: 60 minutes
Program Fee: $8 per person
Experience the “timeless” art of drawing! Students will explore the diverse works of emerging artists from New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania and Delaware. Discussions will focus on subject matter, medium, composition and artistic expression. The focus of this program is to encourage students to look at, question and talk about various themes that are prevalent in the artwork. The program will conclude with a drawing activity.
Visual and Performing Arts Standards 1.1, 1.3 - 1.5; Language Arts Literacy Standards 3.3, 3.5
January 27 – April 10, 2009
Program Length: 60 minutes
Program Fee: $8 per person
Explore the unique and fascinating functions of the human body! Through this exhibition, students will learn about the human skeleton, organs, the senses, general health and amazing body facts. Discover a multitude of interactive stations that will engage the senses and excite the mind! The program will conclude with a group activity.
Comprehensive Health and Physical Education Standard 2.1; Language Arts Literacy Standard 3.3; Science Standards 5.5
January 27 – April 10, 2009
Program Length: 60 minutes
Program Fee: $8 per person
Why is the sun yellow? How long does it take a planet to orbit a star? Answer these questions and more when you visit this exhibition. Students will be introduced to astronomy and space science education through a multitude of hands-on activities and interactive stations.
Language Arts Literacy Standard 3.3; Science Standards 5.5
April 14 – June 5, 2009
Program Length: 60 minutes
Program Fee: $8 per person
Fresh Perspectives is a juried exhibition of artwork created by outstanding high school artists in central and northern New Jersey. The artwork of these talented students is displayed in museum galleries and includes sculpture, drawings, paintings, photography and mixed media pieces. The goal of this program is to expose students to the diverse work of their peers and to exemplify how hard work can be rewarded. Students will share their interpretations of the artwork and participate in a sketching activity.
Visual and Performing Arts Standards 1.1, 1.3 - 1.5; Language Arts Literacy Standards 3.3, 3.5
The following Exhibition Programs are based on permanent exhibitions and are available throughout the entire school year.
Program Length: 60 minutes
Program Fee: $8 per person
This program explores mechanical musical instruments and automata (mechanical figures) as reflections of their time through the lenses of history, art, science and technology. Discover how these inventions work (through the use of simple machines), who made them, and the role of “music on demand” before the phonograph, radio and CDs. Students will enjoy a live demonstration as they view nearly 150 machines that span over 300 years and nearly a dozen countries. This is a fun, multi-disciplinary way to investigate an important chapter in the history of entertainment. All objects are from the Murtogh D. Guinness Collection at the Morris Museum.
Visual and Performing Arts Standards 1.1 - 1.3, 1.5; Science Standards 5.1 – 5.3; Social Studies Standards 6.1, 6.3, 6.4
Program Length: 60 minutes
Program Fee: $7 per person
Why do plants and animals become endangered? Through this program students will increase their understanding of the earth’s biodiversity and the interdependence of all living things through food chains and habitats. Natural and human causes will be explored and students will learn that each individual has a profound effect on the environment.
Visual and Performing Arts Standards 1.1, 1.3 – 1.5; Science Standards 5.1, 5.5, 5.10; Social Studies Standard 6.5
Program Length: 60 minutes
Program Fee: $7 per person
The focus of this program is studying the earth and its largest prehistoric inhabitants. In the Rock and Mineral Gallery, students will view and handle a variety of specimens to learn about simple geological processes. A visit to the Dinosaur Gallery will allow students to learn about different dinosaurs while handling many fossils.
Science Standards 5.1, 5.5, 5.8, 5.10
Program Length: 60 minutes
Program Fee: $7 per person
Look, learn and write! Students will discover a variety of objects from the museum’s collection while learning how to describe, analyze and interpret artwork. The focus of this program is to allow students to understand and decipher various types of artwork by using the stages of art criticism. Students will select a piece of artwork that is of particular interest to them, and create a “museum label” about the piece.
Visual and Performing Arts Standards 1.1, 1.3 - 1.5; Language Arts Literacy Standards 3.2 - 3.4
Program Length: 60 minutes
Program Fee: $7 per person
While interacting with a variety of artifacts, students will learn about four different geographical and cultural areas: Eastern Woodlands, Plains, Southwest and Northwest Coast. By handling representative objects from each area, students can analyze the material, design and function of everyday and ceremonial objects from the past and present.
Visual and Performing Arts Standards 1.1, 1.5; Science Standard 5.2; Social Studies Standards 6.2, 6.3, 6.5
Program Length: 60 minutes
Program Fee: $7 per person
What clues do animals leave behind? Examine deer antlers, turtle shells, owl pellets, feathers and snake shed while learning about the diversity of creatures around us. With the museum’s grizzly bear looking down upon them, students learn about the unique characteristics of mammals, birds and reptiles. Students will explore these topics as they participate in a footprint matching game.
Science Standards 5.5, 5.10
These programs will be presented in the museum’s Bickford Theatre and
pre-registration is required. Space is limited. A suggested resource list is provided to participating classes prior to the program.
Wednesday, November 12
10:30 a.m. – Noon
Program Fee: $7 per person
High school students and teachers are invited to participate in this powerful and educational program. Participants will meet and hear first hand accounts of war from two eye-witnesses to the atrocity of genocide. After hearing the stories, students will have the opportunity to participate in a question and answer period at the conclusion of the program.
This program allows teachers to address the New Jersey Holocaust and Genocide curriculum, as well as address issues of character education.
Wednesday, April 29 for Grade 6 - 8
Thursday, April 30 for Grades 6 - 8
Wednesday, May 6 for Grades 9 -12
Thursday, May 7 for Grades 6 - 8
Wednesday, May 13 for Grades 6 - 8
10:30 a.m. – noon
Program Fee: $7 per person
Middle and high school students and teachers are invited to participate in this significant program which brings participants face to face with Holocaust survivors in a compassionate and educational environment.
Barbara Wind, director of the Holocaust Council of the United Jewish Communities of MetroWest in Whippany, moderates the program and provides a brief overview of the Holocaust and its place in the history of modern day genocides. Members of the United Jewish Communities Holocaust Council Speakers Bureau then speak about their individual experiences during the Holocaust. From concentration camp survivors to hidden children, survivors give first-hand accounts of the atrocities of war that are descriptive, powerful and poignant. Students will have the opportunity to meet these living witnesses, as well as participate in a question and answer period. This program allows teachers to address the New Jersey Holocaust and Genocide curriculum as well as address issues of character education.
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- Visit the museum with other teachers prior to your field trip to familiarize yourself with the museum and to help prepare activities. You will receive free admission if you let us know you are coming! Inquire by calling 973.971.3710.
- Plan the length of your museum visit with your students’ interest and energy levels in mind. Feel free to bring writing and reading materials for any downtime.
- Use some of our pre and post-visit suggestions to get your students excited and ready for their field trip!
- Create a K-W-L for your students, which includes what they already know about the museum, what they want to know about the museum, and what they hope to learn at the museum.
- Ask students to develop questions they have about the museum or about the specific subject matter to be discussed at the museum. Compile questions into a class questionnaire and bring it on the trip so your museum educator can answer the questions.
- Suggest to students that they explore some grade-appropriate books, magazines or Web sites related to the subject matter of your visit.
- Visit the Morris Museum’s Web site or call the museum’s education office to get specific program details and to generate excitement. Let us know what your students are studying and how the program you select will enhance your classroom topics.
- Go back to the K-W-L chart and see what new ideas or questions were generated.
- Ask students to create a written record or journal of their experience using language and/or images.
- Construct a class mural so students can write or sketch their impressions of the visit.
- Follow up with grade-appropriate readings from books and magazines related to the subject matter of your visit.
- Create a research project for students or student groups to investigate any ideas, questions or issues that came up during the visit.
- Think about how museums can be a useful resource to enhance classroom learning and contact museum educators with ideas or suggestions!
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Call the Morris Museum at 973.971.3710 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday – Friday.
Program prices are listed with each Exhibition Program and are per person, which includes teachers and chaperones. Groups must meet a 10-person minimum to receive a program. Two classroom teachers are admitted free of charge.
Museum educators are assigned to each group of 30 students or less. Larger groups will be divided.
Programs are scheduled Tuesday through Friday. The museum is closed to the public on Mondays, but the offices are open for bookings.
Programs are scheduled starting at 9:30 a.m. and run on the half hour.
The museum does not have indoor eating facilities. The picnic area at the museum is available by reservation. Please inquire when booking.
Groups that wish to browse without a museum educator are charged $5 per person. Reservations are required to receive this reduced fee.
Exhibition Programs are also offered on Saturdays by reservation only.
When making a reservation, please have the following information available:
- Date and hour of arrival
- School name, address and phone number
- School district and county
- Name of teacher(s)
- Grade level
- Number of students and adults (Please bring one chaperone for every seven students.)
- Special needs of the group
A confirmation letter that lists program specifics will be mailed to the teacher. Please review your letter carefully.
Groups should arrive promptly for programs. Please allow 10 minutes prior to the scheduled start of a program for disembarking from your bus and entering the building.
The museum does its best to accommodate late groups. However, when conflicts with other groups or programs arise, the museum reserves the right to adjust, change or shorten a program. All changes are discussed with visiting teachers.
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