Homes provide us shelter and comfort from the outside world, and we can appreciate how important they are now more than ever. Humans have been building houses for their families for thousands of years. Join us as we explore what “home” looked like for ancient peoples, based on clay models of that reflect the architecture of the time. Recommended Materials: Paper, pencils, crayons or markers.

Audience: School-aged and Families
Date: August 5, 2020
Time: 11am EST

Think that “climate change” just means turning up the air conditioning? Think again—climatologists agree that the future might make you sweat…or worse. Join our Museum Educators in this investigation of how an increase in the frequency of extreme weather events may affect many public health concerns: drought, urban heat islands, floods, air pollutants, infectious diseases and nutrition, to name a few. You’ll be recruited by our Virtual Triage Team to view several short video interviews with victims of our changing climate, and then asked to help sleuth out the maladies that have been worsened by local conditions. What can be done to help patients who are truly “under the weather”?

Audience: School-aged and Families
Date: August 5, 2020
Time: 12pm EST

Do you know what types of ancient technology we still use today?  Solve riddles by looking closely at Penn Museum artifacts. Uncover the tools and techniques used by ancient engineers and craftspeople to create these artifacts. This exploration into ancient innovation will help you discover similarities between world cultures, past and present.   There are no recommended materials for this program.

Audience: School-aged and Families
Date: August 12, 2020
Time: 11am EST

From claws to camouflage, every animal has special traits that help them to survive! Explore the Zoo to see up close the Amazing Adaptations that our animals have!

Audience: School-aged and Families
Date: August 12, 2020
Time: 12pm EST

People of all ages, genders, and classes gave gifts to the gods in ancient Greece. Archaeologists find a variety of gifts at Greek sanctuaries that they can use to understand ancient religion. These gifts, called votives, range from small, clay objects to ivory and gold sculptures. Explore how, why, and what gifts were given to the Greek gods, then create your own votive expressing your thanks and wishes for the future. Recommended Materials: Paper, pencils, crayons or markers.

Audience: School-aged and Families
Date: August 19, 2020
Time: 11am EST

Peek into this ancient world—87-70 million years ago, during the Late Cretaceous—thanks to the special exhibit–Savage Ancient Seas–featuring replicated skeletons cast from the real fossils of extinct ocean animals. Also get a sneak peek at our preserved giant squid when we "Release the Kraken!"

Audience: School-aged and Families
Date: August 19, 2020
Time: 12pm EST

In this workshop, a performer of the Sattriya Dance Company, takes you on a journey through a 600-year-old dance tradition. This dance was only preserved, nourished, and practiced by monks on a little island in Northeast India until recently. Students are exposed to stories from Hindu mythology through the dance and also learn about the monks and their lives. Along the way, participants are led in movement exercises and learn some vocabulary of this ancient Indian tradition. There are no recommended materials for this program.

Audience: School-aged and Families
Date: August 26, 2020
Time: 11am EST

This Field Trip LIVE is a variety show that features dance, music, gymnastics, meditation, jokes, science and more! It has a social emotional learning backbone and is intended to help kids ages 5 to 12 and their parents develop their social and emotional superpowers: knowing your emotions, empathy, making good choices and being optimistic.

Audience: School-aged and Families
Date: August 26, 2020
Time: 12pm EST