Educator Handbook: Programs & Services

Programs and Services

Please refer to the web site Educator Information page for the latest news about bringing a class or school to the Falls of the Ohio State Park. For first-time visits, teachers are encouraged to make an appointment to come for an orientation before your field trip. This free activity will enable you to have a smooth, trouble-free (as much as possible, anyway!) outing.

If you are unable to attend an orientation, we will send you an agreement form to be signed and either faxed, mailed or brought in when your field trip occurs. This agreement is a checklist of items we go over at the orientation.

Hands-on Labs (K-16)

Interactive fossil labs - both outdoor (May 1 - mid November) and indoor (mid November - April 30). A variety of labs are available appropriate for different grade levels.

Tools and Foodways of Prehistoric Peoples is a hands-on indoor lab to provide a glimpse into the lives of people who have lived near the Falls for the past 13,000 years using a variety of artifact reproductions.

Students prepare to go on the fossil beds for a lab.

Loaner Kits (Links to web page with details about these kits and their inventories)

Museum to Go Fossil Discovery Trunk

 Our Fossil Discovery Trunk (2 boxes with four inserts) contain 44 specimens of fossils and modern organisms. They include samples of most phyla from cyanobacteria to vertebrates and plants. The trunk is equipped with a binder containing a variety of activities we have created utilizing the trunk’s fossils.

Museum to Go Rock Collection

Our Rock Kit contains 35 specimens of igneous, metamorphic and sedimentary rocks as well as some unusual rock features. Supplementary material will be developed.

Museum to Go Prehistoric Tool Kit

This kit supports your lessons relating to archaeology and prehistoric Native American life.

Museum to Go Mineral Collection

Our Mineral Collection Kit is in the works and should be ready soon. Contact us for more information. This goes great with our Mineral Lab!

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Created January 22, 2010, Updated March 20, 2012