Museum at Prairiefire 5801 W. 135th Street, Overland Park, KS 66223
The Museum at Prairiefire, in collaboration with the American Museum of National History and other cultural and educational institutions, provides access for all to understand and celebrate natural history and science in our region and around the world.
Group visits are available Monday-Friday and can be customized to fit your group’s specific interests. To register your troop’s program, contact education@visitthemap.org or call (913) 333-3502.
Event Name
Grade Level(s)
Description
Daisy Brownie Junior Cadette Senior Ambassador
Discover dinosaurs, extinct sea monsters, live animals, Kansas wetlands and more! Girls, led by museum scientists, will explore all the museum has to offer through active and hands- on experiences millions of years in the making. Length: 2 hours. Girls will join Museum at Prairefire (MAP) scientists as they learn about natural ways water purification can be achieved, while exploring the hard-working MAP wetlands and investigating how water sculpts the land using a hands-on stream table. Girls will tour the wetlands while learning how to identify and mount insects for a collection that they can take home.
Discover the Natural World
Daisy Brownie Junior
Wonders of Wetlands
Brownie Junior Cadette Senior Ambassador
Bio Blitz
Transforming energy from one form to another. Girls will work as a team to design and build a marble roller coaster that has two complete vertical loops with three half-sections of pipe insulation and duct tape. This hands-on experience will highlight how energy can be transformed and lost if not nurtured properly.
Marble Roller Coasters
Daisy Brownie
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