Classroom/At Home Activities

Small collection of hand painted black-figure pottery, grouped together.

Activity: Painted Pottery

Decorate an ancient Greek-inspired vase.

  • Grades 4 - 8
  • Ages 8-10, 11-14
White sugar crystals

Activity: Sweet Science

Use some sweet kitchen chemistry to grow your own sugar crystals.

  • Grades 3 - 8
  • Ages 8-10, 11-14
Mosaic of a sun made from yellow, blue, and black squares.

Activity: ROMan Mosaic

Create a Roman-inspired mosaic

  • Grades 3 - 12
  • Ages 6-7, 8-10, 11-14
Chocolate chip cookie on grid paper, some chocolate chips removed or “mined” from the product beside it

Activity: The Most Delicious Mine

Dig into the basics of mining by extracting chocolate chips from a cookie

  • Grades 4 - 8
  • Ages 8-10, 11-14
A young man wears a white toga

Activity: Wear a Toga!

Learn how to step out in style like an ancient Roman citizen

  • Grades 1 - 11
  • Ages 4-5, 6-7, 8-10, 11-14
a shark overhead in the Schad gallery

Project: Big Shark, Big Loss, Big Impact: Sharks are Apex Predators

Use predator-prey games to understand why ecosystems need predators

  • Grades 4 - 8
  • Ages 8-10, 11-14
A hammerhead shark preys on rays

Project: Big Shark, Big Loss, Big Impact: Sharks Change Prey Behaviour

Use predator-prey games to understand how predators shape ecosystems

  • Grades 4 - 8
  • Ages 8-10, 11-14
two sample court hats made by students doing the activity

Activity: Make an Imperial Court Hat

Discover what a Chinese court hat tells you about its owner by creating your own

  • Grades 1 - 6
  • Ages 6-7, 8-10, 11-14
a girl holds a paper showing the name "Charlotte" in hieroglyphs

Activity: Write Your Name in Egyptian Hieroglyphs

Learn to write your name like ancient Egyptian royalty

  • Grades 3 - 12
  • Ages 8-10, 11-14, 14+
A mummy lying on a red surface

Activity: Make a Mummy Case

Create a mini-mummy case to learn how ancient Egyptians planned for the afterlife

  • Grades 3 - 8
  • Ages 8-10, 11-14