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Welcome to the Corpus Christi Museum of Science and History Educational Resources Center. Our site enables you to find information on our exhibits, provides access to educational materials and activities, and gives you options to customize your tour. In addition to the standard self-guided tour, the Museum offers options for guided tours that include the Pinta, Seeds of Change, and Santiago's Challenge. TEKS supporting Focus Programs and Fact Hunts are also available by reservation, Tuesday through Friday from 10:00am to 5:00pm. The Museum is closed on Mondays.
Focus Programs are available : Click here to view Descriptions
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Annual Columbus Days
October 4 -10, 2011 |
| Sign your school or scout group up for a special costumed tour. Students and scouts will receive a "coin of the realm". Reservations required. Click on the above link to sign up for a tour! |
Columbus Ships at Sea-1992
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On August 3 we invite you to step aboard the Santa Maria as Columbus and his three small ships sail away from the Coast of Spain on an epic journey into the pages of History! Follow along in real time, using a map that shows their weekly progress, and actual daily entries from the Log of Christopher Columbus!
Be there when land is sighted on October 12! |
Columbus and his crew knew the compounding power of simple machines. The lever, pulley, wheel and axle, and inclined plane were used aboard on a daily basis to help the crew accomplish daily tasks. During your tour you will try your hand at the capstan to accomplish a similar task. Click here to Read More
Reservations required. Sign your crew up by clicking on the link above.
*Science Concepts:
The student knows there is a relationship between force and motion.
The student knows concepts of force and motion evident in everyday life. |
Rudy using the Capstan aboard Pinta
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Discover La Belle
Follow the Blog....... |
LaSalle`s Expedition to Texas
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In February, 1686, a lonely French ship was battered by a strong winter storm in Texas.
It had made the long journey from France with Rene-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de la Salle, the famed explorer. He and his crew had come to the New World to establish a colony at the mouth of the Mississippi River. Unfortunately, knowledge of America's geography was limited, and the expedition landed in Texas, hundreds of miles from the Mississippi. Convinced their river was somewhere very near, the La Salle colonists had established a small fort as a base settlement. Misfortune had visited the expedition since they landed - their supply ship sank and men died of disease. Food and water were scarce.
Discover the fate of La Belle and the colonists story by following the blog. |
| Traveling Trunks are available! |
Bring science and history from the Museum to your classroom! Traveling Trunks from the Corpus Christi Museum allow you to study subjects, specimens, and artifacts right in your own classroom. Available trunks include Rock and Mineral Trunk, Paleontology Trunk, Ranching Heritage Trunk. Trunks can be used as an independent study unit or as an extension of your Museum visit. Trunks are student and teacher friendly and loaded with interesting information, activities, books, videos, Power Points and hands on materials. Trunks are easy to transport in your car or van. Available to schools only at an economic fee of $40 for 5 days-enough time for each teacher in your grade level to share the trunk! The Teacher must pick up and return the Trunk to the Museum. For information or trunk reservations, call 826-4665 or email sandral@cctexas.com |
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Rock and Mineral Trunk
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Ranching Heritage Trunk
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Paleontology Trunk
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The Planets of Our Solar System
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Voyage: A Journey Through Our Solar System is now here in Corpus Christi! This spectacular scale model of our solar system contains colorful images, three dimensional scale models, and informative text on each planet. The exhibit, designed by the National Center for Earth and Space Science Education, is a permanent exhibit along Shoreline Drive from I-37 to Peoples Street. Voyage is designed as a self-guided walking tour of the scale model solar system. The Sun is located at Peoples St. and the exhibit concludes with Pluto at I-37 and Shoreline Drive. This is a convenient walking distance from the Watergarden area and the Museum of Science and History, allowing you to take a visit to both Voyage and the Museum! Educational materials for grades K-12 for Voyage are available online for classroom use.
Here are more pictures of the Voyage exhibit.
Log onto Dr. Jeff Goldstein's great site Dr. Jeff's Blog on the Universe to learn "cool stuff" and make space science an adventure for adults and children. |
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