Students will explore the properties of sound waves through animal communication, space travel, and our own voices.
Capacity: 120
4th Grade
Georgia Standards of Excellence: S4P2, ESGM4.CR.2, ESGM4.CN.1
Field Trip will run for 3 hours and include the following programs (in no particular order):
- The Mark Smith Planetarium is an immersive full dome digital Space Theater that offers GSE-related astronomy programming.
- Explore how sound waves are affected by speed, pitch, and frequency.
- Live Animal Experiences provide unique opportunities for students to see and learn about some of our animals at the Museum up close from an animal expert.
- Define volume, pitch, and decibels
- Investigate how animals manipulate volume and pitch to communicate different behaviors
- STEAM Activities occur in our designated classroom space where students learn and create through the STEAM process.
- Produce and manipulate sound through voice
- Describe the basic functions of soundwaves
- Connect the physics of sound to the art of music
- Our newly renovated outdoor picnic area provides covered and uncovered lunch spots for our field trip groups. During this time you may visit our Museum Store.
- Lunch should remain on the bus until lunch time as there is no storage at the Museum.
- You may order/cater lunch for your group. Please let the Front Desk know ahead of time. The Museum is not responsible for your food order.
- If you choose to visit the Museum Store, please send in 10 students at a time with a chaperone THROUGHOUT your lunch time. Waiting until the very end of your lunch time will slow the check-out process and may cause you to miss your final program/bus departure.
Middle School
Georgia Standards of Excellence: S8P4, MSGM8.CN.1
Field Trip will run for 3 hours and include the following programs (in no particular order):
- The Mark Smith Planetarium is an immersive full dome digital Space Theater that offers GSE-related astronomy programming.
- Explore the effects of wave speed and frequency of sound as it travels through a medium
- Live Animal Experiences provide unique opportunities for students to see and learn about some of our animals at the Museum up close from an animal expert.
- Define volume, pitch, and decibels
- Investigate how animals manipulate volume and pitch to communicate different behaviors
- STEAM Activities occur in our designated classroom space where students learn and create through the STEAM process.
- Produce and manipulate sound through voice
- Define amplitude, frequency, wavelength, and wave speed
- Describe the basic functions of soundwaves
- Connect the physics of sound to the art of music
- Our newly renovated outdoor picnic area provides covered and uncovered lunch spots for our field trip groups. During this time you may visit our Museum Store.
- Lunch should remain on the bus until lunch time as there is no storage at the Museum.
- You may order/cater lunch for your group. Please let the Front Desk know ahead of time. The Museum is not responsible for your food order.
- If you choose to visit the Museum Store, please send in 10 students at a time with a chaperone THROUGHOUT your lunch time. Waiting until the very end of your lunch time will slow the check-out process and may cause you to miss your final program/bus departure.
High School
Georgia Standards of Excellence: SPS9, HSMA.CN.1
Field Trip will run for 3 hours and include the following programs (in no particular order):
- The Mark Smith Planetarium is an immersive full dome digital Space Theater that offers GSE-related astronomy programming.
- Define Doppler Effect
- Explore the reflection of sound and light waves as it travels through a medium.
- Live Animal Experiences provide unique opportunities for students to see and learn about some of our animals at the Museum up close from an animal expert.
- Define volume, pitch, and decibels
- Investigate how animals manipulate volume and pitch to communicate different behaviors
- STEAM Activities occur in our designated classroom space where students learn and create through the STEAM process.
- Define wavelength, frequency, and amplitude
- Produce and manipulate sound through voice
- Describe the basic functions of sound waves
- Connect the physics of sound to the art of music
- Our newly renovated outdoor picnic area provides covered and uncovered lunch spots for our field trip groups. During this time you may visit our Museum Store.
- Lunch should remain on the bus until lunch time as there is no storage at the Museum.
- You may order/cater lunch for your group. Please let the Front Desk know ahead of time. The Museum is not responsible for your food order.
- If you choose to visit the Museum Store, please send in 10 students at a time with a chaperone THROUGHOUT your lunch time. Waiting until the very end of your lunch time will slow the check-out process and may cause you to miss your final program/bus departure.