(Elementary) 
Mystery Mezzanine Tours include participation in a forensic science exploration challenging students to unravel the Mystery of the Missing Masterpieces. An examination of evidence revealing the secrets of investigative science will help close the case once and for all!
School groups are greeted by a museum teacher who introduces the exhibits and escorts students on their Mystery Mezzanine Tour. Each one hour and 30 minute tour includes an exclusive exploration of the exhibit space and concludes with an educational program. Support materials that reinforce the concepts introduced in the tour are available online. Favorite Mystery Mezzanine exhibits include Hidden Clues and Messages, Modern Artists, Secret Disguise Room and Ductwork Crawl. Last but not least each visitor on a Mystery Mezzanine tour is challenged to conquer the ever popular Jack and the Beanstalk Climber!
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| Special Discounts |
Happy 30th Birthday – Our Gift to You!
In honor of the 30th birthday of The Magic House, school groups visiting on a reserved field trip tour during October 2009 will be admitted at the 1979 rate of just $1.50 per person! |
Join Us in January!
Ring in the New Year at The Magic House and start the semester with a bang! School groups visiting on a reserved field trip tour during January 2010 will be admitted for a special rate of just $3 per person. |
| Mystery Mezzanine Programs |
The Mystery of the Missing Masterpiece and
Kitchen Detectives
This tour begins in the Mystery Mezzanine where young investigators-in-training will learn how forensic experts use science to do their job! Discovering hidden clues, secret messages and evaluating crime scene evidence, invites students to use deductive reasoning in proving, there’s no such thing as disappearing without a trace. A Kitchen Detectives experiment inviting students to practice the scientific method will complete the experience!
GLE's: Science 2-6: Strand 1: 1A, 1B Strand 3: 1C, 1E, 3D
Strand 7: 1A, 1B, 1C, 1D Strand 8: 1B, 3A |
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The Mystery of the Missing Masterpiece and
the Sunshine Classroom
Weather Permitting: October 1-31 and April 1- May 28
Young detectives and botanists will learn how experts in the field use science to do their jobs! This tour begins in the Mystery Mezzanine where young investigators-in-training are challenged to discover hidden clues, secret messages and evaluate crime scene evidence, using deductive reasoning to prove, there’s no such thing as disappearing without a trace! A visit to the Sunshine Classroom inviting students to become plant scientists, will complete the tour!
GLE's: Science 2-6: Strand 1: 1A, 1B Strand 3: 1A, 1B, 1D, 2C
Strand 4: 1A, 2A Strand 5: 1A Strand 7: 1A, 1B, 1C, 1D
Thanks to a grant from Express Scripts, a limited number of qualifying field trip groups will experience the Play Garden, the Jack and the Beanstalk Climber and the Sunshine Classroom free of charge. |
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