Museum Programming

Marbles Kids Museum inspires imagination, discovery and learning with hands-on, minds-on exhibits. Enhance the classroom experience, bring educational concepts to life and show students there's no limit to how much fun they can have learning through the Power of Play!

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Delve deeper with MasterMinds and Brain Builders, interactive museum presentations that build content knowledge aligned with the new Common Core and NC Essential Standards. Advance reservation required for MasterMinds and Brain Builders.

MasterMinds

Grades K-3 | 20 minutes

Give students a brain boost with an interactive MasterMind presentation that expands on concepts introduced in the museum and your classroom.

Body Fuel

On your mark, get set…fuel your fun! Create healthy meals for athletes with the new My Plate food guide to power up the play. This interactive experience is offered in conjunction with Power2Play.

NC Science Essential Standards Match: K, 1, 3
NC Health Education Essential Standards Match: K-3

Celebrate!

Join the celebration and explore the music, food, costumes and traditions that define celebrations around the world!
NC Social Studies Essential Standards Match: K-3

Dollars and Sense

Sponsored by PNC Bank

Making smart money choices isn’t magic, it’s dollars and sense! Learn about earning, saving and spending responsibly without the hocus pocus. This MasterMind complements the museum’s Moneypalooza gallery all about money.

NC Social Studies Essential Standards Match: K-2

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Weather Wizards

Meteorologists in the making! Students whip up a storm and experiment with the key ingredients of weather - air, temperature and moisture.
NC Science Essential Standards Match: K, 2

Brain Builders

Grades 4-5 | 45 minutes

Put problem-solving skills to work as students collaborate to complete a hands-on challenge during Brain Builder workshops facilitated by a Museum Animator. This field trip includes an additional 45 minutes for exploring the museum's second floor exhibits, including Moneypalooza, IdeaWorks and Power2Play.

Engineer It!

Creativity and problem-solving are front and center as students design and build contraptions that harness the forces of gravity, motion and mass to engineer a solution to a fun challenge.
NC Science Essential Standards Match: 5

Money Makers

Calling all entrepreneurs! Apply math smarts and economic savvy to set up and run retail stores at the Marbles Mall. Collaboration, critical thinking and creativity required!
NC Social Studies Essential Standards Match: 4, 5
Common Core Mathematics Standards Match: 4, 5