SCHOOL PROGRAMS

EDUCATIONALLY SOUND

LASM educational programs are aligned with current state standards, benchmarks, and GLE’s.

See GLE’s and classroom activities listed with each program.

Related programs are denoted by the word Link.

Earth’s Wild Ride

Show Description

While observing a solar eclipse from their moon colony, a grandfather tells his grandchildren stories about Earth, the amazing planet where he grew up. They learn about eclipses, the ice age, Earth’s water cycle, and the differences between the earth and the moon. The exciting visual imagery also includes a roller-coaster ride through flowing lava and canyons of raging rivers. A live, presenter-led tour of the current seasonal night sky precedes this automated program.

View the Earth's Wild Ride video preview

Grade Level: 3-6
LINK: Interactive Theater: Weatherwise, Grades 4-5
LINK: Educational DVD Film: Forces of Nature, Grades 3-5

State Standards, Benchmarks, and GLEs

Grade 4
ESS-E-B2 Compare a solar and a lunar eclipse.
ESS-E-A5 Explain how Earth’s surface is changed as a result of slow and rapid processes.

Grade 5
ESS-M-A7 Demonstrate the results of constructive and destructive forces using illustrations.
ESS-M-B3 Explain how technology can expand the senses and contribute to the increase and/or modification of scientific knowledge.
ESS-M-C6 & ESS-M-A10 Identify and explain the interaction of the processes of the water cycle.

Grades 5–6
SI-M-A5 Use evidence to make inferences and predict trends.
SI-M-A1 Generate testable questions about objects, organisms, and events that can be answered through scientific investigation.

Grade 6
PS-M-B3 Identify forces acting on all objects.

Classroom Activities

Discussion Questions/Quiz

National Standards Alignment Information

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LASM is fully accredited in accordance with the standards of excellence prescribed by the American Alliance of Museums.

These programs have been made possible in part through the generous support of the East Baton Rouge City-Parish Government and the members of LASM, the Community Fund for the Arts of Greater Baton Rouge and the Arts Council of Greater Baton Rouge, and are supported by a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Louisiana Division of the Arts, Office of Cultural Development, Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism.