Museum Adventures with Professor Inquiry
The Museum Adventures with Professor Inquiry video series is designed to engage middle school students in authentic discovery and inquiry-based learning with primary sources. Join Professor Inquiry in investigating a range of puzzling museum artifacts and mysteries. Visit our site again soon as related instructional materials for each video are in production and will be available in the next few months!
This project is supported in part by the National Endowment for the Arts.
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Spoiler Alert! Only click the supplemental links below if you want to know the answer to the mystery!
Dot Dot Dash
The Mysterious Musical Instrument
Do you like music? Professor Inquiry sure does. Join him in discovering the science and culture behind a mysterious musical instrument.
Supplemental Instructional Materials:
Related Curiosity Corner Edition
Traveling Trunk (FCS educators only)
Don't Eat the Brownie
Been Workin' on the Railroad
The Great Egg Hunt
It's cleaning day at the Teaching Museum. With so many historic items to clean and keep track of, it's easy to get confused. Help Professor Inquiry keep his fossils straight. Megalodons, mammoths and eggs... oh my!
Supplemental Instructional Material:
Related Curiosity Corner Edition
Traveling Trunk (FCS educators only)
The Message IS the Bottle
Getting Lost In a Map...
In ancient times, maps were printed on paper and people studied them to figure out where things were located. Professor Inquiry is a bit lost. Could you assist? (PS, this is a "Proof-of-Concept video, meaning that it is not as fancy as some of the newer videos. Just FYI.)