AdventureZone

Students explore the forces that have shaped Rochester in this exhibit that engages the mind and body. Students will be able to: pilot a Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) underwater, see stratigraphy as they climb across the Genesee River Gorge climbing wall, take a simulated voyage in Lake Ontario, feel the mechanical advantage of pulleys, and shape landscapes at the giant stream table.

Subjects: Engineering & Design, Earth Systems, Physical Sciences
Program Type: Permanent Exhibition
Supporting Curriculum Materials:

Pathway: Air, Water & Land Pathway: Rochester's Historic Waterways Pathway: Forces

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Other Information

Standards:

• Pre-K
  • Physical Sciences: PS2.C, PS2.A
  • Earth and Space Sciences: ESS2.D
• Kindergarten
  • Engineering and Design: ETS1-3, ETS1.C
  • Forces and Interactions: Pushes and Pulls: PS3.C, PS2.A
  • Interdependent Relationships in Ecosystems: Animals, Plants, and Their Environment: ESS3.C
  • Weather and Climate: ESS2.D
• 1st Grade
  • Engineering and Design: ETS1-3, ETS1.C
  • Waves: Light and Sound: PS4.A
• 2nd Grade
  • Earth’s Systems: Processes that Shape the Earth: ESS2-3, ESS2.C, ESS2-2, ESS2.B, ESS2.A, ESS1.C
• 3rd Grade
  • Forces and Interactions: PS2.A
  • Engineering and Design: ETS1.C
• 4th Grade
  • Earth Systems: Processes that Shape the Earth: ESS2-1, ESS1-1, ESS2.A, ESS1.C
  • Engineering & Design: ETS1.C
• 5th Grade
  • Engineering & Design: ETS1.C
  • Earth’s Systems: ESS3.C
• 6th Grade - 8th Grade
  • History of Earth: ESS3.S
  • Earth’s Systems: ESS2.C
• 9th Grade - 12th Grade
  • Human Sustainability: ESS3.C

NGSS Keywords: Engineering & Design, Earth Systems, Physical Sciences, Forces, Weather & Climate