Virtual Early Explorers: Tools

January 2022's theme was Tools!

Child's hands holding a purple straw and making designs on a piece of white clay.

UAMN photo by Elisabeth Padilla.

At-Home Activities:

 

Child's hands using a popsticle stick and a piece of plastic netting to make marks on a piece of clay.Explore Tools: Play and discover how tools can be used in different ways.

Tools Through The Ages: Play a game to explore a variety of tools from the museum’s collections!

Snow Carving: Explore snow carving outdoors and indoors.

(Courtesy of BBC) Watch a video about how crows use tools to solve puzzles!

 

For activities designed for kids ages 6-12, go to the Virtual Junior Curators page.

 

Raven holding a stick in his mouth. Around the edges are the words "UAMN Early Explorers: Hunt and Find: Crafty Raven."

 

During January, the Early Explorers Crafty Raven was looking for tools. They found tools used to hunt or gather food! Early Explorers searched for the raven in the museum galleries.

Return to Virtual Early Explorers homepage.