Is snail mail really as slow as we think it is? Today we can communicate with pretty much anyone instantly. Our online orders can arrive as soon as the next day, and if we are patient snail mail might take a week. Maybe we want to find out exactly when mail will arrive–we can track […]
During this activity students/families will watch two videos–one introducing them to glaciers and a second about how glaciers shaped the northern Bighorn Basin in Wyoming. They will then make their own glacier and landscape to observe how glaciers move! What Are Glaciers? Northern Bighorn Basin Glaciation Let’s Make Glacier Gak Materials Two 8-oz. (One 16-oz.) […]
All activities, resources, and programs are correlated to standards across the content curriculum for Wyoming, Montana, and National standards. They are also inquiry and skill based. Teacher and Student Resource Webpage Many of the resources listed below can also be found on our Teacher Resource webpage. BRAND NEW! Interactive 360 Online Adventure Come explore the alpine habitat of the […]
Each year the Buffalo Bill Center of the West partners with 5th grade teachers and students from Westside Elementary in Powell, WY. This past May, students visited the Center on a field trip to learn about the geology and biodiversity of Yellowstone National Park. Then a couple weeks later they headed into Yellowstone for a […]
Celebrating local students can make lifelong impacts that encourage skill building, problem solving, and creativity, while igniting a spark that could impact them for years to come. Last summer the Buffalo Bill Center of the West’s Interpretive Education Department and the Draper Natural History Museum partnered with Westside Elementary in Powell, WY to celebrate their […]
Welcome to the Buffalo Bill Center of the West’s new blog series, Clues for Your Classrooms: Resources for Students and Teachers. As we launch this inaugural blog series for teachers and students in Wyoming, the Rocky Mountain Region, and the world, we will strive to provide a plethora of easy to use resources for the […]