Virtual Junior Curators

In-person programs have resumed. Check our calendar for upcoming events.

Junior Curators activities are designed for children 6 and older and their families.
Activities are adaptable to other ages.

Activities are also posted on this page for at-home explorations anytime.

 

 

Junior Curators Activity Library 

Click on the themes below for free at-home activities to explore any time!

Child wearing a paper bumblebee mask and holding origami flowers.

Pollinators
Two children dipping their hands in a tub of ice water, with shortening to insulate their hands. An adult sits in the background.

Whales
Variety of dried seeds, beans, and rice glued to a mountain outline.

Mountains
A plastic figurine of a whale next to a homemade DNA model.

Big Things

 

 

A homemade paintbrush next to a red paper plate with light blue paint in the center.

Tools
Hand holding a paintbrush, painting a landscape showing seals.

Animals in Art
A beaver skull sitting on a skull-patterned tablecloth, next to a card with a picture of a beaver skull and the words "Whose bones?"

Bones
 
Drawing of a berry plant in a sketchbook, colored red and green with colored pencils.

Berries
Sea otter floating on its back in water.

Marine Mammals
Orange and black butterfly sitting on a child's hands.

Wings
Artist's conception of the Parker Solar Probe approaching the Sun.

Sun
Sunlight shining in rainbow colors on a child's hand.

Colors
Close-up of hands carving a linocut print.

Carving
A tent under a starry sky.

Exploration
Child holding binoculars to their eyes.

Light
A whimsical artist's view of a girl dreaming of space exploration.

Solar System


We welcome your feedback! Share your pictures, videos, comments, or thoughts with us via email: ua-museumlearn@alaska.edu or on the museum's Facebook page. We look forward to hearing from you!

Image Credits: 

Pollinators, Whales, Mountains, Big Things, Tools: UAMN photo.
Animals in Art: Gail Priday.
Bones: UAMN photo by Roger Topp, 2018
Berries: pure julia on Unsplash.
Marine Mammals: National Park Service.
Wings: David Clode on Unsplash.

Sun: NASA/Johns Hopkins APL/Steve Gribben.
Colors: Yingchih on Unsplash.
Carving: Free-Photos on Pixabay.
Exploration: Pexels on Pixabay.
Light: nightowl on Pixabay.
Solar System: NASA/Jenny Mottar.