Museum of the Rockies wants all Montana schoolchildren to be able to engage with museum curators and staff, so we’re bringing the museum to you! In partnership with Streamable Learning, MOR connects with classrooms around the state and the country. Programs are always free for Montana schools and homeschool students with advanced registration! No special equipment is required to participate.
To receive updates on online learning, email us at visitmor@montana.edu to have your email address added to our teacher listserv. View past livestream program recordings on the Online Learning Resources page of this website.
We look forward to seeing you online.
Program | Grades | Date | Time | Length | |
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Dinosaur Eggs and Babies | 2 – 6 | Thursday, February 3, 2022 | 10:10 a.m. MST | 45 minutes | |
Dinosaur Eggs and Babies | 2 – 6 | Thursday, February 3, 2022 | 12:10 p.m. MST | 45 minutes | |
The Rock Cycle | 4 – 8 | Wednesday, March 9, 2022 | 10:10 a.m. MST | 45 minutes | |
The Rock Cycle | 4 – 8 | Wednesday, March 9, 2022 | 12:10 p.m. MST | 45 minutes | |
T. rex, Triceratops, and MOR: Dinosaurs of the Hell Creek Formation | 2 – 6 | Monday, April 25, 2022 | 10:10 a.m. MDT | 45 minutes | |
T. rex, Triceratops, and MOR: Dinosaurs of the Hell Creek Formation | 2 – 6 | Monday, April 25, 2022 | 12:10 p.m. MDT | 45 minutes | |
Looking Inside Dinosaurs: Paleohistology | 4 – 8 | Friday, May 27, 2022 | 1:10 p.m. MDT | 45 minutes | |
From Field to Lab: The Process of Paleontology | 2 – 8 | Monday, June 7, 2022 | 10:10 a.m. MDT | 45 minutes |
Our partners at Streamable Learning have made MOR programs available for free to schools and districts in Montana. Montana schools and Montana homeschool families are invited to register using the links found in the below drop-down accordion list.
Please note that when you click to register for a program, it will take you to the Streamable Learning website, where they will display each program's start time in Eastern Time. We list the time for each program in the equivalent Mountain Time.
Teachers, please follow these directions. Use the links below to sign up your entire class for a program. You will receive a confirmation email. Please check your spam or junk mail for this message. If you would like your students to join individually, once you have received the confirmation email, share the “click to join” link with your students. Your students will click the link and join the live stream under your (the teacher’s) name. Their privacy will be protected. All chats are private between the presenters and the participants.
Livestream programs utilize Zoom livestreaming rooms. These are not videoconferencing rooms; attendees are not visible, cannot be heard, and cannot share anything. To access, you will be required to download Zoom, which can be done at zoom.us/download. Schools outside of Montana or schools interested in a subscription to access additional programs may visit streamablelearning.com or email info@streamablelearning.com for subscription information.
10:10 a.m. MST Register Your Montana Classroom
12:10 p.m. MST Register Your Montana Classroom
Grades: 2 – 6
Length: 45 min.
Birds are dinosaurs, and they are hard-working parents! Birds care for their babies by providing food and protection so that they can grow strong enough to leave the nest, but what about their ancient dinosaur relatives? Dinosaur parental care was a real mystery until the discovery of Maiasaura nesting grounds in northern Montana. Join MOR Paleontology Field Professional Lee Hall for a trip to Montana’s ancient dinosaur nursery, where you will learn about dinosaur nests, eggs, and babies, and why Maiasaura really was the “good mother lizard”!
Student Objectives
Montana Science Standards
2nd Grade
Life Science: Make observations of plants and animals to compare and contrast the diversity of life in different habitats.
3rd Grade
Life Science: Analyze and interpret data to provide evidence that plants and animals have traits inherited from parents and that variation of these traits exists in a group of similar organisms.
4th Grade
Life Science: Construct an argument that plants and animals have internal and external structures that function to support survival, growth, behavior, and reproduction.
5th Grade
Earth & Space Science: Develop a model using an example to describe ways the geosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere, or atmosphere interact.
6th – 8th Grade
Life Science: Analyze and interpret data for patterns in the fossil record that document the existence, diversity, extinction, and change of life forms throughout the history of life on Earth under the assumption that natural laws operate today as in the past.
Earth & Space Science: Construct a scientific explanation based on evidence from rock strata for how the geologic time scale is used to organize Earth’s 4.6 billion-year-old history.
10:10 a.m. MST Register Your Montana Classroom
12:10 p.m. MST Register Your Montana Classroom
Grades: 4 – 8
Length: 45 min.
Rocks, rock! While rocks aren’t living things (or even squishy, for that matter!), they still go through cycles – changing and morphing from one type to another over time. Learn about the three basic rock types with paleontologist Ashley Hall, and how sedimentary, igneous, and metamorphic rocks form and change through Earth’s dynamic forces.
Student Objectives
Montana Science Standards
4th Grade
Earth & Space Science: Identify evidence from patterns in rock formations and fossils in rock layers to support an explanation for changes in a landscape over time.
5th Grade
Earth & Space Science: Develop a model using an example to describe ways the geosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere, and/or atmosphere interact.
6th – 8th Grade
Earth & Space Science: Construct an explanation based on evidence for how geoscience processes have changed Earth’s surface at varying time scales and spatial scales.
Earth & Space Science: Analyze and interpret data on the distribution of fossils and rocks, continental shapes, and seafloor structures to provide evidence of past plate motion.
10:10 a.m. MDT Register Your Montana Classroom
12:10 p.m. MDT Register Your Montana Classroom
Grades: 2 – 6
Length: 45 min.
The Hell Creek Formation in Montana and surrounding areas contain the fossils of some of the last non-avian dinosaurs to walk the Earth. Tyrannosaurus rex, Triceratops, Pachycephalosaurus, and more all roamed the area about 66 million years ago. Join MOR Curator of Paleontology Dr. John Scannella to travel back to the end of the Cretaceous Period and meet the dinosaurs of the Hell Creek Formation!
Student Objectives
Montana Science Standards
2nd Grade
Life Science: Make observations of plants and animals to compare and contrast the diversity of life in different habitats.
3rd Grade
Life Science: Analyze and interpret data from fossils to provide evidence of the organisms and the environments in which they lived long ago.
4th Grade
Earth & Space Science: Identify evidence from patterns in rock formations and fossils in rock layers to support an explanation for changes in a landscape over time.
5th Grade
Earth & Space Science: Develop a model using an example to describe ways the geosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere, or atmosphere interact.
6th – 8th Grade
Life Science: Analyze and interpret data for patterns in the fossil record that document the existence, diversity, extinction, and change of life forms throughout the history of life on Earth under the assumption that natural laws operate today as in the past.
Earth & Space Science: Construct a scientific explanation based on evidence from rock strata for how the geologic time scale is used to organize Earth’s 4.6 billion-year-old history.
1:10 p.m. MDT Register Your Montana Classroom
Grades: 4 – 8
Length: 45 min.
What can we learn about dinosaurs by looking inside of their bones? Join Museum of the Rockies Paleohistology Lab Manager Ellen-Therese Lamm to explore her unique role in science and discover how researchers use microscopic information to piece together details about extinct animals.
Student Objectives
Montana Science Standards
4th Grade
Life Science: Construct an argument that plants and animals have internal and external structures that function to support survival, growth, behavior, and reproduction.
6th-8th Grade
Life Science: Apply scientific ideas to construct an explanation for the anatomical similarities and differences among modern organisms and between modern organisms and fossil organisms to infer evolutionary relationships.
Life Science: Analyze and interpret data for patterns in the fossil record that document the existence, diversity, extinction, and change of life forms throughout the history of life on Earth under the assumption that natural laws operate today as in the past.
10:10 a.m. MDT Register Your Montana Classroom
Grades: 2 – 8
Length: 45 min.
Lots of kids dream of becoming a paleontologist but may not truly understand what the job entails! Learn all about the process of paleontology - from discovering fossils in the field to mounting dinosaurs for display - with Paleontology Lab and Field Specialist Scott Williams.
Student Objectives
Montana Science Standards
2nd Grade
Earth & Space Science: Use information from several sources to provide evidence that Earth events can occur quickly or slowly.
3rd Grade
Life Science: Analyze and interpret data from fossils to provide evidence of the organisms and the environments in which they lived long ago.
4th Grade
Earth and Space Science: Identify evidence from patterns in rock formations and fossils in rock layers to support an explanation for changes in a landscape over time. Make observations or measurements to provide evidence of the effects of weathering or the rate of erosion by water, ice, wind, or vegetation.
5th Grade
Earth & Space Science: Develop a model using an example to describe ways the geosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere, or atmosphere interact.
6th– 8th Grade
Earth & Space Science: Construct a scientific explanation based on evidence from rock strata for how the geologic time scale is used to organize Earth's 4.6 billion-year-old history. Construct an explanation based on evidence for how geoscience processes have changed Earth's surface at varying time scales and spatial scales. Analyze and interpret data on the distribution of fossils and rocks, continental shapes, and seafloor structures to provide evidence of the past plate motions.
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