Lewis Latimer House Tour: Students Light the World [In-Museum Program]

Description

Lewis Latimer paid close attention to the world around him, seeking ways to improve it and ensure every home and business could enjoy the new opportunities brought by the light bulb. In this interactive experience, students practice their critical thinking skills and explore the incredible life and legacy of Lewis Latimer through a collaborative scavenger hunt, making connections between archival objects and present-day objects. Inspired by Latimer's problem-solving approaches, students will then participate in a hands-on paper circuit activity and design challenge scaled for different grade bands.

K-2 students complete a squishy circuit activity, learning the basic concepts of how electricity and energy produce light through a fun playdough circuit challenge.

3rd - 5th grade students become engineers, practicing problem-solving, developing innovative solutions for use in the classroom, and illuminating their ideas using simple circuits.

6th - 8th grade students become engineers, practicing problem-solving, developing innovative solutions for use in the classroom, and illuminating their ideas using series and parallel circuits.