WONDER BOX
A range of open-ended natural science and cultural objects will invite students on a journey of limitless discovery through imagining stories, investigating materials, and connecting new with unfamiliar items.
In this video, we will explore the case theme Wonder Box, look into one of the cases, and show how to handle a selection of the collection objects. For a view of all case contents, please scroll down.
WONDER BOX CASE #1
This case contains a hand-cranked music box; a kente fan; a wooden Ere Ibeji figure from Yorubaland; several geological specimens including a cut agate block, a geode, and a large amethyst; an abalone shell and a Murex brassica shell.
Interested in bringing WONDER BOX case #1 into your Brooklyn-based Pre-K classroom? Please full out THIS form.
WONDER BOX CASE #2
This case contains a carved wooden egg-shaped container; a throwing club from Fiji; an abalone shell; two geological samples; a kente cloth fan; a Bedouin anklet known as a khalakhil; a carved wooden gnome figure; and a carved wooden Kuba cup in the shape of a human figure.
Interested in bringing WONDER BOX case #2 into your Brooklyn-based Pre-K classroom? Please full out THIS form.
WONDER BOX CASE #3
This case contains a wooden headrest from the Tsonga people; an abalone shell; two geological specimens; a silver bracelet from Yemen; a kente cloth fan; a carved gourd rattle from Botswana; a shell covered with barnacles; and a staff from Angola known as an ombweti.
Interested in bringing WONDER BOX case #3 into your Brooklyn-based Pre-K classroom? Please full out THIS form.
WONDER BOX CASE #4
This case contains a dog charm from Japan; a carved gourd from the Dogon people; a silver bracelet from Yemen; a carved wooden mask from Papua New Guinea; and abalone shell; a geological specimen; and Maasai collar necklace from Kenya.
Interested in bringing WONDER BOX case #4 into your Brooklyn-based Pre-K classroom? Please full out THIS form.
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