Mondays the museum will be closed.

Tuesday through Saturday:
10 a.m. - 6 p.m.

Thursday: 5 - 8 p.m.
Free Family Nights are offered every Thursday!

Sunday: noon - 6 p.m.

$8: Adults and children 1+
$7: Seniors (65+)
Free: Children under 1 and Museum Members

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Project Accelerate

All activities are aligned with TEKS and NCTM Standards.

Each of the activities in Project ACCELERATE has an associated link or links to a mathematics web site to enhance the lesson.

>>Click on an activity title to download the instructions in both English and Spanish.
>>Click on the web site title to play the corresponding game.

ACTIVITY TITLE	DESCRIPTION OF ACTIVITY	CONCEPT FOCUS	WEBSITE
Alien Encounter Spanish Version	Find out how much fuel is needed to take the aliens from Planet Vela home	Alegbra/Number Patterns	People Patterns Number Cracker Pattern Quest
Bake Sale Spanish Version	Divide the cookies evenly for your bake sale	Multiplication/Division	Grid Game
Bank-It! Spanish Version	Can you bank the most money?	Add Money	Counting Change Change Maker
Baseball Trading Spanish Version	Develop the best baseball team using statistics	Classify Objects	Who Dunnit Disguise Combos Logic Zoo
Capture the Fraction Spanish Version	Try to take most of a circle by using fractions	Fractions	Saloon Snap Who Wants Pizza? Fresh Baked Fractions 13 ways to a half
The Cat, the Mouse, and the Magic Beans Spanish Version	How can you get a car, a mouse and some magic beans across the river?	Story Problems	Power Cards Crossing the River
Fun Fruit Spanish Version	Can you develop a strategy to become the last person to pick the fruit?	Solution Strategies	Fruit Game Jumping Cats
Happyland Fun Park Spanish Verison	Create a budget to spend a day in Happyland Fun Park	Solution Strategies	Escape from Knab Lemonade Stand
Hidden Rainbow Spanish Version	Guess the hidden pattern the leprechauns have made with the rainbow	Reason, logic, conjecture	Games to Play - Master Mind Pattern Quest Crack Hacker's Safe Crack the Code
Jar of Stars Spanish Version	Estimate how many scoops of stars it will take to fill a container	Estimating	Jelly Bean Jostle Can You Fill It?
Mon Kiri Spanish Version	Create unique patterns using symmetry	Congruence, Symmetry	No Matter What Shape Symmetrizer Tanagram Game Make a Snowflake
Peppy's Day in the Park Spanish Version	Design the best park in which Peppy can play	Perimeter/Area	Let's Do Math
Shake and Peek Spanish Version	Estimate how many objects of each color are in a box	Probability	Card Trick Fish Tank Guess the Number
Superhero Dinner Spanish Version	Divide out a meal to keep all of the superheroes happy	Solution Strategies	Puzzles
Breakfast Sweets Spanish Version	Find out what's the healthiest cereal for you by looking at the information on the box	Interpreting Data	Blast Off! Mission Nutrition
Treasure Hunters Spanish Version	Try to find Jack's hidden treasure	Coordinate Geometry	Planet Hop Virus Hunt Bike Route