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

 

Sunday: noon - 6 p.m.

 

Open select Mondays

 

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$7: Adults and children 1+
$6: Seniors (65+)
Free: Children under 1 and Museum Members

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The Children's Museum of Houston

1500 Binz
Houston, TX 77004
(713) 522-1138

 

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  website 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 What a crowd
Jelly Bean Jostle
Can You Fill It?
Mon Kiri

Spanish Version

Create unique patterns using symmetry Congruence, Symmetry Pattern Blocks
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 Coin Flipper
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

Breakfast Sweets - Spanish Version

Find out what's the healthiest cereal for you by looking at the information on the box Interpreting Data
Treasure Hunters

Spanish Version

Try to find Jack's hidden treasure Coordinate Geometry Planet Hop
Virus Hunt
Bike Route

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