Tour Activities

It is our aim to provide you with a comprehensive experience when you book a tour for your class at the Roseville Utility Exploration Center.

We have listed below all of the information needed for teachers looking into our 4th-6th grade tours as well as pre and post-activities for your class.

If you are interested in booking with us, check out our Tours page.


Elements of Waste

 Program Overview
 Pre-Visit Vocabulary

Students will participate in a “jigsaw” activity to summarize and teach other students the meaning of key terms for the Elements of Waste field trip.

 Pre-Visit Trash Journal

Students will collect, weigh, record, and analyze the amount of trash their families generate over the course of a day. Working in small groups, students learn about standard categories for disposing waste as they sort items from their family’s trash. This activity addresses California Content Standards in both the Mathematics and Science content areas.
 
 Post-Visit PSA

Students will develop a Public Service Announcement (PSA) ad campaign that communicates the key ideas presented in the laboratory experience to their school community. Students produce ad campaigns (posters, school announcement, a play, movie) on the best choices for disposing items that contain certain elements. This activity addresses California Content Standards in both the Language Arts and Science content areas.
 Post-Visit Bottle Biology

Students were introduced to the concept of composting and decay during the Elements of Waste laboratory experience. Bottle Biology extends this experience. Using common 2-liter plastic bottles, your students will observe and compare how different types of matter decay over the period of several weeks. The activity is built around the Bottle Biology program created by Dr. Paul Williams, Professor of Plant Pathology at the University of Wisconsin – Madison.


Electron Flow

 Program Overview
 Pre-Visit Vocabulary Students will participate in a jigsaw activity to summarize and teach other students the meaning of key terms for the Electron Flow field trip.
 Pre-Visit Electric Consumption Students track how they use electricity at home and organize the data into a visual organizer. They then collect and analyze their families' electricity consumption to determine how their families could conserve or use electricity more efficiently.
 
 Post-Visit PSA Students will develop a Public Service Announcement (PSA) ad campaign that communicates the key ideas presented in the laboratory experience to their school community. Students produce ad campaigns (posters, school announcement, play, movie) on the best choices for using electricity more efficiently or cutting down on unnecessary wasted electricity. This activity addresses California Content Standards in the Language Arts content area as well as the Education and the Environment Initiative. 
 Post-Visit Energy Math Bill This activity contains a series of four problems. They are designed to be used in sequence, though you may choose whether to do only one, two, or three problems. 

Keepin' It Clean 

 Program Overview
 Pre-Visit Vocabulary Students will divide into “jigsaw” groups to summarize and teach other students the meaning of key terms for the Keepin’ It Clean field trip.
 Pre-Visit Water Survey In preparation for their visit to the Roseville Utility Exploration Center, students collect and analyze data on how much water they consume on a daily basis.
 
 Post-Visit PSA Students produce ad campaigns (posters, school announcement, play, movie) that inform about the effects excess nitrates, phosphates, and/or chlorine have on the local watershed. This activity addresses California Content Standards in both the Language Arts and Science content areas.