Burkemobile: A museum in your classroom
This special traveling program sends Burke educators with real museum objects and hands-on activities to classrooms across the state. Choose from earth science, life science, or arts and cultural heritage programs.
Burkemobile booking information
For more information contact Burke Education by e-mail at burked@uw.edu or call 206-543-5591.
Recommended by teachers
"[Burkemobile] was awesome. The kids loved it, learned from it, and it tied to our standards."
5th Grade Teacher, Yakima
Applauded by students
"If I could do it again, I would do it in a heart beat."
5th Grade Student, Ellensburg
Burkemobile Hits the Road
University of Washington College of Arts & Sciences Newsletter – July 2009
Burkemobile Hits the Road University of Washington College of Arts & Sciences Newsletter – July 2009
Ellensburg students examine artifacts – including this beaded bag – from the Burke's ethnology collections.
Photo by Keely Gnagy
A team of 5th graders shows off their model of an Eastside Forest ecosystem. Students examine specimens of plants and animals found in their ecosystem, then predict what might happen when a change, such as increasing forest fires, is introduced.
Photo by Tim Stetter
Hands of elementary school students dive into the specimens in this interactive lesson, "Fossil Forensics." The first step: picking out the real fossils!
Photo by Dana Beaudry
In March 2009, the Burkemobile made an appearance at the Washington Science Teachers Association Conference in Moses Lake. Science teachers across the state previewed the science lessons available for their classrooms through this new Burke outreach
Photo by Briana Nino
Students at the Lummi Nation School handle real fossils and rock specimens from the Burke's collections.
Photo by Dana Beaudry
Burke Educators (left to right) Tim Stetter, Dana Beaudry, Keely Gnagy, and Maureen Carlisle delivered Burkemobile lessons at the Lummi Nation Tribal School in Bellingham.
Photo by Janice Hottman
In the "What-If Ecosystem" lesson, students create a model of wetland ecosystem, displaying specimens such as a juvenile Chinook Salmon, pressed Cattail plant, Monarch butterfly, Muskrat skull, and Great Blue Heron feather.
Photo by Tim Stetter