American History Museum

Atlantic School Goes to Washington-2002

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American History Museum
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**Word Problems**
If the American History Museum is open daily from 10:00 am to 5:30 pm 7 days a week how many hours a week is the Museum open? If you are traveling from Atlantic NC to Washington DC going at 60 mph. How long would it take you to get to Washington DC? There is exactly 397 miles from Atlantic NC to Washington DC. Answers to Word Problem Scavenger Hunt Go to http://historywired.si.edu/index.html Search around and find the Boiler of the Indiana 1. How old is the Boiler of the Indiana__________? Close the window of the Boiler of the Indiana Go to Military, then George Washington's Sword 2. Did George Washington use this sword_________? 3. What year did he use the sword___________? Close the window of George Washington's Sword Search Around and find the Edison Electric Pen 4. Was it really electric_________? 5. In what year was the electric pen created_________? Close the window of the Edison Electric Pen Search around and find the Race-Car Crash Helmet 6. Was the race-car crash helmet worn by a woman or a man________? 7. In what year was the helmet used__________? Close the window of the race-car crash helmet Find Dr. John Hooper's Female Pills 8. How many years ago did Dr. Hooper make the female pills_______? 9. What king granted Dr. John Hooper the right to make the female pills______________? Answers to Scavenger Hunt Fact or Fiction George Washington commanded the Continental Army in the Revolutionary War. Commodore Perry's Mississippi was completed in 1849. The famous baseball player "Babe Ruth" was a home run king. His real name was George Herman Ruth. Fashion plates were hand-colored engravings inserted into ladies magazines at the end of the 1700's and throughout the 1800's. The Improved compass, with telescope attached, by which angles can be taken with or with out the use of the needle, with bad accuracy. Answers to Fact or Fiction Information about the National Museum Of American History The National Museum of American History was the sixth Smithsonian building to open on the National Mall in January 1964. Its original name was the Museum of History and Technology. In 1980 the museums name was changed to the National Museum of American History to better represent its mission which is the collection core and study of objects and some things that are present from America. The original “Star Spangled Banner”, the first sewing machine the development of the first television show, the first telephone, model T train exhibits plus 94,999,987 other items can be found there. Among the national treasures on view is the original Star-Spangled-Banner, the flag that Francis Scott Key saw the night he wrote our national anthem. It is displayed every hour on the half hour during a short-sound-and light show. All in all it is an amazing place. Answers Answer to Math Word Problem. 52.5 hours a week about 7 hours Return to questions Answers to Scavenger Hunt Go to http://historywired.si.edu/index.html Search around and find the Boiler of the Indiana 1. How old is the Boiler of the Indiana? 154 years old Close the window of the Boiler of the Indiana Go to Military, then George Washington's Sword 2. Did George Washington use this sword? yes 3. What year did he use the sword?1776 Close the window of George Washington's Sword Search Around and find the Edison Electric Pen 4. Was it really electric? yes 5. In what year was the electric pen created?1876 Close the window of the Edison Electric Pen Search around and find the Race-Car Crash Helmet 6. Was the race-car crash helmet worn by a woman or a man? Woman 7. In what year was the helmet used? 1970 Close the window of the race-car crash helmet Find Dr. John Hooper's Female Pills 8. How many years ago did Dr. Hooper make the female pills?1750 9. What king granted Dr. John Hooper the right to make the female pills? King George 2 Return to questions Answers to Fact and Fiction George Washington commanded the Continental Army in the Revolutionary War. Fact Commodore Perry's Mississippi was completed in 1849. Fiction 1841 The famous baseball player "Babe Ruth" was a home run king. His real name was George Herman Ruth. Fact Fashion plates were hand-colored engravings inserted into ladies magazines at the end of the 1700's and throughout the 1800's.Fact The Improved compass, with telescope attached, by which angles can be taken with or with out the use of the needle, with bad accuracy. Fiction Good accuracy Return to questions Citation "American History Museum." American History Museum. 2001, November 4. US Government. 27 March, 2002. <http://historywired.si.edu/>.