#MetKids

Series

#MetKids

32 episodes

The Metropolitan Museum of Art turns its conservation lab into a kids' show. Each short Microscope episode asks a science-behind-the-art question and answers it with real Met objects: why old pennies and statues turn green, how egg makes Renaissance paint, what Pointillism does to your eyes, why armor held up, and how X-rays and electron microscopes reveal an artwork's secrets. Every explainer pairs with a make-along the class can do with household materials, from flipbooks to homemade tempera. Tagged for visual art, with science added where a clear standard fits. Best for grades 3 through 6.

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What #MetKids covers

32 episodes in the library, tagged for 2nd–6th. Heaviest coverage: Art and Science. Between them they line up with 17 distinct standards across 2 frameworks.

Episodes per grade

2nd
8
3rd
32
4th
32
5th
32
6th
22

Episodes per subject

Art
32
Science
11

NGSS (Science) 6

  • 4-PS4-1Develop a model of waves to describe patterns in terms of amplitude and wavelength and that waves can cause objects to move.
  • 4-PS4-2Develop a model to describe that light reflecting from objects and entering the eye allows objects to be seen.
  • 5-PS1-3Make observations and measurements to identify materials based on their properties.
  • 3-5-ETS1-1Define a simple design problem reflecting a need or a want that includes specified criteria for success and constraints on materials, time, or cost.
  • 3-5-ETS1-2Generate and compare multiple possible solutions to a problem based on how well each is likely to meet the criteria and constraints of the problem.
  • 5-PS1-4Conduct an investigation to determine whether the mixing of two or more substances results in new substances.

National Core Arts 11

  • VA:Cr2.1.3Create personally satisfying artwork using a variety of artistic processes and materials.
  • VA:Re7.1.3Speculate about processes an artist uses to create a work of art.
  • VA:Cr2.2.6Explain environmental implications of conservation, care, and clean up of art materials, tools, and equipment.
  • VA:Pr5.1.1Ask and answer questions such as where, when, why, and how artwork should be prepared for presentation or preservation.
  • VA:Cn11.1.4Through observation, infer information about time, place, and culture in which a work of art was created.
  • VA:Cr1.2.3Apply knowledge of available resources, tools, and technologies to investigate personal ideas through the art-making process.
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  • VA:Pr4.1.3Investigate and discuss possibilities and limitations of spaces, including electronic, for exhibiting artwork.
  • VA:Cn11.1.5Identify how art is used to inform or change beliefs, values, or behaviors of an individual or society.
  • VA:Cr2.1.4Explore and invent art-making techniques and approaches.
  • VA:Pr4.1.5Define the roles and responsibilities of a curator, explaining the skills and knowledge needed in preserving, maintaining, and presenting objects, artifacts and artwork.
  • VA:Re7.2.4Analyze components in visual imagery that convey messages.

Every episode is vetted and tagged before it goes in. Pick your state in the filters above to see your own state’s codes alongside these.

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