Take a Virtual Field Trip to Peirce Mill
We’ll bring Peirce Mill to your classroom! Our fun, interactive virtual field trip aligns with DCPS 3rd-grade social studies standards. This free program includes a 12-minute video, a synchronous lesson with a Peirce Mill educator, and optional pre- and post-visit materials.
Click here to watch our 12-minute virtual field trip to Peirce Mill.
Email education@friendsofpeircemill.org to learn more.
Make Your Own Paper Gears!
At Peirce Mill, the waterwheel turns the gears, the gears turn the millstone, and the millstone turns corn into cornmeal.
Click here to download the PDF lesson plan, then print up gears on card stock.
Carefully cut out your gears, attach them to a cork board, and watch them turn!