While You’re in Kokomo
Your students have other engineering- and STEM-focused educational opportunities to explore while in Kokomo.
Discover Tech Kokomo Booklet
Check out our Discover Tech Kokomo Booklet here.
Kokomo Opalescent Glass Co.
3.5 miles away at 1310 S. Market St., Kokomo, IN 46902
KOG is proudly American-made and the oldest continuously operating art-glass manufacturer in the United States. Started in 1888, there are documented sales to Louis Comfort Tiffany and Frank Lloyd Wright. KOG art glass consists of over 22,000 color and texture options and is shipped all across the world. Their sheet glass and blown glass appears in the Vatican, the White House, Disneyland, and restaurants, airports, homes, and churches worldwide. http://www.kog.com/location-and-tour-info.html
The Elwood Haynes Museum
3.6 miles away at 1915 S. Webster St., Kokomo, IN 46902
Elwood Haynes is inventor of America’s first automobile, in the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History. The Kokomo museum is in Haynes’ former residence. Come see exhibits about Elwood Haynes’ automotive inventions, metallurgical discoveries, and the companies he founded. http://www.cityofkokomo.org/Haynes_Museum_Brochure_April_2015.pdf
Educational and Recreational
Jackson Morrow Park (weather permitting) for outdoor picnic and play, and indoor learning
2.4 miles away at 4200 S. Park Rd., Kokomo, IN 46902
The 100-acre park includes the Kirkendall Nature Center, which houses mounted animals as well as live exhibits, and a great hill for sledding. http://www.cityofkokomo.org/parks/Kirkendall_Nature_Center.pdf
Nearby Dining Options for Schools or Families (all within 2.5 miles)
Subway, 2181 Katanna Drive, Kokomo, IN 46902
Burger King, 402 Arrow St., Kokomo, IN 46902
Arby’s, 401 Arrow St., Kokomo, IN 46902
Cone Palace, 55 W. 300 South (aka Center Road), Kokomo, IN 46902
Rally’s, 401 Kentucky Drive, Kokomo, IN 46902
Cracker Barrel, 404 Kentucky Drive, Kokomo, IN 46902
Golden Corral, 287 S. 00 E/W (aka U.S. 931), Kokomo, IN 46902
Culver’s, 101 W. Pipeline Way, Kokomo, IN 46902
Olive Garden, 4015 S. Lafountain St, Kokomo, IN 46902
McDonald’s, 515 E. Alto Road, Kokomo, IN 46902
Applebee’s, 3720 S. Reed Road (aka U.S. 931), Kokomo, IN 46902
Ruby Tuesday’s, 515 E. Southway Blvd., Kokomo, IN 46902
Taco Bell, 3801 S. Reed Road (aka U.S. 931), Kokomo, IN 46902
Steak ’N Shake, 3615 S. Reed Road (aka U.S. 931), Kokomo, IN 46902
Discover Tech: Engineers Make a World of Difference, a traveling exhibition for libraries, is part of the STAR Library Education Network (STAR_Net) led by the Space Science Institute’s National Center for Interactive Learning. Exhibit partners include the Lunar and Planetary Institute, the National Girls Collaborative Project, and the American Library Association. Discover Tech is supported through a grant from the National Science Foundation.Locally, Discover Tech is made possible by a grant from the Community Foundation of Howard County, a donation from the Friends of the Kokomo-Howard County Public Library, Delphi Electronics & Safety, and KHCPL.
