Early Childhood Onsite Classes

Get up close with some amazing creatures and learn about the habitats and adaptations of these Discovery Place residents.

Learn math skills while investigating these reptiles of the past. Use kid-friendly measuring to get an idea of the scale size of these prehistoric animals. Count, measure, and compare to uncover fun...

Launch a rocket, build a spinner and race your friends in this action-packed class for junior engineers. Move and explore balance and weight as you meet engineering design challenges.

Snow, rain, sunshine or clouds? What will the weather be today? Use tools to gain skills measuring, comparing, collecting data and make predictions about weather and meteorology.

Dive in and explore oceans and the amazing array of life that call them home. Explore the differences between salt water and fresh water habitats. Discover how some animals work together to live...

Explore plants, animal lifecycles and preservation. Participate in activities that highlight the importance of the world’s rainforests and visit with a live animal that calls the rainforest home.

Learn all about rocks and minerals and their fascinating properties. Some rocks float and some rocks glow! Become a junior curator and help make a rock collection and see sands and soils from...

Experience sound in a whole new way. Use junk drawer materials to create instruments and learn about vibration while investigating the highs and lows of pitch. Discover how the human ear detects...

The big, bad wolf is no match for the work of junior architects who meet design challenges while developing measurement and literacy skills. Design and plan a “wolf proof school” and then...