Early Childhood Onsite Classes

Get up close with some amazing creatures and learn about the habitats, life cycles and adaptations of these lively Museum residents.

Discover and observe the properties of matter, solids, liquids and gases. Students will have first-hand experiences by conducting experiments involving mixing and changing matter.

Push and pull, go up and down, blast off, spin and race 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 like today? Use tools to develop skills including measuring, comparing, collecting data and making weather predictions.

Dive in and explore oceans and an amazing array of sealife. Navigate the differences between salt water and fresh water habitats. Discover symbiotic relationships of sea creatures and experience a...

Explore animal and insect life cycles and preservation. Participate in activities that highlight the importance of the world’s rainforests. Meet some live rainforest animals in the class, then...

Learn all about rocks and minerals and their fascinating properties. Become a geologist, follow the rock cycle from the breakdown of mountains to sand and find out about plants’ role in this...

Experience the world in a whole new way using your five senses. Discover how our eyes and ears work, how our skin detects touch and how smell and taste react together.

This sampling of science themes highlights air, color, light, circuits, magnets, sound, introduction to simple machines, optical illusions and more. If science is your thing, then this class is for...

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...