Field trips for preschools or camps are offered year-round for groups of 10-150. Our “Explore!” Trip takes students through four exhibit galleries.
Exhibit Galleries To Explore:
Design Park
Students will engage with exhibits focused on engineering, gravity, forces, and friction while building, testing, and improving their designs.
City Play
Students will engage with more than 10 exhibits that allow for role-playing and problem solving. The space allows for independent play and collaborative interactions with others.
T.B.D.
Students will engage with their senses as they create, interpret, and respond to original sounds, dramatic movement, and uniquely generated scenes though self-selected materials and technology.
The Front Yard
Gross motor play and self-directed activities will support students’ physical and cognitive development, self-expression, and discovery of objects in the natural world.
Watermelon Seeds
This additional gallery is available for preschool classes only. Our youngest explorers engage in a fruit-themed world devoted to growth and development.
Info for Teachers and Chaperones
- Field trips are appropriate for children Pre-K through age 10. If there are children older than 10 in a mixed age group, we recommend securing an alternate activity for the older children.
- Minimum ratio of 1:9 for supervision (teachers and chaperones). Maximum ratio of 1:3.
- Depending on the group size, Museum staff may guide groups, OR may provide direction to adult chaperones for self-pacing.