Group programs
Check out our Museum Adventures program!
Museum Adventures is designed to incorporate NC state standards from multiple curricula into fun, interactive activities. Your students will solve problems using knowledge of life cycles, genetics, earth sciences, and more. You and your students will explore the campus while using technology to guide your adventure. By using pre-and post-field trip materials, you will have an experience that lasts beyond your visit to the Museum of Life and Science.
Thank you for considering the Museum of Life and Science for interactive, exploratory, and standards-aligned programs for your school or organization. Whether it’s for a field trip to the Museum or a program at your location, we’ve got you covered.
Program Options
Animal Program
Grades PreK — 8
Meet the animals that live behind-the-scenes. Customize your program by selecting from our program animals when you register for your field trip!
- Program Length: 30 or 50 minutes
- Live Animal Encounter: Yes
- Available Onsite and Offsite
- Standards Strand: Ecosystems; Molecules to Organisms; Heredity; Biological Evolution
- Science and Engineering Practice: Asking Questions; Engaging in Argument from Evidence; Obtaining, Evaluating, & Communicating Information
- Reading Informational Text
- Language – Vocabulary Acquisition and Use
Butterfly Lifecycles
Grades PreK — 2
Fly high into the world of butterflies with this immersive insect experience. Your students will get a butterfly wing specimen to take home with them to remember all they’ve learned!
- Program Length: 30 or 50 minutes
- Live Animal Encounter: Yes
- Available Onsite and Offsite
- Standards Strand: Ecosystems; Molecules to Organisms; Heredity
- Science and Engineering Practice: Asking Questions; Engaging in Argument from Evidence, Developing & Using Models
- Reading Informational Text
- Language – Vocabulary Acquisition and Use
LEGO® Robotics
Grades Pre-K — 5
Design your own robot using LEGO WeDo 2.0! Build, program, and experiment with your LEGO models featuring working motors and sensors. Collaborate with your fellow students to control how your robot sounds and moves.
- Program Length: 50 minutes
- Live Animal Encounter: No
- Available Onsite and Offsite
- Standards Strand: Waves & Their Applications in Technologies for Information Transfer; Energy
- Science and Engineering Practice: Developing and Using Models
- Reading Informational Text
- Language – Vocabulary Acquisition and Use
STEM Design
Grades K — 8
Experience the engineering design process first-hand by tackling an engineering challenge. Your class will collaborate in teams to engage in a unique problem-solving session!
- Program Length: 30 or 50 minutes
- Live Animal Encounter: No
- Available Onsite and Offsite
- Standards Strand: Motion and Stability
- Science and Engineering Practice: Planning & Carrying out Investigations; Engaging in Argument from Evidence; Constructing Explanations & Designing Solutions
- Reading Informational Text
- Language – Vocabulary Acquisition and Use
Force and Motion
Grades 3 — 8
We’ll send a sail car skimming down a low-friction track and measure its speed with our Vernier motion sensors. For each trial, we’ll use the engineering design cycle to graph how force and motion work together to influence how things move.
- Program Length: 50 minutes
- Live Animal Encounter: No
- Available Offsite
- Standards Strand: Motion and Stability
- Science and Engineering Practice: Developing & Using Models, Planning & Carrying Out Investigations, Analyzing & Interpreting Data; Using Mathematics & Computational Thinking
- Reading Informational Text
- Language – Vocabulary Acquisition and Use
Weather
Grades 2 – 5
Rain or shine, we’ll use maps and instruments just like professional meteorologists in this hands-on program all about weather. Your class will experience a moment of wonder as they conjure a cloud they can hold in their hands.
- Program Length: 30 or 50 minutes
- Live Animal Encounter: No
- Available Onsite and Offsite
- Standards Strand: Earth’s Systems; Earth and Human Activity
- Science and Engineering Practice: Obtaining, Evaluating, & Communicating Information; Planning & Carrying Out Investigations; Analyzing & Interpreting Data
- Reading Informational Text
- Language – Vocabulary Acquisition and Use
StarLab
Grades K — 8
Immerse yourselves in a universe of wonder as we journey through the solar system. Rotate from day into night and watch the moon wax and wane right before your eyes. Brace yourselves as you blast off from Earth and take in the view from above!
StarLab requires a quiet, indoor space large enough to accommodate its 11-foot height and 40-foot diameter. StarLab has a strict capacity of 30 people per program.
- Program Length: 50 minutes
- Live Animal Encounter: No
- Available Offsite
- Standards Strand: Earth Systems; Earth’s Place in the Universe
- Science and Engineering Practice: Asking Questions, Engaging in Argument from Evidence, Developing & Using Models
- Reading Informational Text
- Language – Vocabulary Acquisition and Use
FAQ
Prices
At the Museum (Available Tuesday – Friday)
$200 for a 50-minute program*
$100 for a 30-minute program*
*Classroom programs have a capacity of 30 students per program session.
At your location (Available Monday – Friday)
$250 for a 50-minute program**
** Programs at your location are booked by the hour. Classroom programs have a capacity of 30 students per program session. If you are interested in a science night or other large group program, be sure to make mention it in the comments section of your request form!
Are you interested in having the Museum attend your next event? Email a description of your event to reservations@lifeandscience.org
We also charge $.073 per mile (round-trip) for programs that take place beyond Durham County.
Cancellation — Please Read:
We are happy to cancel reservations for visits more than two weeks away. Note that reservations with programs that are canceled with less than two weeks’ notice, will incur a $50 late cancellation fee per session. Notification of cancellations must be made in writing and emailed to reservations@lifeandscience.org
Rescheduling – Please Read:
We are happy to reschedule reservations for visits more than two days away. Note that reservations with programs that are rescheduled with less than two days’ notice, will incur a $25 late reschedule fee per session. Notification of reschedules must be made in writing and emailed to reservations@lifeandscience.org