In-School Field Trips

K-PS3 – Energy
Use ice to measure how hot something is. Experiment with how the sun warms different surfaces. Shadows are not only cool but also provide a lot of other information. Build a sundial that uses the movement of shadows to tell time.

K-LS1 - From Molecules to Organisms: Structures and Processes
See plants absorb water from their roots and turn carnations blue. See how plants use water, carbon dioxide and sunlight to make their own food. See how we are all dependent on plants one way or another.

K-PS2 - Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
Use toys to understand how pushes and pulls are needed to make things move or change directions. Observe how objects in motion provide a force that moves other objects. Experiment with colliding cars. Use magnets to move objects.

1-PS4 - Waves and their Applications in Technologies for Information Transfer
Sound and vibrations are inter-related. Use tuning forks to make waves and vibrations. Understand how we need light to see an object. Experiment with how light behaves when it hits objects/surfaces that are opaque, translucent, transparent or reflective. Make your own musical instrument.

1-ESS1 - Earth's Place in the Universe
Learn all about the moon and the phases we see. Experiment with Earth's orbit around the sun and how it causes the seasons. Engineer a sundial that uses the sun's movement to tell time.

2-ESS2 - Earth's Systems
Wind and water can change the shape of the land. Find out how wind gets made and feel how strong it can be. See how water moves around the world and changes between solid, liquid and gas. Make a cloud. Figure out different ways to protect against wind and water.

2-LS4 - Biological Evolution: Unity and Diversity
Identify different habitats and explore the diversity of plants and animals. Become a super insect by combining diverse strengths. Learn the many ways animals adapt. Build an animal adapted to a specific habitat.

2-ESS1 - Earth's Place in the Universe
Experiment with fast changes to the earth such as volcanoes and earthquakes. Understand how the rock cycle, mountain formation and erosion happen over a much longer time span. See how plants and manmade materials affect erosion.

2-LS2 - Ecosystems: Interactions, Energy, and Dynamics
See roots absorb water and see how water moves through the plant by turning carnations blue. See how it uses water and sunlight to produce carbon dioxide and food. Experiment with different seeds and grow one into your own plant.

2-PS1 Matter and Its Interactions
Get a hands-on look at the properties of matter and solids, liquids and gases. See how different properties can determine the use of any matter. Use Legos to build different things from the same pieces. Learn how temperature changes matter and how some changes are permanent.

3-PS2 - Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
Experiment with the effect of multiple forces on an object. See how gravity affects motion. Build a pendulum and predict its movement. Learn how magnetic forces can also affect motion and solve an engineering problem with magnets.

3-LS4 - Biological Evolution: Unity and Diversity
Examine fossils to learn about plants and animals that are extinct. Sort plants and animals by where they live (biomes). See how camouflage and mimicry help survival. Learn how changes to a biome helps some and hurts others.

3-LS2 - Ecosystems: Interactions, Energy, and Dynamics
Forming groups benefits many animals. Pollinate flowers and build a beehive. Build your own ultra violet flower. See why geese fly in formation. Learn how groups provide safety, finding food and raising the young.

4-ESS3 - Earth and Human Activity
Get a hands-on look at how we get energy from different natural resources. Use solar power. Make a working windmill and water wheel.

4-PS4 - Waves and their Applications in Technologies for Information Transfer
Make model waves and understand their behavior affects sound and light. See how waves get reflected into our eyes. See how information is sent via fiber optic cables.

4-LS1 From Molecules to Organisms: Structures and Processes
See how sense receptors work with our brain and the nervous system. Change sound to "brain signals". Make a pin-hole camera and a working nervous system to model the brain's response to a stimulus.

4-PS3 – Energy
Feel the power of magnets at a distance and use them to make electricity. Discover how to use electricity to make light, and sound. Build circuits using these devices.

5-PS1 - Matter and its Interactions
Learn how all matter is made of atoms and build a model H2O molecule. Discover the physical and chemical properties of matter. Use properties to identify substances.

5-PS2 - Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
Figure out how gravity works by observing its effect. See how it keeps us glued to the earth. Simulate gravitational forces using magnets. Build fun toys that use gravity.

5-ESS1 - Earth's Place in the Universe
Shed light on night and day. Learn about lunar phases. Get a hands-on look at our orbit. See why the Earth's angle affects the seasons. Make and keep a sundial.

5-ESS2- Earth's Systems
Discover how the geosphere, biosphere, atmosphere and hydrosphere interact by understanding the water cycle. Follow the water as it freezes, evaporates, and circulates. See how it shapes the Earth and sustains life. Purify water using distillation and filtration.

Shed light on night and day. Learn about lunar phases. Get a hands-on look at our orbit. See why the Earth's angle affects the seasons. Make and keep a sundial.

Finally, a hands-on and FUN program on machines. Lift your teacher with our lever, and become strong with our pulleys. Figure out how simple machines do complicated jobs.

Look deep into cells and see how they divide and pass on genes from your parents to you. Create a colony of "Reebops" to discover the chances of inheriting a particular trait.

Stay connected as we work with skeletons and see how bones are joined and grow. Have a hands-on look and at real cow hearts and other organs. Learn the systems of the body and find out what makes us tick.

Experiment with density, solubility and magnetism to understand elements and mixtures. Learn how compounds behave differently from the elements they are composed of.

Stop and Go with all kinds of forces. React to inertia, friction and gravity. Find out what makes things move, rotate, revolve and stop with Newton's laws of motion.

Discover the world of cells as you make an edible cell. Look at your own cells through a microscope. Build a working nervous system. Become a geneticist and extract real DNA. Get ready to send in the clones!

Learn to think in "the scientific way". Become an alien and learn to observe "new" life forms. Generate questions and design experiments to learn the principles of buoyancy. Validate scientific "laws" as you bounce light and escape from a maze. See how scientists get past their biases.

Discover the amazing properties of water. Follow the water as it freezes, evaporates and circulates. See how it shapes the Earth and sustains life. Purify water using distillation and filtration.

Learn about weather, as we take an up-close and hands-on look at a real tornado. Watch as we make clouds and rain indoors. Discover all the amazing properties of air and air pressure. Touch lightning! Make the conditions change as we lift ice cubes with a string.