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In-School Field Trips

In-School Field Trips

Let us bring our lessons to you with hands-on, standards-based programming delivered by our museum educators. Only available to schools in or close to the Triangle area.

Details:

  • $200 for two hours within a 15-mile radius from our Chapel Hill location. Outside of this radius, a $0.73 per mile fee round trip will apply.
  • Payment can be made before, during, or after visit; payment is due maximum 30 days after visit.
  • Typically the visit will cover lessons for two classrooms, with each class (of 30 students or less) receiving a one-hour lesson. If you have a group larger than 60 students, you will need to book and pay for two separate visits.
  • Includes a hands-on lesson led by two NCCM Facilitators and all materials.
  • Requests must be made at least 4 weeks before the preferred visit date to ensure adequate staffing and resources. Requests later than 4 weeks may be considered on a case-by-case basis.

Lessons Offered:

Sense-ibilities: PreK

Explore the senses with a picture book, hands-on activities where students make guesses using their senses, and a craft.

Sink and Float: PreK and K

Students will explore if objects sink or float. Includes a story book reading and a take-home craft.

Bee School: PreK through 1

Students will learn all about bee life cycles, pollination, and bee jobs with a picture book, role-playing game, and hands-on craft.

Spring Animals: K and 1

Students will explore what different animals do when the weather warms up. Lesson ends with a nest-building activity and craft.

Weather Wonders: K and 2

Students will learn about different weather tools, the water cycle, and finish with a “cloud in a bottle” hands-on demonstration.

Weather Wonders: K and 2

Students will learn about different weather tools, the water cycle, and finish with a “cloud in a bottle” hands-on demonstration.

Mini Makers: 1 and 2

Students will become engineers and design, build, and test a bridge in small groups. They will also budget the materials needed to build their bridges and measure their final products.

Good Vibrations: 2

Students will explore the science of sound with hands-on activities and crafts.

Life Cycles: 2

Students will learn about the life cycle of a butterfly, frog, and pea. They will make take-home crafts to demonstrate what they have learned.

Matter: 2 and 3

Students will explore states of matter and physical and chemical changes with hands-on demonstrations.

Robotics: Grades 1 through 5

By exploring the basics of binary code and programming, students will engage with both off-line and on-line coding. This program includes the use of robots to learn basic programming.

Book an In-School Field Trip

Email: programs@ncchildrensmuseum.org
Phone: 919-933-1455

Operated by The North Carolina Children’s Museum, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization.

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