After-School Programs

These programs are designed to meet the needs of the after-school audience and focus on specific science topics using informal, inquiry-based activities. These programs are also available for summer camps or other organized groups.

  • Energy at Play

    Grades 4–8

    Are you up to the challenge? You’ll see toys in a whole new light as you examine the potential and kinetic energy that makes them work. Then put your new knowledge to the test as toy inventors.

  • Junior Med School: Bones and Muscles

    Grades 2–5

    Touch a real human femur. Investigate bones and muscles as you observe a chicken wing dissection. Create your own dancing skeleton to take home.

  • Junior Med School: The Brain

    Grades 2–5

    Challenge your cerebrum with a clever problem. Investigate the nervous system as you observe a sheep brain dissection. Create your own “brain-hat” to take home.

  • Junior Med School: The Eye

    Grades 2–5

    Challenge your blink ref lex. Investigate the eye as you observe a cow eye dissection. Create an eye craft to take home.

  • Junior Med School: The Heart

    Grades 2–5

    Compare the strength of heart muscle to skeletal muscle. Investigate the circulatory system as you observe a sheep heart dissection. Create a heart craft to take home.

  • Operation Owl Pellet

    Grades 3–6

    Discover the unique characteristics of raptors. Examine owl and hawk specimens and their adaptations for hunting. Find out what was on the “menu” during a small group dissection of owl pellets.

  • Rocket Works

    Grades 2–8

    Blast into physics! As the engineer, you will go full throttle and experiment with the basic principles of f light and motion. Design, create, and launch your own paper rocket. Hey, it’s just rocket science!

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    Genghis Khan

    October 16, 2009–February 7, 2010

    Immerse your students in the treasures and stories of 13th-century Mongolia. The exhibition offers a unique adventure in the vast grassland of Central Asia, as it examines the culture, conquests, and legacy of one of history’s most intriguing characters. Reservations required.

    Expedition Health

    Visit our newest permanent exhibition, Expedition Health.  The Summit Science Stage in Expedition Health features engaging shows and health science demonstrations throughout the day.

    Home School Day

    Monday, October 26, 2009, 9:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m. 

    Museum Discovery from Genghis Khan to Expedition Health Home School Day is a flexibly structured, open-ended discovery opportunity designed to help home school students explore the Museum focusing on exhibitions Genghis Khan and Expedition Health.

Scholarships are available for bus reimbursements, programs at the Museum, and at your school.

Find out if your school is eligible.