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Daytime Classes in Sugar Land
Explore science and nature in our interactive science labs featuring Museum specimens, artifacts and laboratory equipment. Students examine ancient objects, investigate technology, meet live animals and conduct scientific experiments in five different, themed labs. Each lab lasts one hour.
Registration for individual classes will be available on-line only beginning Monday, August 9.
(No phone reservations will be taken for individually booked classes.)
ConocoPhillips Techno Science Labs
Featuring interactive experiments for grades 1 – 8.
Optical Illusions
Tuesday, October 19, 2010
$10 per student
Investigate ambiguous pictures, impossible shapes, strobe effects and other amazing illusions.
9:30 a.m. - for students attending grades 1 to 2
11 a.m. - for students attending grades 3 to 4
1 p.m. - for students attending grades 5 to 8
Purchase Individual Tickets Here. Individual registration begins Monday, August 9.
Balancing Act
Tuesday, December 14, 2010
$10 per student
From levers and mobiles to leaning towers, explore the center of mass and find out why it matters.
9:30 a.m. - for students attending grades 1 to 2
11 a.m. - for students attending grades 3 to 4
1 p.m. - for students attending grades 5 to 8
Purchase Individual Tickets Here. Individual registration begins Monday, August 9.
Speed
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
$10 per student
Explore circular motion and discover what shapes are speediest.
9:30 a.m. - for students attending grades 1 to 2
11 a.m. - for students attending grades 3 to 4
1 p.m. - for students attending grades 5 to 8
Purchase Individual Tickets Here. Individual registration begins Monday, August 9.
Discovering Density
Thursday, February 24, 2011
$10 per student
Discover how hot air balloons rise, why rocks sink and explore cool density tricks.
9:30 a.m. - for students attending grades 1 to 2
11 a.m. - for students attending grades 3 to 4
1 p.m. - for students attending grades 5 to 8
Purchase Individual Tickets Here. Individual registration begins Monday, August 9.
Marvelous Mixtures
Tuesday, April 19, 2011
$10 per student
Investigate properties of solutions, colloids, alloys and other mixtures.
9:30 a.m. - for students attending grades 1 to 2
11 a.m. - for students attending grades 3 to 4
1 p.m. - for students attending grades 5 to 8
Purchase Individual Tickets Here. Individual registration begins Monday, August 9.
Biology Labs
Featuring hands-on activities and microscope use for grades 5 - 10.
Seeds are the Pits!
Wednesday, December 15, 2010
$10 per student
Examine different seeds to get the scoop on pits, nuts and beans.
11 a.m. - for students attending grades 5 to 6
1 p.m. - for students attending grades 7 to 10
Purchase Individual Tickets Here. Individual registration begins Monday, August 9.
Mighty Mitosis
Thursday, January 20, 2011
$10 per student
Learn about chromosomes and cellular division as you study mitosis.
11 a.m. - for students attending grades 5 to 6
1 p.m. - for students attending grades 7 to 10
Purchase Individual Tickets Here. Individual registration begins Monday, August 9.
What’s Your Type?
Wednesday, April 20, 2011
$10 per student
Investigate phenotypes, genotypes and Punnett squares using Mendel’s Principles of Inheritance.
11 a.m. - for students attending grades 5 to 6
1 p.m. - for students attending grades 7 to 10
Purchase Individual Tickets Here. Individual registration begins Monday, August 9.
Time Labs
Underwater Archeology
Thursday, October 21, 2010
$10 per student
Dive into Archeology as you discover the amazing ancient world that lies just under the surface.
9:30 a.m. - for students attending grades 1 to 2
11 a.m. - for students attending grades 3 to 4
1 p.m. - for students attending grades 5 to 8
Purchase Individual Tickets Here. Individual registration begins Monday, August 9.
Pillars of Progress
Wednesday, November 17, 2010
$10 per student
Delve into architecture as we explore the marvels of the ancient world. You become the scientist as you explore the basics of architecture.
9:30 a.m. - for students attending grades 1 to 2
11 a.m. - for students attending grades 3 to 4
1 p.m. - for students attending grades 5 to 8
Purchase Individual Tickets Here. Individual registration begins Monday, August 9.
We Built this City
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
$10 per student
What does it take to build a successful city? Try your hand at ancient urban engineering.
9:30 a.m. - for students attending grades 1 to 2
11 a.m. - for students attending grades 3 to 4
1 p.m. - for students attending grades 5 to 8
Purchase Individual Tickets Here. Individual registration begins Monday, August 9.
Monstrous Megaliths
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
$10 per student
From Stonehenge to Easter Island come uncover the mysteries of these fascinating stone structures.
9:30 a.m. - for students attending grades 1 to 2
11 a.m. - for students attending grades 3 to 4
1 p.m. - for students attending grades 5 to 8
Purchase Individual Tickets Here. Individual registration begins Monday, August 9.
Science of the Round Table
Thursday, May 19, 2011
$10 per student
Calling all lords and ladies! Join us as we journey to a time of castles, kings and queens.
9:30 a.m. - for students attending grades 1 to 2
11 a.m. - for students attending grades 3 to 4
1 p.m. - for students attending grades 5 to 8
Purchase Individual Tickets Here. Individual registration begins Monday, August 9.
Wildlife Labs
Scientific Classification
Wednesday, October 20, 2010
$10 per student
How do scientists group animals? Interact with some live creepy crawlies as you learn how to categorize them on your own.
9:30 a.m. - for students attending grades 1 to 2
11 a.m. - for students attending grades 3 to 4
1 p.m. - for students attending grades 5 to 8
Purchase Individual Tickets Here. Individual registration begins Monday, August 9.
What’s for Lunch?
Tuesday, November 16, 2010
$10 per student
What is entomophagy and where is it practiced? Bring your appetite to this class and find out!
9:30 a.m. - for students attending grades 1 to 2
11 a.m. - for students attending grades 3 to 4
1 p.m. - for students attending grades 5 to 8
Purchase Individual Tickets Here. Individual registration begins Monday, August 9.
Weird, Wacky, and Wonderful
Wednesday, January 19, 2011
$10 per student
Discover the odd ways animals adapt to their environments as you interact with our most peculiar specimens.
9:30 a.m. - for students attending grades 1 to 2
11 a.m. - for students attending grades 3 to 4
1 p.m. - for students attending grades 5 to 8
Purchase Individual Tickets Here. Individual registration begins Monday, August 9.
Leapin’ Lizards
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
$10 per student
No, they’re not taking over Tokyo
they’re taking over the classroom! Find out what sets these reptiles apart in the animal kingdom.
9:30 a.m. - for students attending grades 1 to 2
11 a.m. - for students attending grades 3 to 4
1 p.m. - for students attending grades 5 to 8
Purchase Individual Tickets Here. Individual registration begins Monday, August 9.
Divine Spines
Tuesday, March 22, 2011
$10 per student
Get up close and personal with these animals as you learn about various vertebrates.
9:30 a.m. - for students attending grades 1 to 2
11 a.m. - for students attending grades 3 to 4
1 p.m. - for students attending grades 5 to 8
Purchase Individual Tickets Here. Individual registration begins Monday, August 9.
A New Food Pyramid
Thursday, April 21, 2011
$10 per student
It’s eat or get eaten as we study the ecological pyramid with some live specimens.
9:30 a.m. - for students attending grades 1 to 2
11 a.m. - for students attending grades 3 to 4
1 p.m. - for students attending grades 5 to 8
Purchase Individual Tickets Here. Individual registration begins Monday, August 9.
Young Wonders
Wednesday, May 18, 2011
$10 per student
Learn about the interesting forms young animals take on their journey to adulthood.
9:30 a.m. - for students attending grades 1 to 2
11 a.m. - for students attending grades 3 to 4
1 p.m. - for students attending grades 5 to 8
Purchase Individual Tickets Here. Individual registration begins Monday, August 9.
Dissection Labs
Featuring dissections for grades 5 - 10
Leaping Land Lubbers
Thursday, November 18, 2010
$12 per student
Explore insects as you look at the Lubber grasshopper (Romalea). Includes grasshopper dissection.
11 a.m. - for students attending grades 5 to 6
1 p.m. - for students attending grades 7 to 10
Purchase Individual Tickets Here. Individual registration begins Monday, August 9.
You Can’t Handle the Tooth
Thursday, December 16, 2010
$12 per student
Discover that there’s more to sharks than their teeth. Includes dogfish dissection.
11 a.m. - for students attending grades 5 to 6
1 p.m. - for students attending grades 7 to 10
Purchase Individual Tickets Here. Individual registration begins Monday, August 9.
Tugging on Your Heartstrings
Thursday, March 24, 2011
$12 per student
Nothing beats that “Aww” moment! Take an in-depth look at one powerful muscle, the heart. Includes heart dissection.
11 a.m. - for students attending grades 5 to 6
1 p.m. - for students attending grades 7 to 10
Purchase Individual Tickets Here. Individual registration begins Monday, August 9.
Cosmopolitan Crawdads
Tuesday, May 17, 2011
$12 per student
Crayfish are found throughout the world in freshwater streams. Take an inside look at this crawling crustacean through dissection.
11 a.m. - for students attending grades 5 to 6
1 p.m. - for students attending grades 7 to 10
Purchase Individual Tickets Here. Individual registration begins Monday, August 9.
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