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The Houston Museum of Natural Science Educational Outreach Programs
The Houston Museum of Natural Science offers several different Outreach Programs that can bring an exciting field trip experience right into your classroom. Choose from , , , the , or .
Bugs on Wheels
Be sure to schedule a date with the “Lady Bugs” (Laurie Pierrel and Erin Millender, the Butterfly Center's dynamic entomologist duo). Modeled after the Museum's popular Wildlife On Wheels program, the Bugs On Wheels program will bring a selection of living insects and other arthropods into the classroom for a hands-on presentation. Giant millipedes, hissing cockroaches, amazing walkingsticks, furry tarantulas, and more will amaze the students and turn them on to the incredible world of the arthropods. Please call 713-639-4753 for more information.
When: 9:00 a.m. — 4:00 p.m.
Mondays - Fridays during the school year (Sept-May)
Cost: Half day (max. 3 hours or 6 presentations) $300
Whole day (max. 5 hours or 8 presentations) $375
Capacity: Maximum of 30 students per presentation
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Where the Excitement Comes to You
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Discovery Dome
- Do you need to find a new way to explain the solar system to your students?
- Have you ever wanted to show your students a volcano up close?
- Do you want to show your students the inside of a cell, but don’t have the equipment?
If you answered YES to any of these questions, the Discovery Dome is for you.
The Discovery Dome is entering its third year of outreach into schools. We use full-dome video of the solar system, earth science topics and the human body to take students on learning adventures. Live presentations or 25-minute movies are available. Scripts and preview videos on DVD are available for many of the shows.
Click for brochure with more information and complete show descriptions.
Cost: Half day (max. 3 hours or 5 presentations) $300
Whole day (max. 5 hours or 9 presentations) $375
*mileage fees may apply
Capacity: Maximum of 50 students per presentation
Ages: Grades Pre-K - 12
Questions about Discovery Dome programs or schedule?
Please call 713-639-4736 or e-mail DiscoveryDome@hmns.org
Docents To Go
Have the Museum of Natural Science come to your classroom. A trained HMNS docent will visit your class and present the topic of your choice. Each 45-minute presentation is an object-based, hands-on interactive experience using Museum specimens.
Choose from:
Paleontology
Oceans
Insects
Rocks and Minerals
Native Americans
Texas Wildlife
When: Monday – Friday
Cost: $150 for two 45-minute presentations
Capacity: Maximum of 30 students per presentation
Ages: Grades 1-5
Questions about Docents to Go programs or schedule?
Please call 713-639-4656 or e-mail srobertson@hmns.org
Science on Stage
Get ready for science as you’ve never seen it before. These exciting assembly programs use student helpers to explore amazing physical science demonstrations. Each presentation is 45 minutes long. Schedule Science on Stage for one grade level or the entire school.
Cost: $275 for the first assembly program
$125 for a second or third presentation on the same topic
There is a travel fee for programs more than 20 miles from the Museum.
Maximum: 250 students per presentation
Grades: 2-12 (We recommend no more than three grade levels per presentation.)
Requirements: a large performance area such as a stage, gymnasium, or cafeteria, a PA system, two eight-foot tables, and access to electricity (Energy Circus topic only).
Choose from three program topics:
Energy Circus
Explore energy transformations with electricity, sound, and light. There’s energy everywhere.
Cool Chemistry
Discover the properties and states of matter using liquid nitrogen and amazing chemical reactions.
Motion Commotion
Explore Newton’s laws, simple machines, and the science of motion with rockets, levers, and more.
Questions about Science on Stage programs or schedule?
Please call 713-639-4636.
Wildlife on Wheels
Our Wildlife on Wheels (WOW) naturalist will visit your school with live animals and actual Museum specimens to give students an exciting hands-on opportunity to explore the basics of animal life.
Choose from four program topics:
Reptiles & Amphibians
From snakes to lizards, frogs to salamanders, we’ll explore their nature history, prehistoric to present.
Texas Wildlife
Explore the unique habitats of the Lone Star State and the animals that live here.
Vertebrates
We’ll learn the basics of the five major vertebrate groups: fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals.
Invertebrates
Get up close and personal with insects, arachnids, mollusks, echinoderms, and others as we learn about Earth’s largest animal group.
Each WOW presentation lasts 30-60 minutes, based on the grade level and bell schedule. We recommend that presentations for grades K-2 be limited to 30 minutes. Programs are given indoors at one location in your school. We cannot serve locations more than 15 miles outside of Beltway 8. Only one program topic can be presented each day.
When: 9:00 a.m. — 4:00 p.m.
Mondays - Fridays during the school year (Sept-May)
Cost: Half day (max. 3 hours or 6 presentations) $300
Whole day (max. 5 hours or 8 presentations) $375
Capacity: Maximum of 30 students per presentation
Ages: Grades Pre K-8
Questions about WOW programs or schedule?
Please call 713-639-4732 or e-mail wow@hmns.org
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