Matching your field trip to your curriculum
Are you looking for something special for your group to do during your visit to the Science Center? From exciting introductions to each gallery, such as our “Kick Start” program, to in-depth, hands-on programs throughout the Science Center, as in “Practical Paleontology”, our Exhibit Based Programs can help get your group excited about learning.
Our program offerings span all ages, from early childhood programs, such as “A Sense of Me”, to solving a crime in “Examining the Evidence” for middle and high school students, and are great for all types of groups—scouts, schools and more! All of our programs align with both Missouri and Illinois education standards, making them easy to fit into your curriculum. From a 30 minute Ira & Judy Gall Amazing Science Demonstration for up to 100 people, to an in-depth 2 hour robotics program, “Lego MINDSTORMS™ Robotics Adventure - Deluxe Edition”, for 24 students—you are sure to find just the right program for your group.
Bring science to life with experiences your students will remember for a lifetime! A Science Center field trip, complete with a Gallery Program, is a great way to introduce new topics, enhance your classroom curriculum and have fun exploring science!
For more information, or to book a program please call 314.289.4439.
Hidden Power: Energy, Electricity and Efficiency — Explore concepts of energy, electricity and efficiency.
Program Length: 1 hour
Cost: $120
Grades: 4-12 Maximum: 35
Inquiry into Earth Science — Explore the forces that shape and change the Earth in this self-guided (staff assisted) scavenger hunt throughout the gallery. Collect a prize for completing the hunt!
Program Length: 1 hour
Cost: $150
Grades: 1-12 Maximum: 35
Stream Table Able — Explore how rivers and streams shape the Earth. Experience erosion first-hand and build your own town in the Stream Table exhibit.
Program Length: 1 hour
Cost: $100
Grades: 3-8 Maximum: 35
Weather Watchers — Observe and investigate weather using the Saint Louis Science Center’s own cooperative weather station.
Program Length: 1 hour
Cost: $150
Grades: 3-8 Maximum: 35
Paleo Pieces — Dig into the world of paleontology with this custom built paleo-program (you choose four from our list).
Program Length: 1.5 hours
Cost: $300
Grades: K-5 Maximum: 35
Practical Paleontology — Piece together the mysteries of the past through hands-on activities. Learn to identify fossils, piece together dinosaur bones and more.
Program Length: 1 hour
Cost: $150
Grades: 3-8 Maximum: 35
Kick Start Gallery Tour
Into Earth’s Past — Work with staff and explore the Fossil Prep Lab.
Program Length: 25 minutes
Cost: $50
Grades: K-Adult Maximum: 30
Body Systems
Body Connections — Explore four body systems (your choice) with our hands-on activities.
Program length: 1 hour
Cost: $120 per group
Grades: 2-6 Maximum: 30 students
Inner Body Tour — Explore how the human body works through the help of Organella.
Program length: 30 minutes
Cost: $60 per group
Grades: Pre-K (ages 3-4) Maximum: 15 students
DNA/Genetics
DNA Gene Shorts — Find out about genes and heredity with our menu of activities (you choose four from our list).
Program length: 1 hour
Cost: $120 per group
Grades: 4-12 Maximum: 30 students
Examining the Evidence — Use evidence left at the crime scene to solve the case, from fingerprints to DNA.
Program length: 2 hours
Cost: $240 per group
Grades: 5-12 Maximum: 30 students
Investigating Inheritance — Work with the experts as we track down the gene for an inherited disease.
Program length: 2 hours
Cost: $225 per group
Grades: 6-12 Maximum: 30 students
The Biology of The Giver — Connect literature to biology in this program that addresses the major biology themes in The Giver by Lois Lowry.
Program length: 1 hour
Cost: $120 per group
Grades: 4-12 Maximum: 30 students
Biotechnology
DNA Gene Shorts — Find out more about genes and heredity with our menu of activities (you choose four from our list).
Program length: 1 hour
Cost: $120 per group
Grades: 4-12 Maximum: 30 students
Growing the Future with Agriculture — Discover where your food comes from with our fun, hands-on activities.
Program length: 1 hour
Cost: $120 per group
Grades: 4-6 Maximum: 30 students
Life in the Laboratory — Make observations of our lab animals to find out how they live and help scientists.
Program length: 1 hour (15 minutes staff guided activity, 45 minutes self guided tour)
Cost: $50 per group
Grades: K-4 Maximum: 30 students
Natural Selection
Evolution & Adaptoids — Use fictional organisms, “Adaptoids”, to explore the major elements of evolution.
Program length: 2 hours
Cost: $225 per group
Grades: 6-12 Maximum: 30 students
Natural Selection: Be the Predator! — See how natural selection acts on a population of critters.
Program length: 1 hour
Cost: $120 per group
Grades: 3-8 Maximum: 30 students
Conservation 101 — Learn about species in trouble in the ocean, air and on land. Meet a critically endangered amphibian and explore how interconnected ecosystems are and how the disappearance of just one species can have an impact.
Kick Start Gallery Tour
Life in the Laboratory — Make observations of our lab animals to find out how they live and help scientists.
Program length: 25 minutes
Cost: $50 per group
Grades: K-Adult Maximum: 30 students
