Programs at your location
Bringing wonder to you!
We’re so excited that you’ve chosen the Museum of Life and Science for an interactive, exploratory, and curriculum-aligned program at your school or organization.
Program Options
Animal Program
Grades PreK—8
Meet the animals that live behind-the-scenes. Customize your program by selecting from our program animals when you register for your field trip!
- Program Length: 30 or 50 minutes
- Live Animal Encounter: Yes
- Available Onsite and Offsite
- Standards Strand: Ecosystems; Structures and Functions of Living Organisms
Butterfly Lifecycles
Grades PreK—2
Fly high into the world of butterflies with this immersive insect experience. Your students will get a butterfly wing specimen to take home with them to remember all they’ve learned!
- Program Length: 50 minutes
- Live Animal Encounter: Yes
- Available Onsite Only
- Standards Strand: Ecosystems; Structures and Functions of Living Organisms
LEGO® Robotics
Grades Pre-K—5
Design your own robot using LEGO WeDo 2.0! Build, program, and experiment with your LEGO models featuring working motors and sensors. Collaborate with your fellow students to control how your robot sounds and moves.
- Program Length: 50 minutes
- Live Animal Encounter: No
- Available Onsite and Offsite
- Standards Strand: Forces and Motion
STEM Design Challenge
Grades K—5
Experience the engineering design process first-hand by tackling a parachute challenge. Your class will collaborate in teams to engage in a unique problem-solving session to make their parachute escape the wind tube!
- Program Length: 30 or 50 minutes
- Live Animal Encounter: No
- Available Onsite and Offsite
- Standards Strand: Forces and Motion
Force and Motion
Grades 3—8
We’ll send a sail car skimming down a low-friction track and measure its speed with our Vernier motion sensors. For each trial, we’ll use the engineering design cycle to graph how force and motion work together to influence how things move.
- Program Length: 50 minutes
- Live Animal Encounter: No
- Available Onsite and Offsite
- Standards Strand: Forces and Motion
Weather
Grades 2—5
Rain or shine, we’ll use maps and instruments just like professional meteorologists in this hands-on program all about weather. Your class will experience a moment of wonder as they conjure a cloud they can hold in their hands.
- Program Length: 50 minutes
- Live Animal Encounter: No
- Available Onsite and Offsite
- Standards Strand: Earth Systems, Structures and Processes; Matter, Properties and Change
Prices
$200 for a one-hour program*.
We also charge $.073 per mile (round-trip) for programs that take place beyond Durham County.
*Programs at your location are booked by the hour. Classroom programs have a capacity of 30 students per program session. If you are interested in a science night or other large group program, be sure to make mention it in the comments section of your request form!
Would you prefer to have your group visit the Museum? No problem! Click here and find which options are best for you.
Are you interested in having the Museum attend your next event? Email a description of your event to reservations@lifeandscience.org
Cancellation — Please Read!
We are happy to cancel or reschedule reservations for visits more than two weeks away. Note that reservations with programs that are canceled, with less than two weeks’ notice, will incur a $100 late cancellation fee per session. Notification of cancellations must be made in writing and emailed to reservations@lifeandscience.org