K-6 Elementary Schools

Note: Science Workshops are FULL for the 2023–24 school year.

SCIENCE WORKSHOP

A two-part combo: CuriOdyssey educators will lead students in specially designed activities that cover life or physical science content areas. Explore CuriOdyssey’s science exhibits and wildlife habitats on your own.

Available at CuriOdyssey or at your location

Tuesdays–Fridays
Time: 9:30 AM–2:30 PM

WILDLIFE PROGRAM

Choose one of our wildlife program themes and explore CuriOdyssey’s science exhibits and wildlife habitats on your own.

Available at CuriOdyssey or at your location

Wednesdays and Thursdays
Time: 9:30 AM–2:30 PM

SELF-GUIDED VISIT

Explore CuriOdyssey’s science exhibits and wildlife habitats on your own. Groups of 10 or more may be eligible for a group discount.

Tuesdays–Fridays
Time: 10:00 AM– 5:00 PM

For more information about self-guided field trips, click here.

School/Group Registration Form

Science Workshops

Animal Eggsploration K 1

This workshop introduces students to egg-laying animals like insects, amphibians, birds, and reptiles. Students will observe, compare, and interact with live animals that lay eggs, investigate differences between different birds’ eggs, and take a closer look at the form and function of the insides of a chicken egg.

Program Length: 60 minutes
Connections with Next Generation Science Standards:
Disciplinary Core Ideas: LS1.A, LS1.B, LS1.C, LS4.C
Science and Engineering Practices: 1, 3, 6
Crosscutting Concepts: 1, 5, 6
Performance Expectations: K-LS1-1
This program can travel to your site!

Animal Habitats 1 2 3 4

What do animals need to survive in the wild? Students will learn about an animal’s niche in nature and discover how individual organisms are connected to one another. Outdoor exploration is a large part of this workshop as we search for tracks, scat, and other signs that animals inhabit the park and find what they need for survival: food, water, and space.

Program Length: 60 minutes
Connections with Next Generation Science Standards:
Disciplinary Core Ideas: LS2.A, LS2.B, LS4.C, LS4.D
Science and Engineering Practices: 1, 2, 6, 7
Crosscutting Concepts: 1, 3, 4, 7
Performance Expectations: K-LS1-1, 2-LS4-1, 3-LS4-3

Audible Adventures K 1 2 3

What is sound? How does sound travel? Does the shape of our ears help or hinder hearing? These questions form the foundation of our inquiry into the world of sound. Students experiment with a variety of sound makers, listen with a stethoscope, and hear the sounds of vibrating metal. Let’s hear it for this audible adventure!

Program Length: 60 minutes
Connections with Next Generation Science Standards:
Disciplinary Core Ideas: PS3.A, PS3.B, PS4.A
Science and Engineering Practices: 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7
Crosscutting Concepts: 1, 2, 3, 6
Performance Expectations: 1-PS4-1, 1-PS4-4

This program can travel to your site!

Build It and Break It! 1 2 3 4 5 6

Build a bridge, test its strength until it collapses, then redesign and retest. Students will explore gravity, stress, and other forces that engineers have to overcome (or utilize) every time they construct a bridge. Let’s work as engineers as we build and break our very own structures.

Program Length: 60 minutes
Connections with Next Generation Science Standards:
Disciplinary Core Ideas: PS2.A, PS2.C, ETS1.A, ETS1.B, ETS1.C
Science and Engineering Practices: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
Crosscutting Concepts: 2, 3, 4, 6
Performance Expectations: 2-PS1-3, K-2-ETS1-2, K-2-ETS1-3, 5-PS2-1

This program can travel to your site!

Fur, Feathers, Scales, or Exoskeletons K 1 2 3 4

Explore the coverings of mammals, birds, reptiles, and arthropods. Students touch and talk about similarities, differences, and functions of each type of covering, and how they aid in the survival of the animal. This class will include seeing some live animals and handling biofacts to find out about animals covered in fur, feathers, scales, and exoskeletons.

Animal Ambassadors vary and may include: mammal, bird, reptile, and/or invertebrates.

Program Length: 60 minutes
Connections with Next Generation Science Standards:
Disciplinary Core Ideas: LS1.A, LS2.A, LS2.B, LS2.C, LS4.C, LS4.D
Science and Engineering Practices: 1, 3, 4, 6, 7
Crosscutting Concepts: 1, 6
Performance Expectations: K-LS1-1, 1-LS1-1, 2-LS4-1

This program can travel to your site!

Ice Investigators K 1 2 3 4

Learn about solids, liquids, and the properties of water in this “cool” program. Students will investigate frozen water blocks, make salt craters, examine bubbles and tunnels in ice, trace water flow, and more. Join us for an illuminating transformation of ice into water.

Program Length: 60 minutes
Connections with Next Generation Science Standards:
Disciplinary Core Ideas: PS1.A, PS3.A, PS3.B
Science and Engineering Practices: 1, 2, 3, 6, 7
Crosscutting Concepts: 1, 5, 7
Performance Expectations: 2-PS1-1, 2-PS1-2, 2-ESS2-3

Wind Powered Vehicles 1 2 3 4 5

This activity is propelled by a fan or the students themselves! Students learn about engineering, gasses, friction, sails, forces, motion, and energy. By creating a vehicle which can be powered by wind, students gain understanding of design, why we use wheels, why we might not, and attempt to build a vehicle which goes straight, far, and/or fast with limited materials.

Program Length: 60 minutes
Connections with Next Generation Science Standards:
Disciplinary Core Ideas: PS2.A, PS2.C, PS3.A, PS3.B, PS3.C,ETS1.A, ETS1.B, ETS1.C
Science and Engineering Practices: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
Crosscutting Concepts: 2, 3, 4, 6
Performance Expectations: K-PS2-1, K-PS2-2, 2-PS1-3, 4-PS3-4, K-2-ETS1-1 , K-2-ETS1-2, K-2-ETS1-3, 3-5-ETS1-1, 3-5-ETS1-2

This program can travel to your site!

Wildlife Programs

Sensing Animals K 1

Have you ever touched a lizard, smelled a ferret or looked at the bright colors of a snake? This program teaches young students how to use their senses to learn about and understand the animal world. They will make observations using their eyes, ears, nose, and hands to learn about basic animal characteristics and what makes each Animal Ambassador unique.

Animal Ambassadors vary and may include: mammal, bird, reptile, and/or invertebrates.

Program Length: 45-60 minutes

This program can travel to your site!

Catch Me if You Can
K 1 2 3 4 5 6

Have you ever played tag? How did you stay away from the person who was “it”? Did you hide or run very fast? In nature, animals have to be on the look out for predators – survival is the goal! Learn how animals keep themselves alive and how they defend themselves.

Animal Ambassadors vary and may include: mammal, bird, reptile, and/or invertebrates.

Program Length: 45-60 minutes

This program can travel to your site!

What’s on the Menu? K 1

Did you know that animals eat different things? Animals are able to eat certain foods based on where they live and what they look like (their body). Students will learn about tooth structure, habitats and adaptations of herbivores, omnivores, carnivores, decomposers and experience a live animal feeding.

Animal Ambassadors vary and may include: mammal, bird, reptile, and/or invertebrates.

Program Length: 45-60 minutes

This program can travel to your site!

Thrive and Survive
1 2 3 4 5 6

Did you know that people and animals need the same resources in order to live? What if one or more of those resources were gone? How could this affect animals? People? Students will learn how changes to the environment can affect animals. They will also discover how animals react to pesticides and what can happen if non-native animals take over resources. In this program, we will explore how people can help conserve resources such as food, water and space to help animals survive. What small changes can we make in our daily lives to help conserve and protect the natural resources we all share?

Animal Ambassadors vary and may include: mammal, bird, reptile, and/or invertebrates.

Program Length: 60 minutes

This program can travel to your site!

Here, There, Habitats are Everywhere
1 2 3 4 5 6

Could you live in the desert, tundra or both? Did you know that most animals can live in one or two types of habitats? In this program, we will learn how animals are equipped for different environments such as the heat of the desert, shadows of the forest, underground and in your backyard. Students will make a connection between the type of habitat and the adaptations needed to live there.

Animal Ambassadors vary and may include: mammal, bird, reptile, and/or invertebrates.

Program Length: 45-60 minutes

This program can travel to your site!

Animal Super Powers
1 2 3 4 5 6

What if you could breathe under water, run faster, blend into your surroundings or fly? How could these skills help you? There are many animals that have their very own “super power”…..they have adaptations. Students will learn what adaptations are and how animals can use them to survive.

Animal Ambassadors vary and may include: mammal, bird, reptile, and/or invertebrates.

Program Length: 60 minutes

This program can travel to your site!

Animal Connections
1 2 3 4 5 6

Meet animal ambassadors from CuriOdyssey and make special connections through a variety of learning methods. This program is designed to fit and support a variety of cognitive and developmental needs. Please contact the Programs Animal Keeper for more information on how we can construct this program to fit the needs of your group.

Animal Ambassadors vary and may include: mammal, bird, reptile and/or invertebrates.

Program Length: 60 minutes

This program can travel to your site!

*Key to Science Strands:

This program can travel to your site!
Earth Science
Life Science
Physical Science
Investigation and Experimentation

*Key to Grades

Kindergarten
1st Grade
2nd Grade
3rd Grade
4th Grade
5th Grade
6th Grade

Base Program Rates

Number of Students	Program Fee
10 - 20 students	$340
21 - 30 students	$595

Additional Fees

Programs at CuriOdyssey

Groups booking programs receive 1 free chaperone ticket for every 5 students.

Additional chaperone tickets: $13.95 each

Programs at Your Location

Sliding scale travel fees based on distance from CuriOdyssey.

Travel Fee Scale: $50 - $100

Schools & Groups

K-6 Elementary Schools