Let the Denver Museum of Nature & Science come to you!

Our magnificent educators will transform your classroom and take your adventurers on an unforgettable journey. These programs will fuel your students’ passion and curiosity for nature and science – challenging them to experiment, play, and work together to learn about the world around them. Our programs are equipped with everything from interactive challenges to hands-on collections items from the museum’s own archives.

Price: $270 for 3 sessions in the same room, additional $40 for 4 sessions on the same day.

All programs are available in English and Spanish and can be adapted to your students’ language needs. 


Please note that all bookings must be made at least 21 days in advance of their scheduled date.


Classroom Logistics:

Please review all guidelines before booking these programs.

We require a space that comfortably accommodates students, educators, and our educational materials. A minimum of at least 27' x 27' of space is needed for this experience. Alternatively, programs can be taught in larger spaces such as gyms or libraries.

Ensuring your room is empty of students and barriers can prevent delays when setting up the program.

We will bring materials in a large, rolling cart (48" x 28" x 40"); ramps/elevators must be available for access if the room is not on the main floor.

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Wild Senses

We will transform your room into a natural wonderland ready to be explored. Young learners take on animal behaviors to experience the natural world around them, as animals would. Kids smell out their food like a squirrel, hunt in the dark like a raccoon, and use infrared detection to see prey like a snake. An adventurous Museum educator will guide your explorers as they discover adaptation and senses firsthand through animals’ wild senses. This program will amaze and delight your animals—er, kids—with pretend play and fun, educational activities.

Ages: 4-7

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Mission to Mars

With space exploration comes the search for future astronauts with critical thinking, problem solving, and collaboration skills to someday man these future missions. This lesson simulates some real-world problems that astronauts face while instilling the basics of circuitry, programing, comprehensive reading, teamwork, and more using the Colorado Academic Standards’ Science and Engineering Practices. Students will also explore physical differences between our home planet and Mars as well as the intricacies of inter-planetary travel, including the hazards posed to human explorers.

Grades: 3-5

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Body Systems in Motion

Get your class moving in this high energy program filled with physical challenges. Your students will learn about three separate body systems, the circulatory, musculoskeletal, and nervous systems, that work together to carry out everyday tasks through hands-on interactions with larger-than-life activities. Students will be challenged to use critical thinking and communication skills to operate a working leg, cycle through the respiratory system as cells, and race to translate signals from the eye to catch a flying object.

Grades: 4-8

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