Traveling and Private Programs.
Do you have a small classroom that would enjoy a visit from the Museum? Request one of our traveling programs and our educators will bring the fun to you!
Don’t have a classroom? Request a private program for your students here at the MAP! Minimum of 10 students required.
$7 PER STUDENT
CAPACITY IS 15 STUDENTS PER SESSION
Little Explorers Club
Ages 3-5 | 45 minutes
These interactive learning sessions guide children through a science topic led by Museum at Prairiefire experts. Each session includes a short and exciting lesson, story time, an activity or experiment, artifact or animal encounters, and a craft.
JAM Sessions
Elementary Learners | 45 minutes
These unique and entertaining programs are designed to engage students in inquiry-based, fully interactive learning activities. Merging curiosity, education, and interactive experiences, JAM Sessions will research natural history and STEM subjects to encourage a well-rounded education.
Little Explorers Club Topics
Ancient Architects: Buildings Before Bob
Masks Around the World
Clouds and Weather
Decomposers: Deep in the Dirt
Solar System
Dinosaurs Big and Small
Oobleck Observations
Science of Color
Your Five Senses
Spiders and Their Webs
Arboriculture: Trees & Leaves
Autotrophs: I Eat the Sun
Bees and Pollination
Beyond Insects
Insect Jobs
Human Body
Flight: Wings of Many Types
Food Chain: Who’s Eating Who?
Germs: The Science of Soap
JAM Session Topics
Catapults
Film Canister Rockets
Fruit and Vegetable Batteries
Bottle Racers
Elephant’s Toothpaste
Flubber
Kites
Power of the Wind
Rotocopters
Stop Rockets
Tabletop Hovercraft
Soap Boats
The Power of Electromagnets
Membranophones
Marble Roller Coasters Loop & Jump
Pasta Bridge Building
Not part of a school or group, but still want to participate?
We host JAM Sessions and Little Explorer’s Club sessions regularly at the museum—so every child can find a topic that speaks to them at a time that’s convenient.
Contact us.
Feel free to contact us with any questions.
Email
education@visitthemap.org
Phone
(913) 333-3500
Hours
10am - 5pm
We open at 12pm on Sundays.