How does snow happen?  What is the best kind of snow for making snowballs or building snowmen, forts, or igloos?  Why do the days of winter seem so short and the nights seem so long?  We’ll answer these and other questions in this fun, engaging camp for young scientists.

For elementary school ages.

$50 Non-Members
$40 Members (please sign in to your account and use the discount code emailed to you)
If registering multiple children, please add them to the cart one at a time.

January 2nd (Friday)
Drop-off for camps is from 8:00-8:20 am and pick-up is from 3:30-4:00 pm. Please email education@visitthemap.org with any questions.

Back during the Age of Reptiles, living in the ocean was just as dangerous as living on land.  Imagine an underwater version of Jurassic Park.  In this camp you will learn about the marine life that lived in a shallow sea that once covered much of the western half of North America for about 40 million years during the Cretaceous Period and what caused the extinction of most of that marine life.  Campers will create dioramas of the sea and populate them with small figurines of the colossal ancient creatures that lived in the sea during that time.

For elementary school ages.

$50 Non-Members
$40 Members (please sign in to your account and use the discount code emailed to you)
If registering multiple children, please add them to the cart one at a time.

January 5th (Monday)
Drop-off for camps is from 8:00-8:20 am and pick-up is from 3:30-4:00 pm. Please email education@visitthemap.org with any questions.

What is a simple machine, you ask.  Simple machines form the basis of much of the technology that goes into everything from nuts and bolts to the International Space Station. Join us for a day as we explore these simple devices and perhaps spark your imagination of what you could use these devices for to make your life easier.For elementary school ages.

$50 Non-Members
$40 Members (please sign in to your account and use the discount code emailed to you)
If registering multiple children, please add them to the cart one at a time.

January 19th (Monday)
Drop-off for camps is from 8:00-8:20 am and pick-up is from 3:30-4:00 pm. Please email education@visitthemap.org with any questions.

A grandparent might have told us that our Moon is really made of green cheese. Is that true? What’s it like to be on the Moon?  Why does the Moon’s shape change throughout the month? Why does the Moon have a dark side?  We’ll explore these questions and more in the camp for young scientists.

$50 Non-Members
$40 Members (please sign in to your account and use the discount code emailed to you)
If registering multiple children, please add them to the cart one at a time.

January 30th (Friday)
Drop-off for camps is from 8:00-8:20 am and pick-up is from 3:30-4:00 pm. Please email education@visitthemap.org with any questions.

Humans have enjoyed music for a long time, but what kinds of music were they making in prehistoric civilizations? What makes different instruments produce different sounds? In this camp, we will explore different ways people have made music throughout history, and how different instruments work.

$100 Non-Members
$80 Members (please sign in to your account and use the discount code emailed to you)
If registering multiple children, please add them to the cart one at a time.

February 12th & 13th (Thursday & Friday)
Drop-off for camps is from 8:00-8:20 am and pick-up is from 3:30-4:00 pm. Please email education@visitthemap.org with any questions.

Some of the wildest and strangest creatures around us are invertebrates, but many of them look nothing alike. In this camp, we will discover the similarities between many invertebrates, what makes them unique, and how they fit into their ecosystems.

$50 Non-Members
$40 Members (please sign in to your account and use the discount code emailed to you)
If registering multiple children, please add them to the cart one at a time.

February 16th (Monday)
Drop-off for camps is from 8:00-8:20 am and pick-up is from 3:30-4:00 pm. Please email education@visitthemap.org with any questions.

Wind, water, and gravity act on and modify Earth’s surface 24/7, 365 days of the year.  Some of the time, how they act is helpful to humans, but at other times, they can be harmful, such as during flooding.  In this one day camp, we will explore how these movers and shakers modify the Earth and how we can enhance their beneficial effects and reduce their harmful effects on our lives.

$50 Non-Members
$40 Members (please sign in to your account and use the discount code emailed to you)
If registering multiple children, please add them to the cart one at a time.

February 27th (Friday)
Drop-off for camps is from 8:00-8:20 am and pick-up is from 3:30-4:00 pm. Please email education@visitthemap.org with any questions.

It’s almost Spring!  Daylight is getting longer and the days are getting warmer.  What causes Spring?  And how does nature respond to these changes?  We’ll explore these and other questions in this fun-filled camp for young scientists.

$50 Non-Members
$40 Members (please sign in to your account and use the discount code emailed to you)
If registering multiple children, please add them to the cart one at a time.

March 13th (Friday)
Drop-off for camps is from 8:00-8:20 am and pick-up is from 3:30-4:00 pm. Please email education@visitthemap.org with any questions.

During this five-day camp, children will tour the world virtually looking at various ecosystems and then will spend the rest of the camp conducting experiments to better understand how soil, water, plants, animals interact to create the local ecosystems we see in our parks and other natural areas.

$250 Non-Members
$200 Members (please sign in to your account and use the discount code emailed to you)
If registering multiple children, please add them to the cart one at a time.

March 16th-20th (Monday-Friday)
Drop-off for camps is from 8:00-8:20 am and pick-up is from 3:30-4:00 pm. Please email education@visitthemap.org with any questions.

What is a rock and how is it different from a mineral?  What will help me identify rocks and minerals?  What kinds of rocks and minerals can you find in the Kansas City Metro? Children will explore these questions and other related topics in this one-day camp.

$50 Non-Members
$40 Members (please sign in to your account and use the discount code emailed to you)
If registering multiple children, please add them to the cart one at a time.

March 23rd (Monday)
Drop-off for camps is from 8:00-8:20 am and pick-up is from 3:30-4:00 pm. Please email education@visitthemap.org with any questions.

The weather is warming up, and plants and animals everywhere have emerged from their winter slumber.  You may know that April 22nd is called Earth Day.  It is a day to celebrate nature.  Through a series of guided experiences, campers will learn about how conservation of natural resources and recycling of waste materials can help minimize habitat destruction. Campers will tour the wetlands outside of the museum to identify its natural resources and how they benefit local wildlife and will conduct a cleanup to remove waste products left behind by others.

$50 Non-Members
$40 Members (please sign in to your account and use the discount code emailed to you)
If registering multiple children, please add them to the cart one at a time.

April 10th (Friday)
Drop-off for camps is from 8:00-8:20 am and pick-up is from 3:30-4:00 pm. Please email education@visitthemap.org with any questions.

What is weather and how is it different from climate? What tools do weather- men use to gather data on today’s  weather?  How do they use data to predict the weather?  In this one-day camp, we will answer these and other questions about weather.

$50 Non-Members
$40 Members (please sign in to your account and use the discount code emailed to you)
If registering multiple children, please add them to the cart one at a time.

April 20th (Friday)
Drop-off for camps is from 8:00-8:20 am and pick-up is from 3:30-4:00 pm. Please email education@visitthemap.org with any questions.

How are dinosaurs different from other animals?  Were dinosaurs all alike?  How did they take over the world’s continents?  How did some dinosaurs become birds?  Year after year, we learn more about how these animals relate to one another and how they lived. In this camp, children will learn what modern technology has revealed about the lives of these creatures and how they relate to each other in the dinosaur family tree and to other animal groups.

$50 Non-Members
$40 Members (please sign in to your account and use the discount code emailed to you)
If registering multiple children, please add them to the cart one at a time.

May 1st (Friday)
Drop-off for camps is from 8:00-8:20 am and pick-up is from 3:30-4:00 pm. Please email education@visitthemap.org with any questions.