Field Trips are available Mondays through Fridays during the school year. They are designed for Pre-K to 6th grade levels in school classes, day schools, homeschool groups, learning pods, and other educational organizations that desire a structured itinerary.

In-person field trips are scheduled between 10:00 am – 2:00 pm and include up to 100 students at $12 per student and parent-chaperones. Students will explore 4 experience zones throughout the Children’s Science Center Lab.

Virtual field trips are scheduled between 10:00 am – 4:00 pm and include up to 30 students together or on separate devices. Virtual field trips are $150, or choose an Animal Encounter for $175, A new field trip offered as of January 2022 will be a Plant or Animal Dissection for $200.

This program was created in conjunction with ChildSci STEM Educators, a STEM Education Professor at George Mason University, and local public school 5th grade teachers to identify specific topics of struggle for students in the Virginia Science Standards of Learning. The hands-on activities and experiments in the program will give students experience with topics they see on their standardized testing in a fun and interactive way.

This series program can be done in anywhere from 4-7 weeks with 7 NGSS/SOL themes to select at the time of the reservation.  Themes include Sound, Light, Friction & Force, the Solar System, Plant Systems, Geology & Rock Cycles, and Electricity & Matter. Each class lasts one hour for up to 30 students at a time.

Cost:  $600 (for 4 in-person NGSS/SOL themes per class of 30 students); $400 for 4 virtual NGSS/SOL themes; $100 each additional NGSS/SOL theme (in-school or virtual).