stem field trips louisiana

13 Amazing Field Trips Every Louisianian Took As A Kid…And Should Retake Now

Kezia Kamenetz

Kezia Kamenetz is a native to southern Louisiana and lives in the Marigny neighborhood of New Orleans currently. When not writing about all the amazing things to be found in her state, her central passion is dreams and the wisdom they can offer, which you can learn more about by visiting KeziaVida.com

More by this Author

Do you remember when you were a kid and it was field trip day at school? Wasn’t that just the most exciting thing in the world? We’ve found some amazing field trips you can take in the Louisiana area—whether you have kids or not. These are the best places to take field trips in Louisiana, and the most kid-friendly places in Louisiana:

Related Stories

This Magical Park In Louisiana Looks Like Something Straight Out Of A Fairy Tale

The Unique Park Everyone In Louisiana Should Visit At Least Once

This Magical Park In Louisiana Is Straight Out Of Your Wildest Dreams

These amazing places to take your kids in Louisiana are truly special aren’t they? Do you remember visiting places like this when you were a kid? Let us know about your experiences! We love to hear your feedback.

OnlyInYourState may earn compensation through affiliate links in this article. As an Amazon Associate, we earn from qualifying purchases.

Want more Louisiana in your inbox?

Get the latest on things to see, do, and eat around Louisiana!

Thank you! You'll receive your first newsletter soon!

An error occured.

Related Articles

• If You Live In Louisiana, You’ll Want To Visit This Amazing Park This Winter
• The Hidden Park That Will Make You Feel Like You've Discovered Louisiana’s Best Kept Secret
• The Secret Garden In Louisiana You’re Guaranteed To Love
• The Most Beautiful Park Is Right Here In Louisiana And You Need To Visit
• This Jaw Dropping Place In Louisiana Will Blow You Away
• 11 Of The Most Beautiful Gardens In Louisiana
• 9 Amazing Parks In Louisiana That You Have To Visit
• With Its Own Pizza Window, This Incredible Restaurant In Louisiana Is Perfect For Families

Explore Louisiana

• National & State Parks
• Natural Wonders
• On the Water
• Parks & Gardens
• State Parks

• Skip to primary navigation
• Skip to main content
• Skip to primary sidebar
• Skip to footer

TheHomeSchoolMom

Homeschooling help and encouragement from experienced homeschoolers - find out how homeschooling works and how to start, get tips & ideas for when things need adjusting, read curriculum reviews before buying, learn how online schools work, gain confidence about homeschooling high school, and more.

• Subscriber Exclusives

Homeschooling 101

• Homeschool Blog
• Deschooling
• Homeschooling Styles
• Homeschooling High School
• Help by Subject
• Curriculum Reviews
• Local & State
• Homeschool Planner
• Meal Plans & Recipes

Louisiana Field Trips

Field trips are a great way to reboot a bad homeschooling week, get out of the house when everyone has cabin fever, and learn about your local area. Before heading out, check out Jeanne's tips for improving homeschool field trips .

Our listing of Louisiana field trips for homeschoolers is ordered alphabetically by city. If you would like to submit a Louisiana field trip destination, you may do so using the red button above.

At the UCM, Louisiana's Most Eccentric Museum - This roadside attraction near New Orleans is a folk art environment with 1000s of found objects, and home made inventions. See a miniature Southern town with push-buttons that activate animated "displays." On exhibit are odd collections, memorabilia, pure junk, and old arcade machines that are a lot of fun to play.

UCM Museum - Abida Mystery House website

( Update this listing )

Through its exhibition program of an ever-changing array of collections on loan from around the world, its extensive permanent collection of contemporary Louisiana art and the state's largest collection of North Louisiana Folk Art, AMoA entices visitors of diverse tastes.

Alexandria Museum of Art website

The park offers a wide variety of programs, classes, events and volunteer opportunities designed to enrich appreciation of wild life and wild places. The hands-on classes for home school children include a presentation and a lab activity. Students will also get to take a hands-on activity home.

Alexandria Zoological Park website

Pleasantly located on several small bluffs that extend over and into the Toledo Bend Reservoir, South Toledo Bend Reservoir State Park offers a scenic, waterfront view from many vantage points. While the reservoir is nationally recognized as a destination for bass fishing tournaments, visitors to the park can also enjoy other outdoor recreational activities such as hiking, cycling, birding, camping and enjoying the many forms of wildlife in the area.

South Toledo Bend State Park website

Take an exciting journey through the past and discover the dynamic history of Strategic Bombardment at the home of the 2nd Bomb Wing, the mighty 8th Air Force, and the new Air Force Global Strike Command. The Barksdale Global Power Museum is not only a memorial to our successes in battle, but a recognition of the many years spent training to deter war. The peacetime history of Barksdale Air Force Base is as significant as those years at war. Come out and see vintage aircraft like the venerable B-17 and B-24 bombers of World War II: along with their best "Little Friend", the P-51 Mustang. You can also see Cold War heroes such as the B-52D and B-52G Stratofortress. We will show you the highest and fastest flying jet aircraft ever - the MACH 3+ SR-71 Blackbird.

Barksdale Global Power Museum website

This 503-acre site takes its name from the French word meaning "high road," which was the route used by Native Americans many years ago in their seasonal migrations. Chemin-A-Haut State Park was designed with children in mind. Two playgrounds in the day-use area are a favorite spot of the younger patrons as is the wading pool in the swimming complex.

Chemin-A-Haut State Park website

The Capitol Park Museum tells a story of passion, adventure and discovery that could have happened only in the Bayou State. Come explore a way of life like no other.

Louisiana State Museum - Capitol Park Museum website

Louisiana's Old State Capitol, a Gothic architectural treasure, stands high on a bluff overlooking the Mississippi River. The 150-year-old statehouse has withstood war, fire, scandal, bitter debate, abandonment and an occasional fistfight. Today, the building stands as a testament to bold, inspired leadership and active citizenship. Now referred to as the Museum of Political History, the Old State Capitol has received awards for its architecture, exhibits and preservation.

Louisiana's Old State Capitol - Museum of Political History website

Magnolia Mound Plantation is a rare survivor of the vernacular architecture influenced by early settlers from France and the West Indies. This venerable landmark is unique in southern Louisiana not simply because of its age, quality of restoration, or outstanding collections, but because it is still a vital part of the community. Through educational programs, workshops, lectures, festivals, and other special events, Magnolia Mound's mission is to illustrate and interpret the lifestyle of the French Creoles who formed the fascinating culture which still influences and pervades life in southern Louisiana.

Magnolia Mound Plantation website

Welcome to the official Internet home port of the Fletcher-class destroyer USS KIDD (DD-661), the "Pirate of the Pacific." Located in the heart of scenic downtown Baton Rouge, Louisiana, she is the centerpiece of a memorial which serves to honor the men and women of our American armed forces. Examine the dented helmet of an infantryman who stormed the beaches of Normandy. Touch the names of the fallen Americans whose names are carved into the black granite walls of the Louisiana Memorial Plaza.

USS KIDD website

Encounter the past at one of the "Top 10 Outdoor museum in the World," according to the British Museum! Travel back in time in three unique areas of the Museum containing the largest collection of material culture of 19th century Louisiana, all in a safe, outdoor rural landscape: * The Exhibit Barn features hundreds of artifacts dealing with everyday rural life up to the early 20th century. * The Plantation Quarters consists of a complex of 19th century buildings - commissary, overseer's house, kitchen, slave cabins, sick house, schoolhouse, blacksmith's shop, sugar house, and grist mill - authentically furnished to replicate all the major activities of life on a typical 19th century working plantation. * Louisiana Folk Architecture is interpreted in a wonderful collection of buildings exemplifying the house types of Louisiana including - a country church, pioneer's cabin, Carolina cabin, shotgun house, Acadian house, and dogtrot house - whose divergent construction traits illustrate the various cultures of Louisiana settlers.

Rural Life Museum website

The Old Arsenal Museum, formerly known as the Powder Magazine, was built in 1838 and is the third structure to stand on this site. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, the site was of particular military importance due to its location on the Mississippi River. It later served as the main defensive position of the southwestern United States. The museum contains exhibits about the structure of the historic powder magazine and the history of the State Capitol grounds.

Old Arsenal Museum website

"Where people connect with Animals". The zoo offers a Zoo Krewe program open to all teenagers 13-17 years old with a GPA of at least 3.0 or higher. Zoo Krewe is designed for youths that are thinking about a career with exotic animals and in public speaking.

Baton Rouge Zoo website

Housed in a historic railroad depot on the banks of the Mississippi River, the Louisiana Art & Science Museum offers educational entertainment for visitors of all ages. The art galleries showcase changing fine art exhibitions and selections from the permanent collection. In the interactive art and science galleries designed just for children, creative and enlightening fun comes in many forms. The Ancient Egypt Gallery houses ancient artifacts and a Ptolemaic-era mummy that rests in a re-created rock-cut tomb. The Irene W. Pennington Planetarium features sky shows, large-format films, visual music shows, and galleries devoted to space science. In the Museum Store at LASM, visitors enjoy shopping for unique handcrafted merchandise, books, toys, and a large selection of objects related to LASM's exhibits.

Louisiana Art & Science Museum website

Bluebonnet Swamp Nature Center is a 103-acre facility dedicated to conservation, education, recreation and tourism. It houses an award-winning, 9500-square-foot building filled with live animal exhibits; photographic presentations of the site's flora and fauna; natural artifact displays; and a sizeable, vintage Louisiana waterfowl decoy carving collection. Ecology and art exhibits are featured periodically. Over a mile of gravel paths and boardwalks link varied habitats including cypress-tupelo swamp, beech-magnolia and hardwood forests. Programs and special events are offered year-round.

Bluebonnet Swamp Nature Center website

St. Bernard State Park is the ideal spot for visitors who are seeking a family atmosphere and natural experience, as well as for campers who don't want to or cannot stray far from civilization. Many campers consider combining a camping vacation with a touring vacation of the New Orleans area. The Chalmette National Historic Park, Jackson Barracks, and other historic sites and plantation homes are also nearby.

St. Bernard State Park website

Located on a peninsula on Caney Lake, Jimmie Davis State Park offers two boat launches and a fishing pier that cater to the sportsmen looking for a prime freshwater fishing spot. Waterskiing is another way to enjoy the clear waters of the lake, which was created by damming Caney Creek in 1986. Don't forget to look back at the lakeshore to appreciate the beautiful mixed pine and hardwood forest surrounding the lake and the birds and animals that make the forest their home.

Jimmie Davis State Park website

Welcome to the Schepis Museum of Columbia, Louisiana. Founded in 1994, the museum has grown and developed greatly over the past 10 years. Initially presenting artifactual exhibits of local interest, the museum now features varying artistic and historical exhibits.

Schepis Museum website

Cypremort Point is the only locality near the Gulf of Mexico that can be reached by car. A half-mile stretch of a man-made beach provides a delightful area for relaxing, picnicking and enjoying the water. It also affords an opportunity for fishing, crabbing, water skiing, windsurfing and, of course, sailing.

Cypremort Point State Park website

Offers visitors an outlet for a variety of watersport activities and a scenic backdrop for waterfowl migration each spring and fall. The fish and wildlife species inhabiting or migrating through the reservoir are numerous. Anglers can fish the lake year round. The region falls within the Mississippi Flyway for many winged species. Depending on the season, visitors will see cormorants, ducks, geese and pelicans.

Poverty Point Reservoir State Park website

The sands of Louisiana time seem to stand still for a moment at Destrehan Plantation. This majestic antebellum home watches over the banks of the great Mississippi River, just minutes from New Orleans. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, Destrehan Plantation was established in 1787 and remains the oldest documented plantation home in the lower Mississippi River Valley.

Destrehan Plantation website

Showcases the contributions of African Americans who lived and worked on the plantations along the Mississippi River. The museum's location in Donaldsonville is significant in that it incorporates the stories and unique history and landmarks of the Donaldsonville area which once was the capital of Louisiana.

River Road African American Museum website

Situated on the western shore of Lake Bistineau, this park offers a satisfying blend of beautiful vistas and outstanding recreational facilities. Memorable for its upland mixed hardwood forest, its open waters, and its enchanting stands of cypress and tupelo trees, the park offers two boat launches, hiking and biking trails, playgrounds, two swimming pools, a lakefront beach, camping, cabins, lodges, and excellent fishing!

Lake Bistineau State Park website

Calling all homeschoolers! Baby animals and Spring on the farm are just a few things kids will learn about on their field trip to CM Farms. All 4-hour field trips include a wagon ride around the farm, LIVE milking demonstrations, meet 'n' feed time with farm animals, and an explanation of how food is grown in the Hamburger Garden. Enjoy loads of playground time (Jumping Pillow, Dirt Mountain Slide, Rubber Duck Races, Diggers Sand Pile, and more). Add-on options including Easter Egg Hunts, Gemstone Mining, and U-Pick Strawberries are available. Ages 3 and up.

CM Farms LLC website

Located in northeastern Louisiana, Poverty Point commemorates a culture that thrived during the first and second millennia B.C. This site, which contains some of the largest prehistoric earth works in North America, is managed by the state of Louisiana. These state park facilities are open to the public.

Poverty Point National Monument website

Piney forests, rolling hills, five fishing piers, and a beautiful lake draw visitors to this quiet, majestic state park. Designed to keep the focus on nature, park facilities blend with the natural landscape to enhance the outdoor experience of this 655-acre park.

Lake D'Arbonne State Park website

Previously known as the Ferriday Museum and housed in the old post office, the Delta Music Museum is located in Concordia Parish just minutes away from historic Natchez, Miss. Ferriday is the birthplace of entertainers Jerry Lee Lewis and Mickey Gilley, evangelist Jimmy Swaggart and blues trombonist Leon "PeeWee" Whittaker. See exhibits focusing on the history and culture of Louisiana's and Mississippi's Delta region music and visit the museum's hall of fame.

Delta Music Museum website

Over 700 acres of wild and cultivated beauty, Hodges Gardens State Park, located in Sabine Parish, is a unique member of the State park system. Originally designed and opened to the public in 1956 by oil and gas businessman A.J. Hodges Sr., the site's gardens consist of a variety of plants and flowers, from a formal rose garden to a collection of Japanese Red Maple trees.

Hodges Gardens State Park website

Our Mission is to focus attention on Louisiana's Historic buildings; to promote interest in the study of Louisiana's architectural heritage; to disseminate information on Louisiana's landmarks and to support their preservation. Through the Society's management and maintenance of the Grevemberg House Museum, the vitality of 19th century life in south Louisiana is showcased, thus making the past more meaningful to present and future generations.

Grevemberg House Museum website

This is Grand Isle State Park--a natural haven on the most popular barrier island off the coast of Louisiana. A beach ridge created by the action of the waves of the Gulf, Grand Isle serves as a breakwater between the Gulf and the network of inland channels that connect to the bayou tributaries of the Mississippi River. It is also the launching point for excellent deep-sea salt-water fishing adventures.

Grand Isle State Park website

The Gretna Historical Society welcomes you to its Museum Complex of historic buildings, blacksmith shop, guided tours and gift shop, in the midst of one of the nation's largest National Register Historic Districts. Gretna, Louisiana, an old German town, is replete with shot-gun houses (singles and doubles), camel back houses and Creole cottages. And it's all across the Mississippi River from New Orleans.

Gretna Historical Society Museum website

Civil War Tours of New Orleans is the only guided Civil War tour west of Nashville, Tennessee. Started three years ago by a historian, former Park Ranger for the State of Louisiana and the National Park Service, and a student of the Civil War for over thirty years, Civil War Tours of New Orleans offers tours that cover the significance of New Orleans during the Civil War. Topics covered on our most popular tour, the French Quarter, will touch on secession, economics, politics, social history, and Union occupation.

New Orleans French Quarter website

History of Claiborne Parish. The museum today includes a chronological timeline from the arrival of the original settlers with an Indian period and a Pioneer period. An actual log cabin that was acquired in the late summer of 1982 from the George Green Estate was disassembled at its present location and reassembled inside the museum.

H.S. Ford Memorial Museum website

Take your pick: swimming, fishing, birding, boating of all kinds, waterskiing, camping, hiking or just plain relaxing and enjoying unsurpassed natural beauty. It's all here . . . at Lake Claiborne State Park. For fishermen, the freshwater lake was lavishly stocked with largemouth bass, bluegill sunfish, channel catfish, black crappie, striped bass, chain pickerel, bream, and white perch. The lake itself, at full reservoir level, has a surface area of 6,400 acres.

Lake Claiborne State Park website

Southdown Plantation House is a 19th-century sugar manor house and home to the Terrebonne Museum of history and culture. Exhibits include original bedroom furniture of the Minor family and other antique furnishings; a history and culture room; a Mardi Gras room; a Native Peoples room; changing works by local artists; a sugar industry room; Boehm and Doughty porcelain birds; Charles Gilbert art collection; Thad St. Martin literature collection; a re-creation of the Washington, D.C office of U.S. Senator Allen J. Ellender; and a restored 1880's plantation worker's cabin.

Southdown Plantation House website

Ah-Louisiana, The Land of the Acadians: Wildfowl Carvers. Wildfowl decoys are not only a work of art as a carved and painted sculpture, but also a piece of history. Unique to North America, the wildfowl decoy is folklore, a form of regional art. Decoys depict bird species found along our waterways, and become history of a people, a time, and a place.

Zigler Museum website

The Saints Hall of Fame has brand new exhibits and memorabilia covering the entire history of the New Orleans Saints from the awarding of and formation of the franchise to the present. Fans can review a time line tracing the history of the team through the years, enjoy the Saints Theater with highlight films from every season in team history, check out the lockerroom display, the broadcast studio, the great moments in Saints history video, the actual playing surface on the floor of the Superdome, updated standings boards, the all-time team display, and the Hall of Honors with all of the busts and portraits of previously inducted Saints Hall of Famers.

Saints Hall of Fame Museum website

The Paul and Lulu Hilliard University Art Museum offers a number of educational programs for children. International Children's Museum, Docent led tours and academic enrichment programs all designed for students grades K through 8th.

Paul and Lulu Hilliard University Art Museum website

The Nature Station and its accompanying 3+mile trail system is owned and operated by the Division of Arts & Culture, in the Department of Community Development, Lafayette Consolidated Government. Environmental education programming began here in 1974 as an offshoot of our parent organization, the Lafayette Natural History Museum. As a result of increasing demand for our programs, the Nature Station was constructed in 1978. Since that time, our staff has conducted field trips, workshops, and other educational activities and programs for many thousands of school children and adults alike.

Acadiana Park Nature Station website

As a folklife museum, Acadian Village offers an authentic vision of Acadian society in South Louisiana during the 19th century. Period homes of Acadian architecture have been restored to their original appearance and furnished with antiques native to the area.

Acadian Village website

The Children's Museum of Acadiana (CMA) is a hands-on participatory museum serving children and their families, schools, and community organizations by providing interactive exhibits, special services, performances, and workshops.

Childrens Museum of Acadiana website

Vermilionville authentically portrays a way of life preserved with a distinctly French accent. Situated on the banks of the Bayou Vermilion, this Cajun/Creole heritage and folklife park recreates life in the Acadiana area between 1765 and 1890. The beautiful grounds, which are laid out as an historic village, contain eighteen structures, including six restored original homes. In most of the structures, costumed interpreters demonstrate traditional crafts or musical styles.

Vermilionville website

Historic City Hall Arts & Cultural Center is a public art and history gallery, which showcases numerous traveling exhibitions from around the world. It is also the home to Black Heritage Gallery and Gallery by the Lake. Both galleries give spotlight to dozens of regional and local artists. The Center features three floors of gallery space, a clock tower, and a landscaped brick plaza. Traveling exhibitions by well-known artists Pablo Picasso, Norman Rockwell, and Tasha Tudor have visited the Center, as well as historic exhibits.

Historic City Hall Arts and Cultural Center website

The Children's Museum, established by the Junior League of Lake Charles in 1988, is the home of 19,000 square feet of hands-on exhibits for kids and parents. The museum has three floors and over 45 hands-on exhibits that provide children and their parents the opportunity to interact, learn and have fun in a safe atmosphere. It offers field trips, birthday parties and special events year round.

Children's Museum of SWLA website

The Imperial Calcasieu Museum is a leading cultural and educational resource for the Lake Charles community, providing model education an outreach activities.

Imperial Calcasieu Museum website

Originally named for the Texas folk hero who traveled extensively in the western reaches of Louisiana, Sam Houston Jones was given its current name in honor of the state's 37th governor, who was instrumental in setting aside this tract of land for the public to enjoy. Abundant wildlife inhabits the area. The park is located just north of the most productive birding region of Louisiana. The numerous waterways in this area make water sports a natural highlight at the park. The three hiking trails winding through this beautiful park make strolling or serious hiking, pleasurable.

Sam Houston Jones State Park website

The museum is dedicated to preserving the history and heritage of cotton cultivation and its influence on life in Louisiana.

Louisiana State Cotton Museum website

Southern Forest Heritage Museum is the oldest complete sawmill facility in the South. This complex is unique in that it is a complete sawmill complex dating from the early 20th century, and that it has the most complete collection of steam-powered logging and milling equipment known to exist. The museum is spread over a 57 acre area. On the property is the commissary, providing an entrance to the museum, the Planer Mill, the Planer Mill Power Plant, the Water Pumping Station, the Round House, the Machine Shop, the Carknocker Shop, the Sawmill, the Sawmill Power Plant, and Storage Sheds. Railroad equipment that can be seen at the museum includes three locomotives, a McGiffert Loader, and a rare Clyde Rehaul Skidder. In addition, one can see many artifacts that were left in place when the mill closed February 14, 1969.

Southern Forest Heritage Museum website

Scattered throughout the park beneath a canopy of huge oak trees, you will find numerous picnic tables, as well as a group pavilion, a playground, and comfort stations. Spend a relaxing afternoon on the river or venture out into the water for lively outdoor recreation. When you enter the park, you will notice a large home facing the water. This is Otis House, originally built in the 1880s.

Fairview-Riverside State Park website

The crumbling brick ruins of a sugar mill built in 1829 by Bernard de Marigny de Mandeville, founder of the nearby town of Mandeville, suggest an interesting history for this site, and indeed there is. The 2,800-acre park is located on the shore of Lake Pontchartrain. On a clear day, visitors can see the lake dotted with multi-colored sailboats of all sizes and types. The sandy beach also is a delight for sunbathers. An old railroad track that runs through the park has been converted into the Tammany Trace as a part of the Rails to Trails program. It is a wonderful route for cycling, hiking and in-line skating.

Fontainebleau State Park website

Tramploline park offering open jump time and private parties.

Surge Trampoline Park website

The Germantown Colony and Museum, located northeast of Minden, provides visitors with a look into the past, to a way of life once believed by its founders to be a utopia. The colony is one of three founded in the U.S. in the early 19th century by the Utopian Movement of the Harmonist Society, which originated in Germany. In 1835, under the leadership of the Countess von Leon, the colony was established and operated on a communal basis until 1871.

Germantown Colony and Museum website

The largest visual arts museum in northeast Louisiana, and is a vital part of our local culture. Because admission is always free, all members of our community can expand their horizons through the museum's many and diverse offerings.

Masur Museum of Art website

Permanent exhibits include, Kids' Cafe, Health Hall, the Think Tank and Toddler Town. The museum also hosts a variety of changing traveling exhibits centered on hands-on learning.

Northeast Louisiana Children's Museum website

Preservation and Promotion of African-American Contributions and Culture Through Public Education, Artistic and Cultural Events.

Northeast Louisiana Delta African American Heritage Museum website

The Biedenharn is an exciting place with many activities including guided tours, special exhibits, children's programs, concerts and more.

Biedenharn Museum and Gardens website

International Petroleum Museum and Exposition is a non-profit corporation established for the purpose of educating the general public, and the next generation, on the significance of the offshore oil and gas industry and its affect on the local area, the state, the nation, and the world.

International Petroleum Museum and Exposition website

Hola! Bienvenidos al Camino Real de los Tejas National Historic Trail. Come on a journey that will carry you through 300 years of Texas and Louisiana frontier settlement and development.

El Camino Real de Los Tejas National Historic Trail website

Wander thoughtfully through the grounds of Oakland and Magnolia Plantations. While admiring a hand-wrought door hinge or a cleverly-worked wooden gate, we might reflect on the social and agricultural practices that built these tenant houses, pigeonniers, carpenter and blacksmith shops.

Cane River Creole National Historical Park website

A place where many cultures - American Indian, French, Spanish, African, Creole, and later American - came together to create a way of life dependent on the land, the river, and each other.

Cane River National Heritage Area website

The Shadows-on-the-Teche is an antebellum historic house museum property of the National Trust for Historic Preservation. Dedicated to telling the story of life on a nineteenth-century southern Louisiana plantation. Located in the lush semi-tropical city of New Iberia, Louisiana, set among towering live oak trees, draped with Spanish moss swaying in the breeze off the Bayou Teche, bathed by the sunlight as it gently shines across the trees casting shadows on the house and the flowing muddy waters of the bayou.

Shadows on the Teche website

Lose yourself in a wonderland of flora and fauna, a twenty five-acre semi tropical paradise that captures the senses and cleanses the soul. Discover a year-round explosion of color where irises, magnolias, hibiscus, camellias, azaleas, thousands of springtime bulbs and a breathtaking array of annuals paint a landscape across the Southern sky.

Rip Van Winkle Gardens website

Bring your class to the New Orleans Botanical Garden and take a natural science tour both you and your students will enjoy! Knowledgeable tour guides share interesting and amazing facts about the plants, animals, insects and living fossils encountered on a stroll through their garden. To register, call (504) 483-9470 or e-mail [email protected] Age group: Kindergarten - 8th Grade, Tour fee: $4/student Requirements: Free entry for chaperones (one per 8 students required). Additional chaperones are $6/each. Reservations are required two weeks in advance.

New Orleans Botanical Garden website

The mission of the New Orleans Museum of Art is to inspire the love of art; to collect, preserve, exhibit and present excellence in the visual arts; to educate, challenge and engage a diverse public.

New Orleans Museum of Art website

The Louisiana Children's Museum is New Orleans' most playful place to explore, experience and learn. Plan a fun family outing. Enroll your child in a dynamic art holiday or summer camp. Organize a field trip or let the LCM bring the fun and learning to your classroom with unique outreach programs that make classroom lessons come to life.

Louisiana Children's Museum website

Field trips at Grow Dat provide hands-on, experiential learning opportunities to students in grades K-8. The seven-acre site in New Orleans City Park hosts a 2.5-acre farm, produce handling and storage facilities, and a lush, dynamic wild space along our Birding Corridor, which runs parallel to the bayou on the west side of our campus. There are three curriculum tracks that incorporate these interactive spaces on the farm to engage students in science and social studies concepts throughout the field trip learning experience. Go to growdatyouthfarm.org/fieldtrips for more info!

Grow Dat Youth Farm website

The National WWII Museum of New Orleans offers a wealth of information for learning about World War II. In addition to the casualty statistics listed on this page, you can find articles profiling veterans and service members, lessons and educator resources, and resources for additional research.

National WWII Museum: Worldwide Casualties website

One of New Orleans' best known historic homes. The Beauregard-Keyes House, built in 1826 for wealthy auctioneer Joseph LeCarpentier, is a fine example of a raised center hall house. It is named for two of its former residents, Confederate General Pierre Gustave Toutant (P.G.T.) Beauregard and author Frances Parkinson Keyes. In addition to public tours, the house and garden are available for private events, including weddings, receptions and parties. Listed on the National Registry of Historic Places

Beauregard-Keyes House website

The only Creole colonial style house museum in New Orleans. It tells the story of life along Bayou St. John since the earliest days of settlement. The Pitot House has had a variety of owners from prominent lawyers to austere nuns. One of the most prominent was James Pitot, the first American mayor of New Orleans who lived here from 1810-1819. The Pitot House is a National Trust for Historic Preservation Partner Place.

Pitot House website

A Victorian Mansion, Wedding Chapel and Dollhouse Museum. This architectural gem is an impressive feat of engineering. In addition to being beautiful, the house is also very interesting. The original two story home built in 1850 was lifted in 1884 by Wm. Renaud, who added the magnificent first floor as a spacious setting for family weddings, receptions and parties. On the second floor, enter the magical wonderland of an extensive dollhouse collection that was personally designed and decorated by the owner, author and Polish Countess, Bonnie Broel, over a period of fifteen years. The enchanting collection of over sixty historically accurate scale model mansions, houses, shops and vignettes includes an English manor house, an antebellum plantation and a 28 room Russian palace, 10 ft. tall & 12 ft. wide.

House of Broel website

The Historic New Orleans Collection is a museum, research center, and publisher dedicated to the study and preservation of the history and culture of New Orleans and the Gulf South region.

Historic New Orleans Collection website

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places as an historic building within the Vieux Carre Historic District, the New Orleans Pharmacy Museum showcases its extensive collection and provides interpretive educational programs to present and preserve the rich history of pharmacy and healthcare in Louisiana; past and present. The Museum also highlights the role of Louis Joseph Dufilho, Jr. whose work symbolizes the beginning of a system of certifying the professional competence of pharmacists, and recognizing the vital significance of that competence for the public health.

New Orleans Pharmacy Museum website

The museum tells the history of Italian Americans in the Southeast and their contributions to all areas of our daily lives through photographs, articles, family histories, and memorabilia. The museum memorabilia are displayed on different walls identified and categorized by themes such as Societies and Festivals, Music, the Immigrant, Genealogy, Personalities, and much more.

American Italian Cultural Center website

Visit the Official Museum of The Louisiana National Guard. See artifacts, weapons and memorabilia from every major American war.

Jackson Barracks Military Museum website

Audubon Nature Institute is a 501(c)3 not for profit that operates a family of museum and park dedicated to nature. These New Orleans facilities include: Audubon Park, Audubon Zoo, Woldenberg Riverfront Park, Audubon Aquarium of the Americas, Freeport-McMoRan Audubon Species Survival Center, Entergy IMAX® Theatre, Audubon Center for Research of Endangered Species, Audubon Wilderness Park, Audubon Insectarium and Audubon Nature Institute Foundation.

Audubon Nature Institute website

A National Historic Landmark in New Orleans, Louisiana. Longue Vue features Classical Revival style buildings and landscaped gardens, a magnificent collection of European and American decorative and fine arts pieces, museum exhibits, entertaining tours, educational programs, and a delightful museum shop.

Longue Vue House and Gardens website

An elegant Spanish colonial building that houses many rare artifacts of America's history. Among them is Napoleon's death mask, one of only four in existence.

The Cabildo website

The Presbytere, originally called Casa Curial or "Ecclesiastical House," was built on the site of the residence, or presbytere, of the Capuchin monks. The building was used for commercial purposes until 1834 when it became a courthouse. In 1911, it became part of the Louisiana State Museum. The Presbytere's two permanent exhibits tell two sides of the ongoing Louisiana story; one of celebration and one of resilience.

The Presbytere website

Gallier House - In 1857, esteemed New Orleans architect, James Gallier, Jr., put his considerable talen to work designing a residence of his own. Gallier House is an outstanding example of accurate and comprehensive historic restoration of one of New Orleans' loveliest and time-honored landmarks. - Experience this wonderfully furnished home with its detailed garden, elegant carriageway and slave quarters. Hermann-Grima House - Prior to the Civil War, prosperous Creole families enjoyed an elegant lifestyle in the Vieux Carre. Walk through this meticulously restored residence and experience the Golden Age of New Orleans. Built in 1831, the Hermann-Grima House is one of the most significant residences in New Orleans. This handsome Federal mansion with its courtyard garden boasts the only horse stable and functional 1830s outdoor kitchen in the French Quarter. Painstakingly restored to its original splendor through archaeological studies and careful review of the building contract and inventories, the museum complex accurately depicts the gracious lifestyle of a prosperous Creole family in the years from 1830 to 1860.

Gallier House/Hermann-Grima House website

Confederate veterans of Louisiana founded Memorial Hall, also known as the Confederate Museum, in New Orleans in 1891 as a repository for their memorabilia from the War Between the States. These veterans and their families have donated more than 90% of the artifacts preserved and now exhibited in Memorial Hall. Memorial Hall contains the second largest collection of Confederate memorabilia in the United States and is the oldest continually operating museum in Louisiana.

Louisiana's Civil War at Confederate Memorial Hall website

Renowned historian, author and educator, Dr. Stephen Ambrose founded The National World War II Museum Foundation in New Orleans in 1991. The Museum, which opened on June 6, 2000, is the only museum in the United States that addresses all of the amphibious invasions or "D-Days" of World War II, honoring the more than one million Americans who took part in this global conflict. The National World War II Museum opened its doors on the 56th anniversary of the Normandy invasion that liberated Europe. It is located in New Orleans, Louisiana because it was here that Andrew Higgins built the landing craft used in the amphibious invasions; the landing craft which President Eisenhower believed won the war for the Allies. The Museum stands as our country's tribute to the men and women who made the invasions in Europe, Africa and the Pacific theaters successful. It presents their stories to an international audience, preserves material for research and scholarship, and inspires future generations to apply the lessons learned from the most complex military operation ever staged.

The National World War II Museum website

A story rich with innovation, experimentation, controversy and emotion, the park provides an ideal setting to share the cultural history of the people and places that helped shape the development and progression of jazz in New Orleans.

New Orleans Jazz National Historical Park website

Jean Lafitte was a French pirate and privateer in the Gulf of Mexico in the early 19th century. The park tells the story of pirates and treasures of the times, as well as, the New Orleans culture that has shaped the area. Website has educational information for those unable to visit the park in person.

Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve website

The Sankofa Wetland Park & Nature Trail project is restoring 40 acres of a deteriorated natural area adjacent to the Bayou Bienvenue Triangle into a bald cypress-water tupelo wetland habitat. The already-developed 8 acre Wetland Park offers outdoor recreation and STEM education with hiking, biking, natural play, fishing, and birding. Youth learn about wetland conservation and green infrastructure through activities such as water quality testing, flora and fauna species identification, and planting of native trees.

Sankofa Wetland Park and Nature Trail website

The Lousiana State Museum is a complex of national landmarks housing thousands of artifacts and works of art reflecting Louisiana's legacy of historic events and cultural diversity. The Museum operates five properties in the famous French Quarter: the Cabildo, Presbytere, 1850 House, Old U.S. Mint and Madame John's Legacy. Also the Louisiana State Museum - Patterson in Patterson, Louisiana State Museum - Baton Rouge, the Old Courthouse in Natchitoches, and the E.D. White Historic Site in Thibodeaux.

Louisiana State Museum website

The Pointe Coupee Parish Museum, located on the west bank of False River near Parlange Plantation, is architecturally significant because it is a rare example of a log cabin type construction in a Creole type house. The original portion of the house dates from the early 19th century. It has a typical Creole plan, consisting of two rooms, front and rear galleries, and a single central chimney.

Pointe Coupee Parish Museum website

Chronicles the growth of Oil City with exhibits featuring the Caddo Indians and a variety of early oil-field equipment. The museum was formed in 1969 by a group of citizens dedicated to preserving the historical importance of the area as the site of the 1911 "Ferry No. 1" well, one of the world's first over-water discovery wells. Artifacts include a wooden flow line pipe, an electric motor patented in 1899, a steam-driven fluid pump, pipe tongs and other equipment. There is also a large collection of early boomtown and gusher photographs. Another part of the museum, the Caddo Indian Room, features Caddo Indian relics and arrowheads dating back 10,000 years. And, be sure to visit the oil derrick and historic boomtown buildings just outside the museum.

Louisiana State Oil and Gas Museum website

The Opelousas Museum and Interpretive Center is a general history museum dedicated to collecting, preserving, and interpreting those objects and artifacts which provide information about the history and culture of the Opelousas area from prehistoric times to the present. Exhibits cover prehistory, agriculture, home and family, business and professions, music, food and a Hall of Fame. One room is dedicated to the Civil War, and two other rooms house the Geraldine Smith Welch Doll Collection of over 400 dolls. The museum is also home to the Louisiana Video Collection Library and the Southwest Louisiana Zydeco Music Festival Archives.

Opelousas Museum and Interpretive Center website

The Louisiana State Museum, Patterson is the official state aviation and cypress sawmill industry museum and houses two very important collections documenting our state's rich history. The Wedell-Williams Aviation Collection focuses on the legacy of Louisiana aviation pioneers Jimmie Wedell and Harry Williams who formed an air service in Patterson in the 1928. Both men became nationally prominent during what was known as the Golden Age of Aviation. Although both Wedell and Williams perished in plane crashes, their legacy lives on in the memorabilia and planes on display. The Patterson Cypress Sawmill Collection documents the history of the cypress lumber industry in Louisiana. Lumbering became the state's first significant manufacturing industry. As a result, cypress lumber harvested and milled in Louisiana was shipped in mass quantities across the United States. The town of Patterson was once home to the largest cypress sawmill in the world, owned by Frank B. Williams, and in 1997 the Louisiana State Legislature designated Patterson as the cypress capitol of Louisiana. The exhibit features a variety of artifacts, photographs, and film that tell the story of this important regional industry.

Wedell-Williams Aviation and Cypress Sawmill Museum website

Pleasant Hill re-enactments and activities in the re-enactors camp will take place 3 miles north of Pleasant Hill at 23271 Hwy. 175, Pelican, LA. Early April. Check website for information and schedule for Education Day.

Battle of Pleasant Hill website

A great interactive field trip for 6th-12th graders sponsored by Dow. Experience what modern manufacturing is today, in a way you've never seen it before. Students enter a challenge every ten minutes, competing against the clock to bust myths, solve riddles, crack codes, solve problems and work together to create their future.

Creators Wanted at RPCC Campus, Plaquemine website

The Iberville Museum is located in the first Iberville Parish Courthouse. It houses artifacts of life in the parish from the early 1900s and features a Mardi Gras Room, complete with costumes of kings and queens of past carnival balls.

Iberville Museum website

The Louisiana Military Museum contains a unique collection of exhibits chronicling our conflicts from the Spanish American War, Civil War, World War I, World War II, Korea, Vietnam, Desert Storm and today's war on terror. The museum features an expansive weapons collection, from swords and muskets to heavy machine guns. In addition, artillery pieces are displayed on the grounds.

North Louisiana Military Museum website

Our educational fieldtrips combine age-appropriate STEM based, hands-on learning with educational talks and up-close animal encounters! During your interactive visit students will gain a deeper understanding and appreciation of the earth's oceans and the creatures that inhabit them. Our fieldtrips include grade-level appropriate guided tours, animal feedings, biology lessons and more!

Shreveport Aquarium website

The Meadows Museum of Art at Centenary College of Louisiana is an educational unit of the College charged with the collection, conservation, preservation and interpretation of visual art works of museum quality from the permanent College Collection inclusive of the Indochina Collection of Jean Despujols. This comprehensive Collection represents the aesthetic achievements of a variety of world cultures and includes works by George Grosz, Emilio Amero, Mary Cassatt and Alfred Maurer. The Meadows Museum of Art has received a copy of The Triumphal Arch of Maximiliian I by Northern Renaissance artist and engraver Albrecht Durer.

Meadows Museum of Art website

Touchstone Wildlife and Art Museum includes more than 1,000 mounted animals from around the world displayed in natural habitats with hand painted backgrounds. The museum also features displays of American Indian artifacts and various memorabilia from the Civil War, World War I and World War II.

Touchstone Wildlife and Art Museum website

Free to the public for enjoyment and enlightenment, The R.W. Norton Art Gallery is a non-profit museum built in 1966 which features original works of American and European art. With the addition of the South Wing in 1991 and the North Wing in 2003, the Norton has continued to expand its permanent collection and bring outstanding art exhibitions from all over the country to the greater Shreveport area. Explore the Norton online and plan your next visit to experience its amazing art and gorgeous gardens.

R.W. Norton Art Gallery website

The Multicultural Center of the South is located in Downtown Shreveport and is host to numerous cultural exhibits that display a variety of cultures prominent in Northwest Louisiana. Students through grades Pre-K and up are welcome to take a vicarious journey through cultural exhibits such as Mexico, Iran, Greece, Ireland, Africa, India, China, Korea, and more! Tours with activity are available by appointment and are tailored to fit each grade level.

Multicultural Center of the South website

In 1929 the building was dedicated to soldiers and used as barracks and a place to house the early radar systems. In 1948 the building was used to start the Louisiana hayride to showcase new musicians. This is where Hank Williams, Johnny Cash and Elvis Presley all got their start.

Shreveport Municipal Auditorium website

To cultivate and preserve African American History. To Increase awareness and recognize African American contributions. To foster and promote African American artists.

Stephens African American Museum website

Sci-Port: Louisiana's Science Center provides a fun, educational environment for people of all ages to explore and actively engage in the world of mathematics, science and technology. Sci-Port serves to spark curiosity about the world around us, provides hands-on tools for using scientific discovery in everyday life, and encourages a passion for life-long learning. Sci-Port is a 92,000 square-foot science and entertainment center in Shreveport-Bossier, featuring over 290 science, space science, technology and math exhibits; daily changing programs, an IMAX Dome Theatre, open-access, interactive, laser SPACE DOME Planetarium, gift shop and cafe.

Sci-Port: Louisiana's Science Center website

The Spring Street Historical Museum's building was constructed in the 1860s as Tally's Bank and is one of the oldest remaining buildings in downtown Shreveport. The building retains one of Northwest Louisiana's few remaining examples of New Orleans-style cast-iron gallery grill work.

Spring Street Historical Museum website

Strolling through four ecosystems on over a mile of boardwalks through Tickfaw State Park, visitors can experience the sights and sounds of a cypress/tupelo swamp, a bottomland hardwood forest, a mixed pine/hardwood forest and the Tickfaw River.

Tickfaw State Park website

There are over 3,000 acres of water surface on Lake Bruin, and the visitors to Lake Bruin State Park have access to every acre for incomparable freshwater fishing, superb water sports and fine outdoor living. The 53-acre site was originally established in 1928 as a fish hatchery.

Lake Bruin State Park website

Honors the 3,000 men, women and children who found refuge in Louisiana after British forces exiled them from Acadie, their homeland on the Atlantic Coast of Canada, in the mid 18th century.

Acadian Memorial website

The African American Museum tells the story of the arrival of the Africans and of the development of the Free People of Color community in Louisiana. The museum also interprets their struggles, adaptations and contributions, with particular emphasis on the Attakapas District of Southwest Louisiana during the 18th and 19th centuries. It outlines the rise and fall of slavery, highlighting the Free People of Color and the economic struggles they faced during Reconstruction after the Civil War, through the end of Reconstruction..

African American Museum website

Lake Fausse Pointe State Park, at the edge of a beautiful water wilderness, is a perfect point from which to explore the natural and cultural heritage of South Louisiana. Fishing, boating and canoeing opportunities abound. A boat launch gives visitors easy access to the labyrinth of waterways that winds through the Basin. A visitor center complex features a boat dock with rentals, and a nature center provides fun programs and activities as a way to learn about the surrounding environment.

Lake Fausse Pointe State Park website

Family friendly farm raising many different farm animals. Field trips consist of a mule driven hayride, walking tour to pet and feed the various farm animals, and a barrel train ride. Groups may bring picnic lunches to enjoy on picnic tables or spread out a blanket underneath one of our many huge live oak trees. In the Fall, we will have a pumpkin patch with a chart on how to grow a pumpkin. We will also have tools to weigh and measure your pumpkin. We have scavenger hunts available upon request.

Almosta Ranch website

Our mission is preserving and enriching the culture of Southwest Louisiana. To accomplish this goal, we are currently working on a permanent exhibit on the history of the sulfur industry and how it has played a role in developing the city of Sulphur, Louisiana.

Brimstone Museum website

Camp Moore was the largest Confederate training camp in Louisiana and the only Confederate training camp still open to the public.

Camp Moore Confederate Cemetery and Museum website

The cool, clear waters of Lake Chicot have yielded record freshwater catches of largemouth bass, crappie, bluegill and red-ear sunfish. An extensive hiking/backpacking trail completely encircles Lake Chicot and includes several primitive campsites along the way. The park includes cabins, a group camp, a lodge, picnic areas and playgrounds, a swimming pool, a boat launch, a fishing pier and a dock with rental boats.

Chicot State Park website

Bayou Segnette State Park offers the best of everything. Just a thirty-minute drive across the Mississippi River from New Orleans, a multitude of recreational opportunities awaits visitors of all ages--boating, fishing, canoeing, picnicking, playgrounds and, of course, swimming in the wave pool, as well as an ecosystem that offers you the chance to spot plants, trees and wildlife from both swamps and marshland.

Bayou Segnette State Park website

Winnfield is considered to be the birthplace of politics in Louisiana, for it is the home of three governors. The museum has accumulated over 100,000 artifacts and memorabilia relating to politicians and politics in Louisiana. There are life-sized mannequins of the two famous brothers, Huey and Earl Long. Frequently you can hear recordings of the speeches made by both men being played as visitors look back into the political past of Winnfield. Each of the inductees into the Hall has his own display with a caricature drawn by famed political cartoonist Pap Dean, who is also a member of the Hall of Fame. Currently there are 120 inductees into the Political Hall of Fame.

Louisiana Political Museum and Hall of Fame website

Located on Toledo Bend Reservoir, one of the country's largest man-made reservoirs, North Toledo Bend State Park provides a venue for a wide variety of water-related activities in a pleasant environment. And for land-based activities, more than 900 acres are available for camping, picnicking, hiking, and relaxing in the heart of nature.

North Toledo Bend State Park website

Most Popular Posts

• Choosing the Best Homeschool Curriculum
• Going from Homeschooling to Public School
• High School Transcript Template
• Homeschool Curriculum Reviews
• Homeschool Planner Files
• What Curriculum Should I Use For My Preschooler?
• What to Use Instead of Homeschool Curriculum
• Get Started Homeschooling
• Getting Homeschool Discounts
• Getting Your Homeschool Organized
• Homeschooling FAQs
• Quickstart Guide to Homeschooling
• The Importance of Deschooling
• What About Socialization

Homeschool Helps

• 6 Steps To Get Started Homeschooling
• High School & Beyond
• Homeschool Field Trips
• Homeschooling on a Budget
• Lapbooks in the Homeschool
• Notebooks in the Homeschool
• Sources for Used Curriculum
• Timelines in the Homeschool

Latest Blog Posts

• Pathways to Reading Homeschool Review
• How We Homeschool 10th Grade: Outsourcing, Interest-Led, and Box-Checking
• 10 YouTube Channels For Kids Who Love The Great Outdoors
• Colleges That Have Accepted Homeschooled Students
• Homeschool Dual Enrollment & More: Earn College Credit While Homeschooling

Popular Topics

• Benefits of Homeschooling
• What to Use Instead of Curriculum
• Transcripts and Record-Keeping
• Right-Brained Learning

As featured on

Skip to Main Content of WWII

Field Trips

Plan your field trip today.

The National WWII Museum offers an exciting, educational experience for students and teachers alike. One adult chaperone per every 10 students is required for all student groups. Please read the following information and then contact our Sales office by calling 504-528-1944 x 222 or emailing [email protected] .

The Education Department at The National WWII Museum helps you explore the history and lessons of World War II. Museum field trips incorporate object-based learning, educational technology, and world-class exhibits. The Museum’s rich collection of artifacts, archives, and oral histories take history beyond the textbook and into the hands of curious students.

View Group Visit Map

Quick Links

• Field Trip Plus
• Museum Exhibit Worksheets

Performance Opportunities

• Group Dining Options

Limited Title I funding is available for Louisiana Title I schools on a first come, first served basis.

• Maximum 60 students and six chaperones per school.
• Any additional students and chaperones subject to group rates.
• Funding available for Museum admission only; Beyond All Boundaries and Final Mission not included.
• Contact Group Sales to make your reservation.

FIELD TRIP PLUS

Field Trip Plus is a 45-minute Museum educator-led interaction for student groups in 3rd through 12th grade. Humanities/Social Studies and STEM sessions are available.   A session can be added to a Museum field trip at no additional cost. All sessions are subject to availability and are offered at 10:00 a.m. or 11:00 a.m. on Tuesdays and Thursdays or 1:00 p.m. on Wednesdays. Advanced reservation is required. The topic must be chosen when booking your visit. It is possible for some sessions to be presented to additional grade levels if requested at booking. Chaperones are required to be present during the field trips at a minimum ratio of one chaperone to 10 students.   The Museum firmly believes that the story of World War II must include the story of the STEM professionals and the innovations that they made possible during the War. Each of the STEM Field Trip Plus options relates to Louisiana Student Standards for Science as well as Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS).   All Humanities/Social Studies Field Trip Plus sessions foster a variety of skills and practices that correlate to the 2022 K–12 Louisiana Student Standards for Social Studies:   6-8./9-12.SP1. Examine sources in order to: A. distinguish between primary, secondary, and tertiary sources B. determine the origin, author's point of view, intended audience, and reliability C. explain the meaning of words, phrases, and content-specific vocabulary.   6-8./9-12.SP2. Use a variety of primary and secondary sources to: A. analyze social studies content B. evaluate claims, counterclaims, and evidence C. compare and contrast multiple sources and accounts D. distinguish between historical facts and historical interpretations.

Topics Offered

Forces of flight (stem).

Students will participate in an engineering challenge inspired by a story of innovation and ingenuity during World War II. They will design and test their own model helicopters to investigate the interaction between the forces of flight.

Target Grades: 3rd–5th

Maximum Number of Students: 30

Louisiana Student Standards for Science:

• 3-PS2-1  Plan and conduct an investigation to provide evidence of the effects of balanced and unbalanced forces on the motion of an object. (NGSS 3-PS2-1)
• 5-PS2-1  Support an argument that the gravitational force exerted by Earth on objects is directed down. (NGSS 5-PS2-1)

Next Generation Science Standards:

• 3-5-ETS1-1  Define a simple design problem reflecting a need or a want that includes specified criteria for success and constraints on materials, time, or cost. 
• 3-5-ETS1-2  Generate and compare multiple possible solutions to a problem based on how well each is likely to meet the criteria and constraints of the problem.  

Magnetic Maneuvers (STEM)

Students will explore magnetic fields, forces, and interactions to complete a design challenge inspired by World War II era technology.   Target Grades: 6th–8th   Max Number of Students: 30

• 6-MS-PS2-3  Ask questions about data to determine the factors that affect the strength of electric and magnetic forces. (NGSS MS-PS2-3)
• 6-MS-PS2-5  Conduct an investigation and evaluate the experimental design to provide evidence that fields exist between objects exerting forces on each other even though the objects are not in contact. (NGSS MS-PS2-5)
• MS-ETS1-2  Evaluate competing design solutions using a systematic process to determine how well they meet the criteria and constraints of the problem.

Operation Footlocker (Humanities/Social Studies)

This session offers students the opportunity to learn more about World War II through a hands-on exploration of primary source artifacts.   Target Grades: 8th–12th

Max Number of Students: 50

Additional Louisiana State Social Studies Standards:

• 8.14 Describe the causes, course, and consequences of World War II.
• L. Explain how life in the United States changed during and immediately after World War II, with an emphasis on wartime production and the workforce, rationing, conservation, victory gardens, financing through war bonds, propaganda campaigns, and the Servicemen's Readjustment Act (GI Bill).
• US.15 Explain the causes, course, and consequences of World War II.
• F. Explain how the U.S. government managed the war effort on the home front, including campaigns to conserve food and fuel, sale of war bonds, and coordination of wartime production.

Pelican State Goes to War (Humanities/Social Studies)

Students examine the state’s defense industries and learn how Louisiana helped to win the war. Students discover the magnitude of Louisiana’s involvement in the Allied war effort and learn about those who contributed to victory on the battlefield and on the Home Front.

Target Grades: 7th–12th

• J. Explain the sacrifices and contributions of U.S. soldiers during World War II such as the Tuskegee Airmen, the 442nd Regimental Combat team, the 101st Airborne, Cajun “Frenchies,” the Women's Army Corps (WAC), and the Navajo Code Talkers.
• K. Analyze how Louisiana contributed to the war effort during World War II and the effects of the war on Louisiana, including the role of the Louisiana Maneuvers, Higgins Boats in the success of the Allies, and prisoner of war (POW) camps in Louisiana. Students examine the state’s defense industries through primary source investigation and learn how Louisiana helped to win the war. Students discover the magnitude of Louisiana’s involvement in the Allied war effort and learn about some of the people who contributed to victory on the battlefield and on the Home Front.

See You Next Year! High School Yearbooks from World War II (Humanities/Social Studies)

Students examine selected yearbooks to better understand attitudes toward race and gender during World War II.   Target Grades: 9th-12th

Additional Louisiana State Standards:

• D. Describe the sacrifices and contributions of American service members in the war effort including the Tuskegee Airmen, Military Intelligence Service, 442nd Regimental Combat team, the 101st Airborne, Women's Army Corps (WAC), Navajo Code Talkers, and the Army Signal Corps.

Sowing Seeds for Victory (Humanities and STEM)

Students learn about Victory Gardens and other ways that young people contributed to the war effort. They will plant vegetables that they get to take home to start their own gardens. This session is cross-curricular between Humanities and STEM.   Target Grades: 4th–12th   Max Number of Students: 30

• 5-LS1-1 Ask questions about how air and water affect the growth of plants. (NGSS 5LS1-1)
• 6-MS-LS2-1 Analyze and interpret data to provide evidence for the effects of resource availability on organisms and populations of organisms in an ecosystem. (NGSS MS-LS2-1)

A new Field Trip Plus experience focused on the Holocaust is coming in November with the opening of the Museum’s newest exhibit hall, Liberation Pavilion!

MUSEUM EXHIBIT WORKSHEETS

Exhibit Worksheets are available for a variety of Museum galleries. Please download and print the following worksheets to use while exploring The National WWII Museum.

• Arsenal of Democracy Gallery Exploration
• Arsenal of Democracy for Younger Visitors
• Campaigns of Courage Recon Mission
• US Freedom Pavilion: The Boeing Center Scavenger Hunt
• Plane Spotting Activity

We are excited to offer school groups the opportunity to perform here at the Museum. Admission must be purchased for a school band or choral group to perform. Groups must perform upon arrival. Performances will be held outdoors on Museum campus subject to weather . The Museum has ongoing construction through 2024.

This may be arranged through Group Sales at 504-528-1944 x 222 or [email protected] .

2023–2024 PERFORMANCE GUIDELINES

• The Museum will allow a maximum of 75 student performers.
• Performance time is limited to 30 minutes.
• No amplification or instruments requiring power are allowed.
• All performances to occur only on weekdays throughout March–May.
• The Museum is not a performance venue; however, we do welcome performance groups to perform outside on Founder’s Plaza.
• The Museum does not have space for instrument storage or for groups to change clothes before or after performing.
• All performances are open to the public and will be held outdoors on the Museum’s campus, subject to weather.
• Chairs provided upon request.
• Flag bearers/baton majorettes may not perform.
• 1940s, swing, and/or patriotic music is preferred.

GROUP DINING OPTIONS

Group Dining:

Catered group boxed lunches are available for purchase. Please notify our Group Sales team when you book your field trip if you are interested in adding on to your Museum visit. Minimum order of 10 is required. Hot and cold options available. Strongly recommended for groups. Contact 504-528-1944 x 222 or [email protected] to make your reservation and add on a boxed lunch.

On-campus dining options available for individual purchase:

The American Sector Restaurant & Bar: Open daily, 11:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.

Enjoy victory with every bite with our victory garden-to-table menu for lunch. Full service restaurant & bar.

Jeri Nims Soda Shop: Open daily, 8:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.

Casual counter service. Stop in at any point during your visit for breakfast, a quick sandwich, or a sweet treat!

LEARN MORE ABOUT THE AMERICAN SECTOR RESTAURANT & BAR

Click below for additional information.

Scheduling a Group

Please contact Group Sales to schedule your visit at least one week in advance to determine if your desired visit date is available. Peak months for groups are March, April, and May. For tour groups, the Museum offers complimentary admission for tour escort and driver. Youth groups are required to have one chaperone for every 10 kids.

We suggest a minimum of four hours to view Museum galleries. Groups may also add the 4D cinematic experience Beyond All Boundaries and perform as crew members in Final Mission: USS Tang Submarine Experience for an additional fee, subject to availability. Group Sales will also be happy to assist you with BB's Stage Door Canteen group reservations and/or group lunch and dinner options at the Museum.

To plan your group visit or for more information, please call 504-528-1944 x 222 (toll free 1-877-813-3329 x 222 ) or email [email protected] .

Hours and Accessibility

Museum Exhibits & Museum Store Open daily 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Beyond All Boundaries at The Solomon Victory Theater Sunday – Saturday: 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. Showtimes on the hour

Final Mission: USS Tang Experience Sunday – Saturday: 11:15 a.m. – 2:35 p.m. Show times at 15, 25 and 55 after the hour

The American Sector Restaurant + Bar Sunday – Saturday: 11:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.

Jeri Nims Soda Shop Sunday– Saturday: 8:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.

All venues are closed Mardi Gras Day, Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Eve, and Christmas Day.

Accessibility  The Museum is fully  ADA accessible to all visitors. A limited number of wheelchairs are provided for use in the Museum at no charge.

Payment and Cancellation

Payment is required 72 hours in advance of arrival. There should be one designated group leader to process payment for the group before arrival and for check in at the Museum’s ticket counter for the day of the visit. The Museum does not provide direct billing or receive purchase orders for payment. Payment for group meals should be handled by American Sector Catering prior to arrival.

Please notify us as soon as possible in writing to cancel an existing group reservation. Group visit cancellations within 72 hours of the group arrival are nonrefundable.

Parking and Directions

The Museum provides an unloading/loading zone only for buses along Magazine Street (GPS address: 945 Magazine Street, New Orleans, LA 70130). Museum staff will issue the bus driver a parking pass for complimentary parking two blocks down Magazine Street under the I-10 overpass. Buses are not allowed to unload/load on Andrew Higgins Drive in front of the Museum due to safety hazards. Paid car parking is available in Museum ‘s parking garage located at 1024 Magazine Street.

Designated by Congress as the official WWII museum of the United States, The National WWII Museum is located in downtown New Orleans on a six-acre campus, where six soaring pavilions house historical exhibits, on-site restoration work, a period dinner theater, and restaurants. 

Group Visits

The Museum provides one of the most unique group experiences available. Group rates offered for 10 or more guests. 

Louisiana Field Trips

Atchafalaya National Heritage Area – Various Locations

Louisiana Children’s Museum – New Orleans

Coastal Education Program – Chef Menteur Pass

Global Wildlife Center – Folsom

Young Chef’s Academy  – Baton Rouge

Brec’s Baton Rouge Zoo – Baton Rouge

Ligo Science Education Center – Livingston

Louisiana’s Children’s Discovery Center – Hammond

The Children’s Museum – Monroe

The National WWII Museum – New Orleans

Biedenharn Museum & Gardens – Monroe

Longue Vue House & Gardens – New Orleans

Vermilionville – Lafayette

Degas House Historic Home, Courtyard & Inn – New Orleans

Louisiana Lost Lands – New Orleans

R.W. Norton Art Foundation – Shreveport

Free Resources, Encouragement and Tips.

About Me  |  Privacy Policy  |  Cookie Policy

© 2018 All rights reserved​

Designed by Stephanie​

• BOARD OF TRUSTEES
• GIRLS IN STEM ADVISORY BOARD
• iSPACE FACILITY TOUR

SUMMER CAMPS

• PRE-K & KINDERGARTEN PROGRAMS
• 1st GRADE PROGRAMS
• 2rd GRADE PROGRAMS
• 3rd GRADE PROGRAMS
• 4th GRADE PROGRAMS
• 5th GRADE PROGRAMS
• 6th GRADE PROGRAMS
• 7th GRADE PROGRAMS
• 8th GRADE PROGRAMS
• 9th GRADE PROGRAMS
• HOMESCHOOL PROGRAMS 
• SPRING KIDS PROGRAMS
• GIRLS IN STEM
• WINTER ROBOTICS PROGRAMS
• GIRLS WHO CODE PROGRAM
• HOME SCHOOL PROGRAMS
• SCOUT PROGRAMS
• iSPACE EDUCATOR ACADEMY
• PRE-ECLIPSE FAMILY NIGHT
• TEEN SCIENCE CAFE
• FIRST LEGO LEAGUE
• CAREER EXPLORATION SATURDAYS
• SCIENCE OLYMPIAD

iSPACE STEM

• PRE-K & KINDERGARTEN PROGRAMS

QUALITY STEM EDUCATION YOU CAN TRUST

ENGAGING SUMMER CAMPS

EXTRAORDINARY SCHOOL FIELD TRIPS

ENLIGHTENING EDUCATOR DEVELOPMENT

Preparing the workforce of tomorrow, by inspiring students’ passion for science & technology today..

"What do you want to be when you grow up?" is a question often asked to kids. While their answers may vary – from firefighter or movie star to zoo keeper or nurse, they all exhibit enthusiasm and a desire to be successful.

iSPACE helps students be successful by exposing them to STEM principles found in the most in-demand career fields.  From coding and chemistry to rocketry and robotics, iSPACE provides immersive field trips, summer camps and special events that give kids a chance to encounter STEM subjects in a fun and exciting way.  

iSPACE also provides top-notch educator and professional development programs to expand STEM instructional strategies and techniques in schools.

EXTRAORDINARY

SCHOOL FIELD TRIPS

iSPACE field trips inspire a love of STEM learning in students. Each of our uniquely designed programs are interactive, engaging, and designed to align with STEM curriculum standards across grade levels.

Give your child the experience of a lifetime, while building their technical, leadership and interpersonal skills.

ENLIGHTENING

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

The iSPACE Educator Academy offers iTEACH workshops, LEGO education kit training and our annual professional development seminar. Each provides teachers with first-hand learning experiences to enhance their teaching of STEM topics and help enrich STEM education in schools.

ALIGNED TO STATE STANDARDS

Our programs are age/grade appropriate and align to state grade level standards.

LOW PUPIL/TEACHER RATIO

With 15 students per instructor, each student receives significant hands-on learning.

MINIMAL STUDENT DOWNTIME

Instructions/STEM concepts are incorporated directly into activities.

iSPACE staff take care of everything from program set-up and clean-up

PROGRAM QUALITY

Curricula efficacy is independently certified by the University of Cincinnati ESC.

PROGRAM VARIETY

Our comprehensive list of STEAM programs can inspire and challenge every participant.

MORE THAN STEM

In addition to STEM concepts, our programs teach 21st Century skills like problem-solving, teamwork and communication.

Our hands-on, mind-on programs are experiential from start to finish. Students BECOME scientists, engineers, programmers, etc. for the time they are with us.

QUALIFIED EDUCATORS

All programs are taught by trained iSPACE personnel – all of whom have Education and/or STEM degrees OR extensive experience teaching.

HERE'S WHAT EDUCATORS HAVE TO SAY..

iSPACE will ruin you for the traditional passive field trip. Our students worked in pairs to create a LEGO model and then wrote computer code to make the alligator's mouth open and shut. Our trip to iSPACE demonstrated STEM learning at its finest.

I was in the educator class last year and just wanted to give an update! So after a full year of using iSPACE activities to supplement (and many times lead) my science teaching this year, the kids had an amazing time!! Plus, I got the feeling that the 5th grade test scores will probably improve over the last year!

The iMISSION experience helped my students experience, hands-on, some of the science concepts I was teaching in class. It also incorporated other skills such as problem-solving, teamwork, communication, math, etc. Those are skills that they will use for the rest of their lives.

My expectations for this experience  were more than fulfilled. The instructors were so welcoming and related to my students very well. We have already booked this field trip for our fifth graders next year!

The iMISSION program was excellent. Each child had a hands-on opportunity to play a role in the mission. This was not something that could be duplicated at school or for the students in their own time with their family. :)

The organization by the staff and their enthusiasm made this trip one of the most exciting field trips I have taken.

The EV3 robotics were very engaging and appropriately challenging for our 5th-8th grade students. I think that the students really benefited from the problem solving of how to write the code to get the robots to move in the ways that they wanted them to! Very cool experience!!

Blast Off Rocketry is my favorite field trip of the year!! My students agree!

From the teacher perspective, a field trip at iSPACE is out of this world … My students were engaged and the staff handles special needs students with grace and dignity making them included, but also being aware of how to meet their needs.”

iSPACE IS GRATEFUL FOR THE SUPPORT OF THE FOLLOWING ORGANIZATIONS

Check out our ispace shop view all.

SEE WHAT'S NEW AT iSPACE!

Summer Camp Registration is Now Open!

2024 Convening: Access in Action! Register Today

Los Angeles, CA

LA STEM is a unique collective of more than 50 STEM organizations that first came together in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, providing high-quality STEM learning experiences, opportunities, and resources for area students. Since then, the LA STEM Collective has created and cultivated a dynamic, ongoing, and responsive ecosystem: an intersection of education, industry, and community-based organizations. Our mission is for all learners to become creative, critical thinkers and doers.

Key Articles

Dozens of STEM Organizations Work to Offer Free Access to Enriching Out-Of-School Time Programs for Thousands of L.A. Area Youth this Summer

Los Angeles, CA (April 14, 2022) – An unprecedented collaboration of over 40 local educational organizations is kicking off plans for free programming for LA children and youth this summer and beyond. Having worked together since Summer 2020, these organizations have already served coordinated programming to over 100,000 youth in partnership with regional school districts and community-based organizations. With recent seed funding from the Eli & Edythe Broad Foundation, the Adams Legacy Foundation, and the National League of Cities, the group is now also able to announce its establishment as the  LA STEM Collective  as it gears up for summer.

The LA STEM Collective represents one of the largest mobilizations of out-of-school time (OST) learning programs in Southern California, and includes a growing list of large museums, universities and nimble non-profits. The goal of the newly formalized organization is to optimize program delivery to the hundreds of thousands of children and youth in Los Angeles, with a focus on opening access to OST learning for all, and emphasizing providing opportunities for Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) from traditionally marginalized communities.

“The peer support from participating in the [LA STEM Collective] has led to increased collaboration with fellow STEM providers and meeting broader communities of young learners which had been particularly valuable during these past couple of challenging years,” reports Laurel Robinson, Director of Programs of the Natural History Museums of Los Angeles County.

This new organization will serve as the “hub” of the Los Angeles regional STEM Ecosystem, pulling together providers of OST learning, aka Expanded Learning, as well as other stakeholders including industry leaders, civic groups, school districts, after-school program providers and community-based organizations. Standing as a centralized intermediary organization, the new entity will coordinate communication, programming, funding, promotion and training across member organizations.

“The STEM Learning Ecosystems have changed communities and the lives of Americans. We’ve done this by good old-fashioned hard work, by collaboration and by recognizing that STEM is the way to solve our nation’s grandest of challenges,” said Jan Morrison, founder and chief executive officer of TIES the backbone organization for the national STEM Learning Ecosystems. With the new LA STEM Collective, Los Angeles can now count itself as part of this national network.

The LA STEM Collective also will facilitate and streamline funding opportunities for large-scale initiatives, working across the region and providing a platform for smaller organizations to access funds and incubating emerging organizations. “Being part of [the Collective] has helped us not only learn from other mission-aligned organizations to create more engaging experiences, but also provided us with the opportunity to deliver programming to communities that we’ve never worked with before, amplifying our impact,” said Kay Yang of member organization Tinker the Robot about how participation in the LA STEM Collective has helped them build operational capacity.

This summer, the LA STEM Collective will focus on serving youth in LA County who are still recovering from the pandemic-related disruptions of their school and home lives. The LA STEM Collective will leverage its established relationships with LAUSD and dozens of community-based organizations to provide experiences that center social-emotional learning and identity development along with STEM skills and subjects. Member organizations stand ready to connect LA’s young people to rare artifacts, working professionals and compelling learning through field trips and outreach programming wherever the students are this summer.

Before becoming the LA STEM Collective, the group coordinated programming in response to COVID-related disruptions in the education of LA’s students. Since 2020, members of the Collective have continuously provided free, live online and in-person programs to LAUSD and community-based organizations, including in-class and after-school programs, enrichment courses, field trips, and access to resources for teachers. As a sign of its success, LAUSD recently contracted the Collective to provide after school enrichment programming through Summer 2023.

“The program our girls had with the Natural History Museums Performing Arts team was not one they have every day– it was educational, intimate, and interactive. The intimacy of the program allowed them to connect even more to the content and we saw that by the number of questions they asked during the program– they were engaged the whole time,” said Monica Garcia, Director of Programs at Girasoles en Marcha (GEM) who received a program in 2021.

Start-up funds are enabling the Collective to hire support staff, define its operations, and engage in long-term planning. The Collective has engaged DoGoodery, a consulting agency, to help launch the organization with strategic planning and branding.

Membership in the LA STEM Collective is growing everyday. Current organizations have a significant impact on the life of Greater Los Angeles. They represent nearly $200 million in operations with over 2000 employees and annual visitorship of over 6 million. The LA STEM Collective is growing out of the work of several network-building initiatives in Southern California, all with significant overlap in membership and goals. The new organization merges the existing SoCal ISE group and the LA STEM Hub formerly led by the LA Chamber of Commerce and now led by the USC Viterbi K-12 STEM Center.

Chair, Ben Dickow at  [email protected]

Vice Chair, Darin Gray, Ed.D. at  [email protected]

Sign up for our mailing list

Sign up to learn more about the innovative work STEM Learning Ecosystems are doing across the country.

[email protected]

©2024 STEM Learning Ecosystems

• Master Plan

Outdoor Recreation

Food & drink, city park events.

• Park History
• Conservancy Model
• Donation Requests

Field Trips

Self-guided tours, birthday parties.

• Sporting Events
• Picnic & Outdoor Events
• Private & Corporate Events
• Park Permits
• All Venues & Rentals
• Annual Fundraisers
• Oak Tree Giving Circle
• Planned Giving
• Park Supporters

Home » Programs & Education » Field Trips

leave the classroom

City Park is paradise for kids, plain and simple. From wide-open outdoor spaces and playgrounds where kids can wander, to thrill rides in the Carousel Gardens Amusement Park, to exploring nature’s mysteries in the Botanical Garden or Couturie Forest, the Park is a wonderland of fun and adventure for kids of all ages.

Educational tours and field trips are an excellent way to start exploring the Park.

Carousel Gardens Amusement Park & Storyland

I doesn’t get any more fun than a field trip to Storyland or Carousel Gardens Amusement Park!

Storyland admission: $6/person Flat rate for groups: $500 per ride

Discounted rate is available for groups of 30 or more people. Group packages include unlimited ride wristbands.

30-50 people: $22/person 51-100 people: $20/person Over 100 people: $18/person

To register, call 504-483-9478.

Reward your class or summer camp group with 18 or 36 holes of mini golf! Learn as you go on two courses featuring the flavor of New Orleans and the beauty of Louisiana. Admission is $8 for adults and $6 for children with a group of at least 30.

To schedule, call 504-483-9478.

Grow Dat Youth Farm

Field trips at Grow Dat provide hands-on or virtual experiential learning opportunities to students in grades Pre-K through 12. Our seven-acre site in New Orleans City Park hosts a 2.5-acre farm, produce handling and storage facilities, and a lush, dynamic wild space along our Birding Corridor. Field trips for students, youth organizations, and families: 

• Birds and Bugs on the Bayou
• Seed to Plate
• History of the Land
• Living Soil
• General Farm Tour

In the heart of City Park, adjacent to Couturie Arboretum, LOOP NOLA is the ideal outdoor field-trip destination. Activities don’t require any previous experience – knowledgeable staff members provide participants with everything they need to have a fun, safe time in City Park.

Plan Your Visit

Support Your Park

Students having success in a LIGO classroom

School Tours/Field Trips

Onsite field trips reservations are full for the 2024 academic year..

We expect to open up next academic year's reservations this summer.

LIGO in Livingston Louisiana offers field trips on a daily basis Tuesday - Friday.  LIGO's Science Education Center is a unique field trip opportunity that allows students to interact with scientists and engineers doing real science, and to experience hands on science through our interactive exhibit hall.

Vacuum packing

Time:   Field trips vary in length from 2 -  3 1/2 hours.  During the summer we only offer 2 hour field trips.

• 2 hour field trips consist of a tour and time visiting our exhibit hall which consists of 50 interactive science exhibits (a mini-science museum)!
• 3 - 3 1/2 hour field trips consist of the tour,  exhibit hall time, classroom activity  & time to eat lunch if across lunch time.  Choice of classroom activities are listed in the field trip form.

Cost:  There is no cost (yes, the field trip experience is FREE)

Lunches:   Students/Schools & adults must bring their own lunches with them to LIGO as there are no facilities to buy lunches on-site!!!

Number of students:   We can currently accommodate up to 96 students on one day for a field trip with classroom activity, although many days are limited to 64 students (it is staff dependent).  You can request as many as three days.  If more capacity is needed we can get up to 120 students in a day if we break the day into morning and afternoon sessions (no classroom activity).

REQUIREMENTS:

• We have limited capacity.  We recommend 1 adult (teachers or chaperones) per 15-30 children.
• Masking may be required, but we provide masks.  Masks must be surgical style or better (cloth masks are not acceptable). 
• BUSES MUST REMAIN ON SITE DURING THE FIELD TRIP .  LIGO Livingston is in a remote location & we are sensitive to vibrations, therefore for the safety of the children and for in order to keep LIGO's instrument working well, buses MUST remain on-site at LIGO while the school-children are at LIGO.
• Fill out a field trip form.  The earlier you fill it out the better!  LIGO's field trip spots fill up quickly
• Teachers who attended this past summer's teacher workshops get priority scheduling as long as they submit their requests by October 1st. If you did not attend a workshop this past summer, then you should still submit, but if you are requesting a date that is after Oct. 15 2023, then we will not process your request until October. 
• When scheduling field trips, We give priority to teachers seeking to schedul in the following order:  Recent teacher workshop attendees, past teacher workshop attendees, the earliest requests. 

Students exploring an exhibit

For current availability check out this calendar.  Please note that the calendar is just a guide - as it does not reflect the most recently booked dates.

When filling out the field trip form use the comment box if you need to let us know something, or want to ask us something! 

If you have trouble filling out this form, try using the following browsers:  FireFox or Microsoft Edge.  (Some teachers using Chrome from their schools have had issues with this form working.)

Contact LIGO Livingston

Physical/shipping address: 19100 LIGO Lane Livingston, LA 70754

Postal address: PO Box 940 Livingston, LA 70754

Other Outreach Inquiries: Outreach Department

Information: (225) 686-3100

Anti-Harassment Policy | Image Use Policy | Privacy Policy

The LIGO Laboratory is supported by the National Science Foundation and operated jointly by Caltech and MIT. Any opinions, findings and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.

LIGO Laboratory is member of the LIGO Scientific Collaboration. We observe and publish science with the Virgo Collaboration

Website designed by IPAC Communications & Education Team

Attention Visitors: The Lancaster Science Factory is in peak field trip season. Expect school groups every weekday from 10am - 1pm.

• Admission Prices
• Hours Of Operation
• Safety & Accessibility
• Hall Of Heroes
• Gift Certificates
• Free Admission Programs
• Become a Member
• Membership Benefits
• Lancaster Water Week 2024

Home // Field Trips

Field Trips are better at the Science Factory!

The Lancaster Science Factory is the perfect place for your next field trip. Groups of students in grades K – 8th will enjoy the 75+ hands-on STEM exhibits that they can explore freely or using our own activity guides.

Our hands-on STEM workshops will add even more educational value to your trip and allow students to do physics experiments, solve engineering problems, create electricity, and so much more!

Navigate the menu to the right to see all of the ways a Field trip to the Lancaster Science Factory can work for your group.

**Can’t travel to us? The Lancaster Science Factory can bring hands-on educational programs to your school or organization!**

Ready to Book?

For groups of 10 or more , you can complete the form below to get started with your field trip reservation!

**NOTE** Available Field Trips slots from March through May 2024 are very limited.  We are taking reservations for Summer 2024 and the next school year. Now is a great time to book your date of choice! 

" * " indicates required fields

Field Trip Frequently Asked Questions

What do you offer.

We have over 75 hands-on, interactive exhibits . Each exhibit is part of one of our  seven STEM trails :

• Acoustics and Sound
• Fluid Dynamics
• Light and Vision
• Mechanics and Motion
• Structural Engineering,
• Electricity and Magnetism
• Puzzles and Logic

Activities are aligned with state educational standards. Additional activities and demonstrations may be available in our Maker Space and walk-up Science Café.

Where Are You Located?

454 New Holland Ave Lancaster, PA 17602 Just a couple blocks from the heart of downtown.

Do You Have Bus Parking?

Students can be dropped off in our safe loading zone right by our entrance.

FREE bus parking is available in our lot right across the street. To help your driver, we provide this bus parking map that will allow them to navigate to the lots without having to make any u-turns.

How Much Is Admission?

Groups of 10 or more with advance registration receive our discounted group rate of $11 per person .

A limited number of chaperones are free (based on the number of students), and educators (including teacher’s aides, support staff, and school nurses) are also free.

Is The Field Trip Guided?

All visits to the Lancaster Science Factory are  self-guided . Students should be divided into small groups with a dedicated chaperone. All children must be supervised while on the exhibit floor. We also offer several different activity guides that you can use to direct students based on the curriculum.

Do I Really Need Chaperones?

Yes, we require children to be supervised at all times. Teachers and chaperones are responsible for the behavior of the children and their safety on the exhibit hall floor.

How many you need depends on the age of the children. We require one adult chaperone for every four students in grades 3 and below and one adult chaperone for every five students in grades 4 and above. These chaperones are admitted free of charge. Woohoo!

When Can We Arrive? How Long Can We Stay?

We start taking school groups when we open at 10 AM . Most groups visit 10am-12pm or 12-2pm or 3-5pm (for after school groups).

We recommend that groups wishing to stay longer than 2 hours add facilitated programs in our STEM Classroom or Maker Space.

Do You Have Lunchroom Facilities?

The Lancaster Science Factory does not have a dedicated lunchroom and food is not permitted on the exhibit floor.

We do have a classroom that can hold up to 30 students at a time, however, it isn’t always available based on our regular programming schedule. Please inquire when you make your reservation if you need to each lunch during your trip. Weather permitting, there are several local parks that we can recommend for an outdoor lunch.

Do You Offer Any Free Visits?

We currently offer free trips to certain schools and organizations through our Youth Access Program.

For eligibility requirements see the links on the right. 

• Book a Field Trip
• Full day of STEM
• Field Trip Workshops
• State Standards
• Activity Guides
• Safety and Accessibility
• Youth Access Program

What's Happening at Lancaster Science Factory

Gretna theatre presents: the science of stuff, first friday @ the lancaster science factory, first friday takeover with lancastermakes, exhibit hall closing at 4pm, recent news, stem in action in our community during covid-19, violet lemonade is springtime color science.

• NEW! – Broadway
• Latest Guide
• Previous Editions
• NorthEast Field Trip Guide
• Southeast Field Trip Guide
• Band & Choir Trips
• Where to Go
• Site InSpections

Field Trip Ideas

• Virtual Field Trips
• Planning Advice
• Los Angeles
• New York City
• Philadelphia
• Rome, Italy
• San Francisco
• San José, Costa Rica
• Washington D.C.

Select Page

Louisiana Civil Rights Field Trip Guide

Louisiana offers a melting pot of unique cultural experiences and inspiring civil rights history

New Orleans may be better known these days for its festive atmosphere, delicious food and vibrant music scene, but it—and really many other places in Louisiana—played a very prominent role in the battle for civil rights in this country. Louisiana is where Baptist minister T.J. Jemison led the nation’s first bus boycott against segregation in Baton Rouge. In Bogalusa, students began a 106-mile march to raise awareness of violence against African Americans nationwide. And it’s also where one brave little girl in New Orleans inspired a nation to fight against public school integration.

William Frantz Elementary School in Louisiana

It was back in 1960 when 6-year-old Ruby Bridges became the first Black student to attend a formerly all-white school, William Frantz Elementary School. To commemorate the epic moment in history and the bravery of the very young Ruby who was met with an angry crowd of segregationists, there’s a statue of her in the school’s courtyard. Additionally, a classroom has been restored to the way it looked when she attended.

New Zion Baptist Church

One of New Orleans’ most historic churches, New Zion Baptist Church was the site of many important meetings of the Civil Rights Movement. It was here in 1957 that a group of Baptist pastors and activists met and formed the Southern Leadership Conference, which would become the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. Their first president was a 28-year-old preacher named Martin Luther King Jr. Segregation of bus systems in the South and then bigger issues nationwide, was the focal point of the group’s nonviolent actions. On the outside of the church, a plaque describes the work that Dr. King and the other SCLC members undertook inside. 

The historic neighborhood Tremé located in the French Quarter of New Orleans

Tremé Neighborhood in New Orleans

As far back as its founding in the 18 th century, Tremé, located in the French Quarter of New Orleans, has held major significance in the African American community. It was a place where free persons of color, and eventually African slaves able to obtain their freedom, could acquire and own property, a rarity during this time. Tremé is America’s oldest African American neighborhood and offers plenty of places to explore. At the New Orleans African American Museum, housed in the beautiful Tremé Villa, see a collection of exquisite African beadwork, costumes, masks and divination objects. St. Augustine Church, the oldest African American Catholic parish in the country, is in Tremé too.

Dooky Chase’s Restaurant

Also in Tremé is Dooky Chase’s Restaurant, which opened in 1941. This family-owned James Beard Award-winning restaurant is renowned for its authentic Creole cuisine as well as its role in the civil rights movement. Before the United States Supreme Court reversed its 1896  Plessy v. Ferguson  decision, Dooky Chase’s Restaurant had become a hot spot for discussing issues of civil and economic rights in the African American community. At the time, it was illegal for white and Black people to sit together. But Leah Chase opened the doors to her restaurant and invited activists, including Martin Luther King Jr., into the upstairs dining room.

Top photo: William Frantz Elementary School

Photos courtesy U.S. Civil Rights Trail

If you’d like to  Get More Field Trip Ideas , be sure to  Subscribe to Student Travel Planning Guide  and  Download our Current Issue for FREE

RECENT STUDENT TRAVEL PLANNING GUIDE ARTICLES

• Outreach Performances & Programs
• Fundraising
• Field trip lesson plans
• Field Trips Grants
• Service Learning
• Hot Springs
• Little Rock
• Los Angeles
• San Francisco
• Statewide / Region
• Daytona Beach
• Fort Lauderdale
• Gainesville
• Jacksonville
• Orlando-Metro
• Palm Beach Metro
• Space Coast
• Tallahassee
• St. Augustine
• St Petersburg-Clearwater
• Atlanta-Metro
• Chicago-Metro
• Springfield
• Central Region
• East Region
• Indianapolis
• North Region
• South Central Region
• South Region
• West Region
• Bowling Green
• Baton Rouge
• New Orleans
• Baltimore-Metro
• The Berkshires
• Boston-Metro
• Cape Cod/Plymouth
• Greater Lowell
• Greater Springfield
• Capital-River Region
• Delta Region
• Gulf Coast Region
• Hills Region
• Pines Region
• Jefferson City
• Kansas City
• Springfield-MO
• Delaware River Region
• Gateway Region NJ
• Greater Atlantic City
• Shore Region
• Skylands Region
• Southern Shore Region
• Capital District Region
• Central New York Region
• Finger Lakes Region
• Hudson Valley Region
• Long Island
• Mohawk Valley Region
• New York City
• North Country Region
• Southern Tier Region
• Western New York Region
• Canton Ohio
• Cincinnati Ohio
• Cleveland Ohio
• Columbus Ohio
• Oklahoma City
• Allegheny Mts. & Valleys
• Gettysburg/York
• Harrisburg-Metro
• Lakes & Erie Regions
• Lancaster-Metro
• Lehigh Valley
• Philadelphia Metro
• Pittsburgh & Laurel Highlands
• The Poconos
• Scranton/Wilkes-Barre
• Chattanooga
• East Tennessee
• Middle Tennessee
• The Smokies
• West Tennessee
• Bryan - College Station
• Corpus Christi
• Dallas/Fort Worth
• Panhandle Plains Region
• San Antonio
• Central Virginia
• Chesapeake Bay Region
• Coastal Virginia -Eastern Shore
• Coastal Virginia-Hampton Roads
• Northern Virginia
• Shenandoah Valley
• Southern Virginia
• Southwest Virginia-Blue Ridge Highlands
• Southwest Virginia-Heart of the Appalachia
• Virginia Mountains
• Martinsburg
• Madison Wisconsin

Baton Rouge Field Trips

Named by French explorers as "the Red Stick City," Baton Rouge is where Louisiana's capital, flagship university, and distinctive Cajun and Creole cultures all come together. Located in Southeast Louisiana.

• Financial Support
• Children's Museums & Indoor Fun
• Government, Civics & Presidents
• Historic Places
• History Museums, Exhibits & Sites
• Living History
• Transportation: Boats, Planes, Trains, & Trollies
• Aquariums, Marine Life, Hatcheries
• Botanical Gardens & Arboreta
• Planetariums & Astronomy
• Science Museums & Exhibits
• Zoos, Wildlife, Safari Tours, Reptiles, Animal Shows, Vertebrates
• Art Museums, Design, Exhibits, Photography & Films
• Early Childhood
• Elementary School
• Middle School
• High School

Blue Zoo Aquarium Baton Rouge

Looking for fun things to do with your students? What better environment to educate and inspire children than a hands-on, interactive aquarium at the Blue Zoo Aquarium Baton Rouge.

BREC’s Baton Rouge Zoo

BREC’s Baton Rouge Zoo has nearly 800 animals, programming that is in line with state curriculum requirements. Their mission is to help visitors develop an understanding, appreciation and respect for our natural resources.

Burden Museum & Gardens

Burden Museum and Gardens on 440 acres which consists of the LSU AgCenter Botanic Gardens, Windrush Gardens and the Rural Life Museum. The museum has a 19th century Plantation area, a Folk Architecture section, and 32 buildings representing the rural way of life. 

Knock Knock Children’s Museum

At the Knock Knock Children’s Museum , young visitors learn through play. The museum offers hands-on, fun-filled interactive exhibits called “Learning Zones” designed for children 0-8. 

Louisiana Art & Science Museum

The Louisiana Art & Science Museum is defined by the belief that the disciplines of art and science shape and inform one another and that interdisciplinary experiences enhance the audience’s ability to make connections and discover new ways of seeing and thinking.  

Louisiana Governor's Mansion

The Louisiana Governor’s Mansion is the official residence of the governor of Louisiana and their family. Tours will last approximately 45 minutes to one hour long and will include the mansion gardens.

LSU Hilltop Arboretum

School trips to LSU Hilltop Arboretum are fun and educational! You will find a quiet place far removed from the hustle and bustle of city life and a place to learn about Louisiana’s trees, shrubs and wildflowers.  

LSU Museum of Art

LSU Museum of Art presents world-class touring exhibitions of regional, American, and European painting, sculpture, decorative arts, works on paper, and photography.

LSU Museum of Natural Science

LSU Museum of Natural Science generate knowledge of global biodiversity and human prehistory, to promote an understanding and appreciation of nature through exhibits and programs. 

Magnolia Mound

Magnolia Mound offers a variety of hands-on living history educational programs. These activities include the Historic House tour with Open-Hearth Kitchen, Colonial Games and Toys, Weaving, Life in the Enslaved Community and more.

Old Louisiana State Capitol

The Old Louisiana State Capitol , also known as the State House, is a historic government building, and now a museum. educates the public on Louisiana’s rich history and the democratic process through exhibits, programming and the arts.

Pentagon Barracks Museum

The Pentagon Barracks , also known as the Old United States Barracks, is a complex of buildings located on the  grounds of the state capitol. The Museum contains many displays relating to the history of the facility.

Houma, Louisiana

Challenge Island

Welcome to the World's #1 STEAM Program

Where engineering meets imagination©, challenge island® is the official home of steambuilding® and steam teams®, our results show in our awards.

FOR SCHOOLS & EDUCATORS

For parents, for girl scout leaders, register now, ask about booking a program, palm tree pillars.

The Foundational Pillars of our Program that Make Challenge Island the Go-To Choice for Millions of Parents and Educators

STEM + ART = STEAM

"To develop a complete mind, study the science of art; study the art of science; realize that everything connects to everything else." - Leonardo DaVinci

21st Century Skills

We foster the fundamental skills kids need to thrive today and tomorrow including creativity, collaboration, communication, flexibility and leadership.

Higher Level Thinking Skills

Our programs promote deep, critical, analytical and creative thinking abilities in kids which help ensure their long-term academic and professional success.

Project Based Learning

Our STEAM Teams® engage in collaborative, inquiry-based, student-driven learning grounded in real world connections and meaningful problem-solving.

Island Destinations

Whimsical island ambience combined with cross-curricular themes make the Challenge Island experience an unforgettable adventure.

Social-Emotional Learning

We foster the social and emotional intelligence children need to form healthy relationships, make positive choices and find fulfillment in life.

Research shows that a Challenge-Island-palm-tree-like ability to be flexible and strong through life’s ”storms” is far more essential to future success than IQ.

Steam Teams

No child is an island which is why kids tackle our hundreds of proprietary challenges by combining their strengths with those of a STEAM Team of friends.

Screen Free Fun

Our programs provide digital native kids the precious opportunity to connect with their peers face-to-face and discover the wonders of the world, undeterred by devices.

"One thing that makes Challenge Island a standout is what it lacks. You’ll find no screens or digital devices in a Challenge Island after-school class, camp or family night. Instead, kids working together in STEAM Teams, are encouraged to use imagination, teamwork, and problem-solving skills to come up with creative solutions to challenges using a treasure-chest full of low-tech supplies."

Entrepreneur magazine, award-winning steam programs.

Award-Winning Onsite Field Trips

Our standard-aligned, cross-curricular K-12 field trips take students on a STEAMtastic island adventure without ever leaving school grounds.

Award-Winning Camps

When school is out, STEAM is in! Our outrageously exciting camps feel like vacations in their own right!

After School Enrichment

Our STEAM teams visit different island destinations each week and tackle challenges using only materials in their treasure chests and their boundless imaginations.

Girl Scout Workshops

Our wide array of badge and journey workshops for Daisies, Brownies, Juniors and Cadettes come with a Challenge Island Fun Patch for every girl!

Birthday Parties

Don’t just have a party, have an ISLAND party! Choose from our epic STEAM themes or design one of your very own.

Family Engagement & Parental Involvement Programs

Our multi-generational family engagement and parental involvement events turn families into STEAM Teams as they work together to take on family-size challenges and fun.

STEAMbuilding® & Bullying Prevention Programs

Our signature team-building experiences inspire collaboration, critical thinking and creativity in all kinds of teams – from kid to corporate!

Challenge Island Book Series Programs

STEAM + Reading = STREAM! Our book series field trips bring the bestselling Challenge Island stories to life in your classroom!

Hi, We're Leslie Thibodaux and Robin Bergeron!

The dynamic duo behind challenge island houma-thibodaux.

Challenge Island’s unique approach to learning was the way we always envisioned ourselves teaching in our classrooms. We were always looking for ways to get our students excited about what they were learning through a variety of activities and literature. We wanted to make a difference and bring back that excitement for learning and problem solving that was almost nonexistent in the traditional classroom setting.

When we found Challenge Island, we were immediately inspired to bring this to all children. Experiencing the excitement that these STEAM-based challenges brought to children, was a teacher’s dream. Introducing engineering concepts to children at a young age in a fun, whimsical way was very appealing to us. It was also an opportunity to introduce girls to engineering concepts at an early age. Hopefully, seeds are being planted to grow lots of girl engineers as well as boys.

Running Challenge Island was a way to inspire hundreds of children, not just the students in our own classrooms. Our classroom has now become a community of children we touch daily through this remarkable program.

STEAM + Reading = STREAM!

Combine the magic of challenge island programs with the magic of reading with our bestselling book series.

Our STREAMy Onsite, Standard-Aligned Book Series Field Trips bring the story to life in your classroom!

Screen-Free Summer Learning & Fun with Challenge Island

As the school year draws to a close and summer beckons with its promise of sunshine and adventure, parents and educators alike are faced with a crucial question: how can we ensure that children make the most of their summer break while also continuing to learn and grow? At Challenge Island, we believe that one […]

Challenge Island Secures Prestigious Spot on Franchise 500 for the 7th Consecutive Year

Challenge Island, the world-renowned STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Math) education program, proudly announces its remarkable achievement of being ranked on the Franchise 500 for the seventh consecutive year. The Franchise 500, an annual ranking by Entrepreneur magazine, recognizes outstanding franchises for their exceptional performance, innovation, and sustained growth. Challenge Island’s commitment to excellence, […]

Make Sharktooth Island Shark Bait Sushi Snacks to Celebrate Our Bestselling Book Series and Shark Camp!

WHAT YOU NEED: WHAT YOU DO:  Unwrap the crispy rice treats. (If they are not mini-sized, cut them into bite-sized pieces.) Top each crispy treat with a gummy fish. Cut the fruit roll into strips and wrap the strips around the shark bait sushi. Grab some chopsticks and take a chomp!

Challenge Island is Included on Entrepreneur Magazine’s Franchise 500 for the 6th Year in a Row!

Challenge Island Entrepreneur Magazine’s 2023 Franchise 500 for the 6th year straight!

Challenge Island Featured in IFA Oscar Ad During the 2023 Academy Awards!

Challenge Island Ranks #188 on Entrepreneur Magazine’s Top Global Franchises List

All the world’s children need and deserve to experience the magic and benefits of Challenge Island! It is our honor to be ranked once again on Entrepreneur’s Top Global Franchises List as we continue our mission to bring Challenge Island to every child.

Celebrating Earth Day: Exploring the Wonders of Our Planet with Challenge Island

As we celebrate Earth Day, it’s essential to reflect on the beauty and significance of our planet and the importance of environmental stewardship. At Challenge Island, we believe in fostering a deep connection with the Earth and empowering children to become lifelong advocates for environmental conservation. Through hands-on, experiential learning activities, our students explore the […]

Challenge Island in Action

CI Houma, LA Contact Form

Contact us to learn more.

A Member of Our Challenge Island Ohana Will Reach Out to You Soon!

8 virtual field trips for STEM education

Top 10 of 2021: in-person field trips aren't possible during the pandemic, but virtual field trips offer fun learning experiences for students.

Each year, we share our 10 most-read stories. Not surprisingly, many of this year’s Top 10 focused on student engagement and online or hybrid learning strategies related to pandemic teaching. This year’s 6th most-read story focuses on how virtual field trips can engage even the most reluctant STEM learners.

It’s January. Winter break is over, and the rest of the school year–whether in person, hybrid, or virtual–seems never-ending. And while traditional field trips are on pause while COVID still spreads, virtual field trips are still very much possible.

Hands-on STEM subjects are challenging to teach when students aren’t in the classroom all the time, and student engagement is also a challenge during COVID. Virtual field trips address both of these persistent roadblocks.

Virtual field trips can help students get a front-row look at STEM outside of the classroom. Where can those engineering concepts you learn during school take you in adulthood? Is it possible to be creative in a STEM career?

Here are some virtual field trips highlighting STEM careers and experiences:

1. Slime in Space : What happens when you send Nickelodeon slime to the International Space Station? That’s exactly what a group of NASA astronauts set out to answer, and we want you and your kids to come along for the ride! This free 15-minute virtual field trip will take kids 250 miles above earth to see how slime, and water, react in a microgravity environment. It’s truly out of this world!

2. Innovation Generation : Transport students beyond the walls of the classroom and into a Stanley Black & Decker Makerspace where making and doing is a way of life! Inspire your students to be agents of innovation. Working alongside the experts of the Stanley Black & Decker Makerspace, students will see and experience first-hand how math, science, technology, creativity and teamwork can lead to technological advancements in our everyday lives.

3. Internet of Things: Infinite Possibilities Virtual Field Trip : The Internet of Things refers to a collection of computing devices – such as smart speakers, thermostats and sensors –which are connected to a network to allow for an improved real-time data to better manage two of the most critical resources to humanity: energy and water. Students will get an exciting look at how the internet they use in their everyday lives can be used to conserve natural resources, protect ecosystems, and create safer, more sustainable communities.

4. ecoAction Virtual Field Trip : We’re traveling to Seattle to see how Boeing is incorporating sustainable practices and innovations as they pertain to sustainable air travel, natural resource preservation, water quality control, and waste management. Follow along to learn some easy ways you and your community can be sustainable, too!

5. Girls Get Stem – Unleash Your Inner Scientist : Have your classroom join us as we experience a brand-new kind of camp – it’s not just swimming, sun, and s’mores – but STEM! Tune in to transport students to the STEM Center of Excellence where STEM will come to life in new and unexpected ways.

6. Gray, Green, Blue: Water Security and YOU! : People, businesses and industries, recreation, waste removal, transport, nature, and even lawn care all require water. Making sure there’s enough reliable, clean water for the health and livelihoods of people and natural environments is what we mean by water security, and it is one of the biggest challenges we face. Learn how nature can play a role in ensuring water security and what YOU can do to help!

7. The National Museum of Computing : The museum has virtually opened its doors for anyone to visit and take a tour of the world’s largest collection of working historic computers. Wherever you live, you can now journey through the history of modern computing from its very beginnings to the present day–from the comfort of a PC or device. You can stroll through our new, virtual experience–unguided or with one of the museum’s experts for a live, virtual tour where you will gain first-hand insight and knowledge about the 50,000 artifacts in the museum’s unique collection.

8. Museum of Science Virtual Field Trips : Students can talk with experts, observe leafcutter ants in action, discover the science behind Pixar Animation Studios, explore and identify animal skills, and more.

Sign up for our K-12 newsletter

• Recent Posts

• 4 ways to support work-based learning - April 23, 2024
• Prioritizing inclusivity in game-based learning - April 22, 2024
• Friday 5: Universal Design for Learning - April 19, 2024

Want to share a great resource? Let us know at [email protected] .

Username or Email Address

Remember Me

" * " indicates required fields

eSchool News uses cookies to improve your experience. Visit our Privacy Policy  for more information.

Explore the world of STEM through interactive field trips at Discovery Place Science in NC. Ignite the spark of curiosity and innovation in your students today!

Introduction

Embark on an unforgettable journey into the world of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) with field trips to Discovery Place Science in North Carolina. As one of the leading science and technology centers in the region, Discovery Place offers an immersive, hands-on learning experience that will ignite your students’ curiosity and passion for STEM.

Why Choose Discovery Place Science for Your STEM Field?

Discovery Place Science is not just a museum—it’s a hub of exploration and innovation. Here, students can engage with interactive exhibits, participate in live science demonstrations, and even meet scientists who are shaping the future of STEM. From biology and physics to engineering and technology, Discovery Place offers a wide range of exhibits that align with North Carolina’s educational standards, making it an ideal destination for STEM field trips.

Interactive Exhibits and Demonstrations

At Discovery Place Science, learning comes to life. Students can explore the laws of physics at the Cool Stuff exhibit, delve into the wonders of the human body at the World Alive exhibit, or discover the future of technology at the Thinker Space. Each exhibit is designed to engage students, stimulate their curiosity, and make learning fun.

Educational Programs and Workshops

In addition to its exhibits, Discovery Place Science offers a variety of educational programs and workshops tailored to different age groups. These programs provide students with the opportunity to dive deeper into specific STEM topics, conduct experiments, and even create their own inventions Conclusion STEM field trips to Discovery Place Science in NC offer an unparalleled opportunity for students to explore the world of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics in a fun, interactive environment. By fostering a love for learning and a passion for STEM, Discovery Place is helping to shape the innovators and leaders of tomorrow.