From planets to stars to galaxies, everything in outer space is spinning! In this lesson, we’ll explore how the sun, moon, and stars rise and set due to the spinning motion of the Earth, and travel to other planets to see how they spin on their axis too. We’ll also investigate how moons orbit around planets, and compare the speeds at which planets orbit the sun. By making observations from Earth and then looking down on our planet from space, we can get a better understanding of how everything is moving in space.

Adventure back into medieval times to discover what it was like to live in a castle. This is a fantastically engaging workshop that will help youngsters understand how castles were built. From the lord and lady down to the lowly gong farmer, we'll explore who lived in the castles, and we’ll also learn how they were defended and from whom. Children will have the opportunity to meet a medieval bowman and ask him questions, as well as see the models and artifacts up close.

What can we learn about dinosaurs by looking at the inside structure of their bones? Join Museum of the Rockies Paleohistology Lab Manager Ellen-Therese Lamm to explore her unique role in science and discover how researchers like Ellen use microscopic information to piece together details from dissections about the lives of these fascinating, extinct creatures.

Discover lines, shapes, colors, and more on this art elements-based tour as we explore the permanent collection of the Gibbes Museum of Art. This program lasts approximately 30 minutes.

Step right up for an electrifying journey through the world of physics! Discover the shocking secrets of static electricity, witness wild transformations between states of matter, and feel the incredible force of air pressure in action. This interactive experience brings the core concepts of energy and matter to life.

Step into the world of animal rehabilitation in this live Virtual Event! Meet the incredible animals temporarily recovering in our care as well as those who have found a permanent home within our walls — like Liberty, our resident bald eagle! Follow the journey of rescue, rehabilitation and release with our sick and injured sea turtle patients and learn what it takes to set these creatures on the road to recovery.

Have you ever wondered what lies deep within the Earth? Do you know what makes the plates move and why there are volcanoes? Do you know the difference between a rock and a mineral? Dynamic Earth explores Earth's formation processes and answers all these questions and more.

This class provides techniques and methodologies that assist students and teachers to develop enhanced thinking skills. This includes ways of knowing, thinking about thinking, analyzing sources of information, digital literacy, intro to structured analytic techniques (SATs), bias mitigation, and analysis of competing hypotheses.

In this presentation from the US Army Women's Museum, learn how soldiers of different faiths managed to celebrate the holidays away from their families and sometimes in the midst of war.

What does it mean to be a scientist? Discover what a scientist at the Chicago Botanic Garden studies, how they use scientific practices every day, and learn about careers in science!

The where of history matters. Students will use historic maps to investigate how geography influenced the American Revolution—what happened, where, and why. This session invites a fresh look at familiar events, grounded in the power of place.

Biomimicry is an approach to innovation that seeks sustainable solutions to human challenges by emulating nature’s time-tested patterns and strategies. Through experimentation with models, a live animal encounter, and exploration of how animal and plant adaptations have inspired human innovation, students will understand and be inspired to seek solutions to modern sustainability problems.

In a circle, we practice gratitude-themed and relaxation poses. Cultivating a sense of gratitude and belonging, students can share one thing they are thankful for as we conclude in child's pose.

In this program from the Virginia Zoo, students will learn how animals' different body coverings can protect them, keep them warm, or even help them fly!

This episode on electricity may leave your hair standing on end! The Durham Museum uses it’s 1,000 feet of lights wrapped around Nebraska’s largest indoor Christmas tree to teach about electricity! We will also show some early electric appliances in our American dream home.

The kelp forests of British Columbia are some of the most diverse and picturesque ecosystems on the planet. Take the plunge into this underwater forest to discover why it’s not just worth keeping for its beauty. Explore the diversity, adaptations, challenges, and solutions for this amazing ecosystem!

Mt. Washington is famous for its extreme weather, but few get to experience its fury. Join observatory staff for a program that examines the forces behind winter weather events, such as blizzards, nor'easters, lake-effect snow, freezing rain, and extreme cold. We'll apply simple concepts and personal experience to understand the storms that produce New England's extreme winter weather events.

Get a look behind the scenes of our Istock Family Look in Lab, home for many of the animals in the Nature Museum's living collection! Then, using a live "critter cam", students will get up close with a local frog or salamander. Students will use observations and their critical thinking skills to compare and contrast the features and movements of local frogs and salamanders.

Travel through Longwood’s Conservatory virtually and get an up-close look at our tropical plants. Identify characteristics of the tropical climate and how plants have adapted to survive.

Let's explore some of the world's chilliest ocean habitats and the incredible animals that live there. Dive in to the unique adaptations that help these animals survive and thrive living among the ice, snow, and freezing temperatures. Be sure to bring your drawing tools, as we explore and draw on this arctic adventure.

This holiday season, the Royal Tyrrell Museum’s distance learning team has one wish: to uncover what Alberta looked like during the Late Cretaceous. Museum colleagues have shared ‘gifts’ from their areas of expertise. Each contains a fossil that tells part of the story. We’ll unwrap crocodile armour, turtle shells, dinosaur bones, and more! Join us as we piece together a prehistoric landscape and discover how these “presents from the past” help us understand Alberta’s ancient ecosystems.

Mammals have different ways to survive the winter. Some save up food from the summer and have warm, fuzzy coats to keep warm. Others migrate or hibernate. Join us as we look closely at mammal specimens at the Royal BC Museum. Let’s investigate what they do to stay safe and warm during the coldest time of the year

Students compare 21st and 19th century learning and school life, while examining reproduction 19th century school supplies to experience being a student in a one-room schoolhouse.

Delving into the art of colonial Boston, students look at objects made during this pivotal time in American history and learn how these historic artworks tell multiple stories about race, identity, and power during the time of the American Revolution.

What really is a mixture? In this hands-on science workshop, your primary students will investigate all manner of suspensions, colloids, and solutions and explore different ways of separating mixtures, including filtration, chromatography, and magnetism. Are these physical techniques or chemical techniques?

Celebrate reading, the ocean, and Yoshi the sea turtle! Join author and illustrator Lindsay Moore for a read-aloud of Yoshi and the Ocean, a true story about an amazing journey. Learn interesting facts about sea turtles and their ocean home. Lindsay will also talk a little bit about her background and her process for making picture books.

Meet one of our Zookeepers in the Toledo Zoo and learn about some of the ways they take care of animals and work toward the mission of conserving wildlife

Plants and animals all work in fascinating ways to survive in the wild. Explore the many ways they work to survive in different habitats and see how some animals and plants work together!

Students will explore the variety of careers available to artists, especially artists working in museums. From artists to collections management, participants will investigate all the jobs integral to the visual arts and running a museum.

The Moon of Earth is not just a pretty sight in the sky- it actually has a strong effect on our planet. The Moon creates the tides on Earth, regulates Earth’s rotation rate, and may have helped with the emergence of life on Earth billions of years ago. In this lesson, we’ll talk more about how the Moon affects the Earth, and what life might be like (if it’s even possible) without our Moon.

Learn about traditions passed from generations from all around the world. This episode will discuss Diwali, Hanukkah, Las Posadas, Kwanzaa, Chinese New Year, and Ramadan.

Darren Sardelli is a fun, animated author who knows how to get everyone excited about poetry! In his lower grade assembly, students solve poetry riddles, illustrate poems with their imaginations, become characters in Darren’s poems, learn about rhythm and rhyme, and experience the joy of words. Older students discover how to put ideas in motion, make their poems and stories stand out, learn how to empower themselves with words, use their imaginations to make objects (and life) more interesting, and participate in Poetry Challenges that get them in the mood to write. Participants will be motivated to read and write poetry, start an idea book, and think in a creative direction.

Darren Sardelli is a fun, animated author who knows how to get everyone excited about poetry! In his lower grade assembly, students solve poetry riddles, illustrate poems with their imaginations, become characters in Darren’s poems, learn about rhythm and rhyme, and experience the joy of words. Older students discover how to put ideas in motion, make their poems and stories stand out, learn how to empower themselves with words, use their imaginations to make objects (and life) more interesting, and participate in Poetry Challenges that get them in the mood to write. Participants will be motivated to read and write poetry, start an idea book, and think in a creative direction.

Allow your students to be introduced to the exciting world of problem solving, creative thinking, and mathematical reasoning through the excitement of stories. Steve will enchant the students with his wonderful stories while sneaking in some math activities. He will keep your students engaged and laughing from start to finish.

This STEM lesson explores the incredible adaptations of native bees and how they respond to environmental changes. Students will examine how climate change, habitat loss, and pesticide use impact bee survival and discover how bees demonstrate resilience through unique behaviors and traits.

Bring the wonders of space straight to your classroom with Museum of Science space educator and expert, Talia. From gravity-defying missions and orbiting tech to black hole mysteries and star activity, this live, interactive event covers current events from the past few weeks in space that will spark curiosity and inspire future innovators.

Join the Durham Museum for a free digital program highlighting the history of holiday traditions around the world. This 30-minute virtual zoom program will include museum educators sharing about long-established customs that have been passed through generations of people from different cultures. This program gives a peak at The Durham’s largest indoor Christmas tree, and we will discuss the hilarious way it gets into our building each year, a 94-year tradition! Some objects from other culture’s traditions include diya, the menorah, pinata, the seven principles, a lion puppet, and eid al fitr decorations. We hope you will tune in to this holiday program!

This program will define and discuss totalitarianism, explore the unique characteristics of totalitarian societies, and show examples of the tools used in this method of rule.

In this interactive virtual story time, we read Next Time You See a Snowflake by Emily Morgan, a book that explores the science of snowflakes. Join us to learn more about these natural wintery wonders.

Holiday poetry is a tradition that goes back centuries. Discover some of the most enduring holiday poems, from perennial favorites such as “A Visit from St. Nicholas” and “Over the River and Through the Woods” to modern classics and humorous holiday verse.

Learn about the injuries and rehabilitation process at Sea Turtle Inc. This live presentation by Sea Turtle, Inc. will last approximately 30 to 40 minutes.

Learn how objects really move! In this science workshop, we’ll look in-depth at how push and pull forces act to move objects. Students will be guided by our presenter in exploring push and pull forces, which variables impact friction between two surfaces and how this affects an object’s movement, rotational forces in a variety of objects, and inertia & momentum… just what does this mean? In addition, time will be spent ensuring that students understand how inertia works. Newton would be happy here with this STEM content!

Nonfiction science author Ginjer Clarke shares fun facts, myth-busters, and exciting animal adventures with select excerpts from her title "Reindeer: On the Move!" Along the way, she will share information about migrations, adaptations, and habitats using maps and photos to provide additional content.

Ever wonder what happens to insects in the winter? Do they all migrate like the Monarch? With the help of a simple experiment and specimens, explore how they use plants to survive the winter.

Zion National Park is one of over 400 National Park Service areas. The National Park Service “conserves the scenery and the natural and historic objects and the wildlife therein and to provide for the enjoyment of the same in such manner and by such means as will leave them unimpaired for the enjoyment of future generations.” Park Rangers work at National Park sites to help protect these areas. There are different kinds of rangers who work at parks in a variety of positions that all work towards preserving and conserving the park. Zion National Park preserves an area of southwest Utah with massive sandstone cliffs, narrow slot canyons, and a unique array of plants and animals.

Legend has it that the only way to find out if you’re on Santa’s naughty or nice list is to trick an elf into letting you sneak a peek! But be careful: elves are tricky themselves! To get a look at the list, you’ll need to be clever in crafting a distracting craft to catch the elf’s attention. So, grab some Christmas supplies like ribbons, twinkle lights, bows, and candy canes, and get prepared for your sly holiday visitor!