Exhibit Workshops and Discovery Sessions
Book an unforgettable MOST experience for your students! We offer fun and engaging educator-led experiences during field trips to the museum or in your classroom or auditorium! Read detailed descriptions of available Exhibit Workshops (at the MOST) and Discovery Sessions (at your school) below.
Exhibit Workshops are hands-on educational activities delivered in the museum for groups of up to 25 students.
- $150 per workshop.
- Exhibit Workshops run approximately 35–40 minutes.
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Assisted Museum Tour
All ages
Join one of our MOST educators on a guided exploration of MOST exhibits and interactive experiences! The educator will provide exhibit highlights and how-to’s as well as extra support while you explore. This workshop includes a pre-visit consultation to discuss the goals of your visit and the needs of your learners. This program is available for any group, but is especially designed to serve senior groups, day-hab programs, ENL programs, visual/hearing-impaired groups, sensory-sensitive groups, and self-contained classrooms.
Coding Basics
in DECONSTRUCTED
Grades K–2
Explore the basics of coding with this introduction to the principles of programming! Students will practice their binary code, learn about famous computer science pioneers, play coding games, and explore exhibits in computer engineering at the MOST. (Also available as a 90-minute Girl Scout Badge Workshop—Daisy or Brownie.)
Fun with Forces
in BUILD
Grades K–2
A MOST educator leads students through large-scale demonstrations of basic forces like push, pull, and gravity using giant blocks, ramps, and balls in the BUILD exhibit. Students then have time for self-guided play with the blocks and other building pieces in the exhibit.
Fun with Forces
on the Weather Adventure Path
Grades K–2
Prediction activities, a weather sensory path, and a weather reporting station with green-screen engage students in weather forecasting, assessing local climate conditions, and preparing themselves and their community for floods, snowstorms, and more.
Exploring Plants
in GROW
Grades K–5
Students will follow along with a MOST educator at the Stages of Plant Growth station to act out how plant use their parts to fulfill their basic needs. Then, students will have time to explore the GROW exhibit, aimed at introducing how some plants are grown, distributed, sold, and prepared as food. This session highlights different vocabulary, depending on grade level (K-2, 3-5).
Digging into Earth’s History
in Dino Zone
Grades 3–5
Students will learn what fossils can teach us, how fossil records demonstrate changes in landscape over time, and how adaptations supported animal survival. Students will play a “be the fossil” game and examine real and replica fossil samples, plus spend some time in the Dino Zone exhibit to complete a safari scavenger hunt.
Chips and Circuits
in DECONSTRUCTED
Grades 3–5
Explore the basics of circuits and computer chips, and discover the secrets behind the technologies you use every day! Plus, enjoy a guided exploration of the semiconductor exhibit at the MOST (DECONSTRUCTED presented by Micron).
Private Planetarium Experience
in the National Grid ExploraDome
Grades 4–8
Book a private planetarium show delivered by a MOST educator! Topics and vocabulary vary depending on grade level. Subject to venue availability.
Rock & Mineral Hunt
in the Gem & Mineral Gallery and Earth Science Discovery Cave
Grades 4–8
This session expands on student knowledge of rocks and landforms. Students will learn how Earth processes impact the formation of different kinds of rocks and will be introduced to topography—all while exploring the Philip Cooper Hewitt Gem & Mineral Gallery and the Earth Science Discovery Cave! This session highlights different vocabulary, depending on grade level (4-5, 6-8).
Making Waves
in the Telecommunications Lab
Grades 4–8
Explore the technological history of humanity’s attempts to communicate across distances, from visual telegraphy to wireless! Students will discover the codes of past and present that enable telecommunication, and receive a special behind-the-scenes tour of the MOST’s amateur radio station, K2MST.
Discovery Sessions are performance-style programs that travel to your school and are best for seated audiences in a classroom or auditorium.
- $250 per session plus standard mileage rate for travel from the MOST to your location ($200 each if booking 2 or more sessions)
- Discovery Sessions run approximately 30–40 minutes
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Color Lab
Grades K–2
Join the MOST as we play with prisms, learn about lasers, and more in this live science demonstration! Students will discover the basics of the light spectrum, color theory, and how our eyes detect color.
Travel Adventure: Physics and Forces
Grades 3–5
Planes, trains, and submarines—oh my! Explore the solutions that humans have engineered to navigate their adventures, from air and steam travel to underwater exploration. Discover more about concepts like aerodynamics, buoyancy, and beyond in this exciting live science demonstration!
Explosion Explorers: Chemistry
Grades 3–5
Engage your students’ curiosity about chemicals and chemical reactions with a review of basic experiment safety and procedures, all while exploring popular chemical reactions in this exciting lab session!
Fun with Forces
on the Weather Adventure Path
Grades 4–8
Explore STEM careers through hands-on activities, features
on specific careers, and a project-based exploration of the engineering design process. Select from the following topics:
- Construction & Civil Engineering
- Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, & Energy
- Electrical and Computer Engineering, Cybersecurity, & IT
- Physics & Aerospace/Aviation
- Environmental Science/Engineering, Climate, Agriculture, and Natural Resources
All Together Now: The Systems of the Human Body
Grades 6–8
Learn about the human body by exploring the different systems within it. Discover the main purposes of each system and the ways they interact, allowing us to accomplish the amazing things we do every day!