Classroom Outreach Programs

Teachers, would you like to add something different to your everyday lesson plan? Adventure Science Center offers great classroom outreach programs that will complement your science curriculum as well as give your students an enjoyable hands-on experience. Classroom outreach programs are suitable for up to 40 students (per class).

Destination: Space

Grades 4-8

How is a spaceship launched into orbit? Why do astronauts and object in orbit float around and not feel the effects of gravity? How are everyday tasks, like eating and sleeping accomplished in microgravity? Discover the amazing, and sometimes funny, facts about life in space.earth and its place in the universe 7.0
force and motion 11.0

Dinosaur Discoveries

Grades K-5

Scientists draw conclusions about the structure and behavior of dinosaurs by comparing their fossils to observations of animals living today. We will use exciting dinosaur fossil replicas and real animal artifacts and learn how to think like paleontologists!diversity and adaptation among living thngs 5.0
biological change 6.0

Pump It Up: Heart Sense

Grades K-3

Explore the body’s transport system through hands-on experiences. Learn to take your pulse and see what changes occur when exercising. Practice your skills as a cardio-medical professional and see how to repair a “broken heart.”personal health and wellness standard 2

What's The Matter?

Grades 3-8

It's all about the states of matter in fun demonstrations and exciting experiments using liquid n itrogen. Become atomes in role-playing activities and see how atoms move differently in a solid, liquid, gas, and plasma.interactions of matter 13.0

Young Inventors Workshop

Grades 3-8

NEW! Which shapes make the best structures? How much weight could a straw suspension bridge hold? Could a toilet paper tube support your weight? How do you make a car move with just a puff of air? Answer these questions and more in this workshop that will teach your students the importance of working together to complete certain tasks as well as strengthen their inventive minds.forces and motion 11.0
geometry 3.0

Program dates are subject to availability. Schools outside of Davidson County pay a mileage fee of $.485 per mile.

Program Fees:
Davidson County: $3 per student
Perimeter and Rural counties: $2 per student + mileage

Perimeter counties: Cheatham, Williamson, Rutherford, Wilson, Sumner, Robertson
Rural counties: Counties beyond the Perimeter counties

For more information, call Angela at (615) 401-5066.