Field Trips TO GO!
Invite the Explorium to YOUR classroom! Our fun and educational traveling programs are based around
Kentucky’s core academic standards and incorporate cross-curriculum connections through multiple disciplines.
Each program is sorted by subject and can be tailored to each elementary grade level.
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Science:
Water, Water Everywhere
Learn about the importance of water on our planet though a series of engaging activities. Become a water particle and travel
through clouds, oceans, and plants in the Water Cycle Game! Find out how water helps clouds form by making a cloud in a jar!
Curriculum Connections: Science
Pre-K: water investigation, nature, weather, sorting, fine-motor skill development, listening and observing
K-3: properties and transformation of water, identifying physical properties, discovering patterns through investigation and observation,
environments, predicting future events based on the past
4-5: properties of water and how they change, temperature in relation to the transformation of matter
Fossils Rock
The earth has been around for a really long time! Learn about the changes our planet has gone through and the clues that
have been left behind. Get hands-on as we discuss the classification of rocks and discover how they were formed. Make
your own fossil examples and become a paleontologist in training!
Curriculum Connections: Science
Pre-K: fossil and rock investigation, sorting, comparing, sensory awareness, fine-motor skill development, listening and observing
K-3: change in environmental conditions and organisms over time, fossil formation, rock and mineral investigation, observing and describing
properties of an object, using scientific tools to make comparisons, sorting, and classification
4-5: change in an object’s properties because of temperature, comparing based on physical characteristics, comparing organisms that lived
long ago with organisms that live today, gradual geologic changes over time
Amazing Arthropods
Using live inhabitants and preserved specimens from our Small World exhibit, let’s investigate the unique characteristics of
arthropods. Understand the differences between arachnids, insects, crustaceans, millopods, and diplopods. Find out how they
survive and the important roles they play in our environment. Get up close and personal with live scorpions and spiders!
Curriculum Connections: Science
Pre-K: nature, investigating spiders, sorting, comparing, fine-motor skill development, listening and observing
K-3: interdependence, comparing characteristics, habitats, survival
4-5: animal classification, identifying inherent vs. adaptive qualities and behaviors
Insect Life Cycles
Enjoy a creepy crawly visit from the Explorium’s insect collection! Learn all about the characteristics of insects and understand
the fascinating physical changes different species go through during their lifespan.
Curriculum Connections: Science
Pre-K: nature, investigating insects, sorting, comparing, fine-motor skill development, listening and observing
K-3: life cycles, interdependence, comparing characteristics, habitats, survival
4-5: animal classification, identifying inherent vs. adaptive qualities and behaviors, life cycle comparison
It’s Electric
Explore the captivating world of energy, electricity, and magnetism! Learn where our electricity comes from, what safety
practices should be used around electricity, and more. Work in teams to complete exercises involving circuits, electrons, and
charges. The Explorium’s Van de Graaff generator and plasma ball with steal the show with exciting demonstrations to end your
lesson!
Curriculum Connections: Science, Vocational Studies
Pre-K: introduction to magnets, scientific questioning, classification of objects, safety, fine-motor skill development, listening and observing
K-3: electricity, solar energy, circuits, magnetism, predicting outcomes, safety, team membership skills
4-5: electricity, conductors and insulators, light and heat, temperature, circuits, predicting future patterns based on past events, team
membership skills
Math:
Dollars Make Sense
Money is what makes the world’s economy go ‘round. This lesson teaches students how to spend it wisely! Learn the basics of
counting and identifying our U.S. currency, find out where money comes from, and how we get it. Make real life financial
decisions while learning how to budget and save!
Curriculum Connections: Math, Social Studies, Vocational Studies
Pre-K: numbers, counting, shapes, object comparison and pattern recognition, fine-motor skill development, listening and
observing
K-3: number, shape, and money recognition, counting, classification, problem solving using the four operations, place value,
economic understanding, banking, financial literacy
4-5: problem solving, reasoning, decimals and fractions using money, economic concepts, applying real life situations, financial
literacy
Use Your Noodle!
Learn to understand numbers through visual recognition and identify the parts of a whole. Students will work in teams while
racing to solve a series of brain teasers. Their only tool? Foam noodles! Stump your rivals by creating your team’s own “noodle
teaser” to win the game!
Curriculum Connections: Math, Vocational Studies
Pre-K: numbers and shapes, comparison and pattern recognition, fine-motor skill development, listening and observing,
problem solving skills
K-3: modeling with math, problem solving using the four operations, comparing shapes, measurement, analyzing patterns,
team membership skills
4-5: modeling with math, problem solving using fractions and whole numbers, classifying shapes and two-dimensional figures,
analyzing patterns, team membership skills
Math Magic
Magicians rely on math to perform cool illusions every day. Using applied math, learn how to defy the odds and untangle
mystifying math puzzles. Solve word problems, riddles, and more when you use math magic! See if you can trick your
classmates with your own math illusion performance!
Curriculum Connections: Math, Vocational Studies
Pre-K: numbers and shapes, counting, comparison and pattern recognition, fine-motor skill development, listening and
observing, problem solving skills
K-3: modeling with math, problem solving using the four operations, comparing shapes, measurement, analyzing patterns,
team membership skills
4-5: modeling with math, problem solving using fractions and whole numbers, classifying shapes and two-dimensional figures,
analyzing patterns, team membership skills
Pattern Detectives
Patterns are found everywhere! Where you can identify pattern in this detail-focused lesson? Find out how pattern is used in
everyday applications and identify some you know! Work in pairs to solve pattern problems and create some of your own.
Curriculum Connections: Math, Arts and Humanities, Vocational Studies
Pre-K: numbers and shapes, counting, comparison and pattern recognition, fine-motor skill development, listening and
observing, problem solving skills
K-3: modeling with math, problem solving using the four operations, comparing shapes, measurement, analyzing patterns,
working in groups, understanding purpose in visual art, team membership skills
4-5: modeling with math, problem solving using fractions and whole numbers, classifying shapes and two-dimensional figures,
analyzing patterns, working in groups, identifying purpose in visual art, team membership skills
Social Studies:
Making a Law
Laws are rules set down by our government that we follow every day. Learn why we have them, how they are made, and who
enforces them. Understand the branches and levels of our US government while you work together as a class to create a law
that will be followed for the remainder of the school year!
Curriculum Connections: Social Studies, Vocational Studies
Pre-K: learning and following rules, social development, listening and observing
K-3: understanding our local government, services of the government, citizen rights and responsibilities, team membership
skills, career awareness
4-5: understanding our state and national government, services of the government, citizen rights and responsibilities, team
membership skills, career awareness
Kentucky History
Discover the history and traditions of Kentucky and foster pride in your students! Learn about Kentucky and its people before it
entered the United States find out how it became a part of our nation, and explore its history leading into modern-day.
Participate in popular Appalachian group dances that exhibit Kentucky’s rich arts heritage!
Curriculum Connections: Social Studies, Arts and Humanities
Pre-K: diversity, event sequencing, listening and observing
K-3: cultural understanding, identifying geographic regions, state map identification, historical perspective in relation to
Kentucky, patriotism, economics in Kentucky, associating and performing traditional dances with Appalachian culture
4-5: understanding the cultural influences and traditions of Kentucky, state map identification, historical perspective in relation
to Kentucky, economics in Kentucky, associating and performing traditional dances with Appalachian culture
Native American Housing
In this “constructive” program discover how a Native American tepee, wigwam, and longhouse were built! Learn how
differences in climate, culture, environment, and natural resources affected the choices that tribes made for survival. Get up
close with cool artifacts and replicas! This field trip requires a larger room with an open area, ex: gym
Curriculum Connections: Social Studies, Arts and Humanities, Vocational Studies
Pre-K: diversity, social cooperation and problem solving skills, listening and observing, fine-motor skill development, cultural art
exposure
K-3: understanding patterns in human settlement, Native American culture, identifying the geographical regions of North
America, understanding human interaction with the physical environment, understand how art can reflect a culture, team
membership skills
4-5: analyzing patterns in human settlement, Native American culture, identifying the geographical regions of North America,
understanding human interaction with the physical environment, describe how art reflects a culture, team membership skills
West African Culture Study
Uncover the history, traditions, and current issues of West Africa in this hands-on lesson. Explore the significance of traditional
West African arts and crafts while creating your own artwork to embrace the region’s way of living.
Curriculum Connections: Social Studies, Arts and Humanities
Pre-K: diversity, fine-motor skill development, listening and observing, sensory development, art investigation
K-3: cultural understanding, continent and country identification, reading a map, humanities in the arts, purposes for creating
the arts, interrelationships among the arts
4-5: cultural understanding, continent and country identification, reading a map, identifying cultural similarities, humanities in
the arts, purposes for creating the arts, interrelationships among the arts
Arts and Humanities:
Colors Alive!
This lesson will get your students excited about visual art and how it can relate to science! Discover the color spectrum, learn
why we see the colors we do, and how light plays an important role. Get creative with some experimental color mixing and
create a beautiful artwork that will fool the mind!
Curriculum Connections: Visual Art, Science
Pre-K: color recognition, fine-motor skill development, listening and observing, classification, shapes, sensory development,
paint investigation
K-3: elements and principles of design, primary, secondary, and tertiary colors, warm and cool color classification, mixing colors,
painting, visual spectrum, light
4-5: elements and principles of design, color classification, painting, visual spectrum, light
Movement Makers
Associate movement with sound! Discover sound waves and learn what types humans can hear. Express your energy in the
form of dance as you move to music makers made during the program!
Curriculum Connections: Music, Dance, Science
Pre-K: movement investigation, fine-motor skill development, exploring the environment through manipulation, diversity,
listening and observing
K-3: recognize the elements of music, change and musical effects, compare types of music, loco motor and non-loco motor
movements, perform and create dance with others, exploring sound through musical instruments
4-5: use the elements of music while performing, describe and compare types of music, change and musical effects, loco motor
and non-loco motor movements, perform and create dance with others, sound
Mysteries of the Great Masters
Have fun while learning about famous artwork in this interactive program! We will explore the timeline of art history through
the ages and uncover the meanings of many famous paintings through drama and class discussion.
Curriculum Connections: Drama, Visual Art, Social Studies, Vocational Studies
Pre-K: fine-motor skill development, listening and observing, describing colors and shapes, fine art appreciation, social
development, using environmental clues to understand surroundings
K-3: observe and describe artwork, make connections between literature and oral traditions in cultures, observe, describe, and
apply creative dramatics to tell a story, identify cultures and ways of living, team membership skills
4-5: observe and describe artwork from a historical perspective, make connections between literature and oral traditions in
cultures, observe, describe, and apply creative dramatics to tell a story, identify cultures and ways of living, team membership
skills
“Guessture” Gesture
Draw movements as they happen! Learn how professional artists capture movements through fast-paced gesture drawing.
Students of all ages are sure to enjoy this fun-filled program focused on the elements and principles of design and artistic
expression. Individuals will rotate holding “poses” for 60 seconds while other students quickly sketch out their figure using basic
stick-and-socket drawings. We will share our artwork at the end and use what we have drawn to create whimsical cartoon
strips!
Curriculum Connections: Visual Arts, Drama, Dance
Pre-K: artistic expression, drawing investigation, listening and observing, fine-motor skills
K-3: elements and principles of design, purposes for creating dramatic works, locomotor and non-locomotor movements,
communicate meaning through various art forms
4-5: elements and principles of design, purposes for creating dramatic works, locomotor and non-locomotor movements,
communicate meaning through various art forms
Pricing and Policies:
GENERAL:
All prices are for grade levels Pre-K –5th
One 60-minute Presentation: $120.00
Additional Presentations: $90.00 (see discount qualifications below)
Cap number of students per presentation: 30
SURCHARGES
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Charge for travel: We charge $.048 per mile outside of Fayette County. (This price mirrors Kentucky state travel
reimbursement charges).
Cancellation Fee: A charge of 50% of the presentation fees are due to The Explorium if all presentations at the same
location on the same day are cancelled less than 7 days prior to the presentation.
Staffing: If extra staffing is provided and not needed, there is a charge of $15. (May happen if school requests multiple
presentations and then ends up having less than said).
POLICIES
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The Explorium requires 30 minutes to set up and pack up in the presentation room prior to and after the presentation
time, without students present.
At least one teacher must be present at all times during the presentations.
DISCOUNTS
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Have a Heart Fund: ask us if your organization qualifies for a free or reduced rate!
Additional Presentations: NEW, LOWER PRICE!!!
$90.00 additional presentations if:
 the same lesson is presented more than once on the same day in the same room.
 there is a gap of 15 minutes or less in between presentations.
 NOTE: Travel of more than 60 miles round-trip necessitates multiple presentations
OTHER INFORMATION
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Payment is due on or before the day of the presentations. Checks must be made out to The Explorium of Lexington
and include in the memo space “Field Trips To Go”.
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Checks can be mailed to The Explorium of Lexington, 440 West Short Street, Lexington KY 40507. Checks may also be
given to an Explorium representative on the day of the presentations.
The Explorium
Lexington’s Children’s Museum
Located in Victorian Square
440 West Short Street
Lexington, KY 40507
www.explorium.com
859-258-3253
To book your Field Trip TO GO today, contact Morgan Brotherton
[email protected] 859-258-3253 x26