Indoor School Programs
- 10-60 students per program
- Each program is 60 minutes in length
- $3 student, 1/10 ratio chaperone free, additional chaperones $3/each
- Butterfly-focused programs will have additional entry fee into the Rainforest
- Programs will work with grades Pre-school to 8th grade. Each program will be individualized to provide age-appropriate activities
Butterfly and Moth Explorations
Become an explorer and learn about the stages of butterfly metamorphosis. Students will examine eggs, caterpillars, pupae and adult butterflies, while learning the basic anatomy of butterflies and moths. This program will include a docent-led trip through the beautiful Butterfly Rainforest and Rearing Lab, where the importance of color, mimicry, camouflage and migration will be highlighted. Additional Butterfly Rainforest entrance fees: $4/student, 1/10 chaperone free, additional chaperones $6.50/ea.
Fossils - No Bones About it!
By examining fossils, what do we learn about Florida's past? How did Florida's water levels through time affect the variety of fossils found today? Join our Museum docents for hands-on classroom activities using real fossils and a visit into the museum's Fossil Hall. Students will make their own fossil and work with classification activities as they learn about the different types of fossils and how they were formed. A visit to the mammoth, mastodon and shark jaws will complete this program into Florida's fossil history.
Students take a peek at butterfly pupae during the Butterfly and Moth Explorations program.
Trails in Time - Florida's Indian Peoples
Who were the early Indian Peoples in our state? Where did the Miccosukee and Seminole of today's Florida come from? How did they survive in the deep Everglades and what is their life like today? Students will take a journey with museum docents from the Northwest Florida Appalachee tribes, to South Florida's history and culture of the Calusa, and then to the Seminole and Miccosukee of today. The docents will facilitate hands-on activities relating to Florida's Indian peoples of the past and present. Students will work with tools and utensils made of shell, bone, wood and pottery. This program works very well for 4th graders studying Florida's history.
Waterways and Wildlife of Florida
Traveling through Florida's estuaries and ecosystems, students will learn about the diversity and importance of our state's wildlife and waterways. From North Florida hammocks, prairies and beaches, to South Florida's rivers and coastlines, our Museum docents will take the students on a journey through our Northwest Florida and South Florida exhibits. Students will learn to recognize the specific adaptations of living things and relate them to survival within the animals' or plants' environment through classroom activities. The importance of Florida's diversity of wildlife, endangered species, extinction, and the fragile balance of our Florida environment, will be highlighted.