Let EdVenture help you inspire imagination, discovery and learning in your classroom!
Our curriculum-based field trips and in-school programs for grades PreK-5 complement
your classroom instruction. We use hands-on methods and inquiry during our standards-based
programs to make learning fun!
EdVenture-Led Field Trips
Let EdVenture’s expert staff lead your class on one of our incredible Discoveries!
During your 2-hour museum visit, students will participate in a 45-minute standards-based
program – allowing for both an educational program and museum discovery. We conduct
the program – you lead the museum exploration!
Assembly Programs at EdVenture
Developed to accommodate larger classes or entire grade levels, Imaginarium
Adventures are assembly-style programs that will keep all of your students
interested, involved and learning!
- Dr. Dee’s Not-So-Standard Science (Grades: PreK, K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
- Little Sparks - Fire and Life Safety (Grades: PreK, K, 1, 2)
- It’s Just a Phase (Grades: 2, 3, 5)
- Burning Questions - The Chemistry of Fire (Grades: 4, 5, 6)
Self-Paced Field Trip Programs
Explorations are a teacher-led experience of our museum. Designed
to allow your students to explore our seven engaging exhibit galleries, EdVenture
provides teachers and chaperones easy-to-use guides created to encourage students
to ask questions and find answers. Explorations are an economical way to experience
EdVenture, a place where children open their minds, explore their imagination and
discover the world in which they live.
Discoveries!
EdVenture-Led Field Trips
Beautiful Butterflies
(May, September and October only)
Science Standards: K-1, K-2
Let your students experience the beauty and magic of metamorphosis in Blooming
Butterflies, EdVenture’s outdoor nature exhibit just for butterflies. Students will
be amazed as they watch butterflies emerge from chrysalises or drink nectar using
their proboscises. Students will complete developmentally appropriate fieldwork
in this unique enclosed exhibit containing more than 20 species of butterflies and
moths and hundreds of flowering plant species native to the Southeast.
Grades: Kindergarten Only
Come to Your Senses
Health and Safety Standards: K-1
Science Standards: K-1, K-3
The human body has lots of ways of finding out about the world, including using
the five senses to pick up clues about the environment. Explore how the different
senses work together with the brain to help us live a safe, interesting and healthy
life.
Grades: PreK
Also available as an Edventure-To-Go Program!
Float on a Breeze
Discover the amazing things that air can do! Find out how strong a stream of air
can be and what happens to air when it gets trapped in a bubble. Students explore
the properties of air with both everyday and unique tools.
Grades: PreK only
Getting Muddy
Check out where earthworms call home! Find out how many different kinds of mud
you can make and then plant your own seeds. Investigate the aspects of dirt and
how important it is in our daily lives. See how much fun getting dirty can be!
Grades: PreK only
Germs, Germs, Germs
Health and Safety Standards: K-1, K-2, K-5, K-7
Science Standards: K-1, K-3
“Cover your mouth!” “Wash your hands!” This fun, high-energy program has your
students conduct a series of investigations designed to teach them the value of
the important hygiene habits that keep them healthy. By the program’s end, students
will know what various germs are and how to prevent them from spreading!
Grades: PreK only
Green Leaves - (March-June)
Science Standards: K-1, K-2
Uncover the world of plants! Hands-on investigations provide students an opportunity
to understand how all the individual parts of a plant are necessary to make a growing,
thriving organism. Students make a unique EdVenture “salad” and learn how eating
plants helps to keep you healthy.
Grades: K–1
Also available as an Edventure-To-Go Program!
Healthy Me, Healthy You
Health and Safety Standards: K: 1-7
Science Standards: K-1, K-2, K-3
The body is an amazing machine with many parts that work together to keep it running.
Featuring Stuffee©, EdVenture’s in-house health ambassador, this program provides
students a chance to learn how to maintain the body – the inside and outside.
Grades: PreK and K
Also available as an Edventure-To-Go Program!
Little Sparks - Fire and Life Safety
Health and Safety Standards: K-2, K-5, K-7
Social Studies Standards: K-2
Every child is fascinated by fire, but do they know the importance of fire safety?
Designed and taught by EdVenture’s Fire Safety Educators, this program teaches children
fire and life safety skills such as the importance of smoke alarms, home escape
plans and how to conduct a 911 call using a 911 simulator. This program includes
a special showing of EdVenture's "Home Safe Home" presentation in our
4-D theatre.
Grades: K–3
Also available as an Edventure-To-Go Program!
Recycle, Reuse, and Rethink
Science Standards: K-1, K-5; Social Studies Standards: K-5
Wait! Don’t throw that out! Meet Garbagena®, EdVenture’s in-house recycling expert!
With her help, students learn about landfills and their alternatives, learning how
to identify everyday products that can be recycled, reused and reduced.
Grades: PreK and K
Also available as an Edventure-To-Go Program!
Weather You Like it or Not
Science Standards: K-1, K-4
Social Studies Standards: K-5
What would weather be without wind, water, and heat? Explore the mysterious properties
and magical movements of air, water, and temperature as they combine to produce
the amazing powers of nature.
Grades:K Only
Also available as an Edventure-To-Go Program!
Wet and Wild
Ever wonder how a huge boat can float, but a tiny rock will sink? Or how to make
a cloud indoors? Students will explore the fundamental characteristics of water
while playing with its interesting element
Grades: PreK only
Aren’t You Creative
Science Standards: 2-1; Math Standards: 2-4
Visual Arts Standards: 2:1-6
Draw parallels between science, math and art with this creative program that uses
clay and wood models, origami, and color to explore human anatomy, understand how
colors are created, and discover shape and symmetry. Using basic art materials,
students understand the science and math hidden within art activities.
Grades: 2nd grade only
Also available as an Edventure-To-Go Program!
Beautiful Butterflies
(May, September and October only)
Science Standards: 2-1, 2-2
Let your students experience the beauty and magic of metamorphosis in Blooming
Butterflies, EdVenture’s outdoor nature exhibit just for butterflies. Students will
be amazed as they watch butterflies emerge from chrysalises or drink nectar using
their proboscis. Students will complete developmentally appropriate fieldwork in
this unique enclosed exhibit containing more than 20 species of butterflies and
moths and hundreds of flowering plant species native to the Southeast. Note: Additional
chaperones will be charged $7.00 per person for the Blooming Butterflies program.
Grades: 2nd grade only
Come to Your Senses
Health and Safety Standards: 1-1, 1-5; 2-1
Science Standards: 2-1, 2-2
The human body has lots of ways to discover the world, including using the five
senses to pick up clues about the environment. Explore how the different senses
work together with the brain to help us live safe and healthy lives.
Grades: 1–2
Also available as an Edventure-To-Go Program!
Germs, Germs, Germs
Health and Safety Standards: 1-1, 1-2, 1-5, 1-7; 2-1, 2-2, 2-3, 2-7
Science Standards: 1-1; 2-1, 2-2
“Cover your mouth!” “Wash your hands!” This fun, high-energy program has your
students conduct a series of investigations designed to teach them the value of
the important hygiene habits that keep them healthy. By the program’s end, students
will know what various germs are and how to prevent them from spreading!
Grades: 1–2
Also available as an Edventure-To-Go Program!
Green Leaves
Science Standards: 1-1, 1-2
Uncover the world of plants! Hands-on investigations provide students an opportunity
to understand how all the individual parts of a plant are necessary to make a growing,
thriving organism. Students make a unique EdVenture “salad” and learn how eating
plants helps to keep you healthy.
Grades: 1st grade only
Also available as an Edventure-To-Go Program!
Healthy Me, Healthy You
Health and Safety Standards: 1: 1-7, 2: 1-8
Science Standards: 1-1; 2-1, 2-2
The body is an amazing machine with many parts that work together to keep it running.
Featuring Stuffee©, EdVenture’s in-house health ambassador, this program provides
students a chance to learn how to maintain the body – the inside and outside.
Grades: 1–2
Also available as an Edventure-To-Go Program!
Kitchen Science
Science Standards: 2-1, 2-4
What kind of chemistry experiments can you do at home? Understand physical and
chemical change through hands-on discoveries, from blowing up balloons and mixing
cupboard concoctions to kitchen experiments with marshmallows. This program demonstrates
to students that even everyday household ingredients can be combined to create amazing
scientific results.
Grades: 2nd grade only
Also available as an Edventure-To-Go Program!
Little Sparks - Fire and Life Safety
Health and Safety Standards: 1-1, 1-2, 1-4, 1-5, 1-7; 2-1, 2-3, 2-7, 2-8
Social Studies Standards: 1-1; 2-2, 2-3
Every child is fascinated by fire, but do they know the importance of fire safety?
Designed and taught by EdVenture’s Fire Safety educators, this program teaches children
fire and life safety skills, such as the importance of smoke alarms, home escape
plans, and how to conduct a 911 call using a 911 simulator. The program includes
a special showing of EdVenture’s “Home Safe Home” presentation in our 4-D theater.
Grades: 1–2
Also available as an Edventure-To-Go Program!
Recycle, Reuse, and Rethink
Science Standards: 1-1, 1-4; 2-1, 2-4
Social Studies Standards: 1-2, 1-6; 2-2
Wait! Don’t throw that out! Meet Garbagena®, EdVenture’s in-house recycling expert!
With her help, students learn about landfills and their alternatives, learning how
to identify everyday products that can be recycled, reused and reduced.
Grades: 1–2
Also available as an Edventure-To-Go Program!
Weather You Like it or Not
Science Standards: 2-1, 2-3
What would weather be without wind, water, and heat? Explore the mysterious properties
and magical movements of air, water, and temperature as they combine to produce
the amazing powers of nature.
Grades: 2nd grade only
Also available as an Edventure-To-Go Program!
Aren’t You Creative
Science Standards: 3-1; 4-1; Math: 3-4; 4-4
Visual Arts Standards: 3: 1-6; 4: 1-6
Draw parallels between science, math and art with this creative program that uses
clay and wood models, origami, and color to explore human anatomy, understand how
colors are created, and discover shape and symmetry. Using basic art materials,
students understand the science and math hidden within art activities.
Grades: 3–4
Also available as an Edventure-To-Go Program!
Amazing Metamorphosis
(May, September and October only)
Science Standards: 3-1, 3-2
Let your students experience the beauty and magic of metamorphosis in Blooming
Butterflies, EdVenture’s outdoor butterfly habitat. Students will be amazed as they
watch butterflies emerge from a chrysalis or drink nectar using their proboscis.
Students will complete fieldwork while investigating hundreds of plants and more
than 20 species of butterflies and moths native to the Southeast.
Grades: 3rd grade only
Also available as an Edventure-To-Go Program!
Colder Than Ice
Science Standards: 3-1, 3-4
Is ice just solid water, or is it more than it appears to be? Investigate the
properties of matter and find out why not all substances behave the same. This action-packed
program is filled with amazing property-defying demonstrations that will keep students
interested and amazed.
Grades: 3rd grade only
Also available as an Edventure-To-Go Program!
Kitchen Science
Science Standards: 3-1, 3-4
What kind of chemistry experiments can you do at home? Understand physical and
chemical change through hands-on discoveries, from blowing up balloons and mixing
cupboard concoctions to kitchen experiments with marshmallows. This program demonstrates
to students that even everyday household ingredients can be combined to create amazing
scientific results.
Grades: 3rd grade only
Also available as an Edventure-To-Go Program!
Money Matters
Math Standards: 3-1, 3-5; 4-1, 4-5
Your money does matter! Students will participate in a hands-on experience that
uses math-based activities to build financial literacy basics, such as budgeting,
needs vs. wants, and knowledge of future financial responsibility.
Grades: 3–4
Also available as an Edventure-To-Go Program!
Nature’s Forces
Science Standards: 4-1, 4-4
What would weather be without wind, water and heat? Explore the mysterious properties
and magical movements of air, water and temperature as they combine to produce amazing
powers of nature.
Grades: 4th grade only
Also available as an Edventure-To-Go Program!
Recycle, Reuse and Rethink
Science Standards: 3-1, 3-4; 4-1, 4-2
Social Studies Standards: 3-1
Wait! Don’t throw that out! Meet Garbagena®, EdVenture’s in-house recycling expert!
With her help, students learn about landfills and their alternatives, learning how
to identify everyday products that can be recycled, reused and reduced.
Grades: 3–4
Also available as an Edventure-To-Go Program!
ZAP! - Electricity at Work
Science Standards: 4-5
What is electricity? Students will experience how electricity can be transformed
into other forms of energy through “hair raising” experiments and hands-on interaction.
Students learn how electricity can heat things up, make things move, and even make
things glow.
Grades: 4th grade only
Also available as an Edventure-To-Go Program!
Aren’t You Creative
Science Standards: 5-1; 6-1; Math: 5-4; 6-4; Visual Arts Standards: 5:
1-6; 6: 1-6
Draw parallels between science, math and art with this creative program that uses
clay and wood models, origami, and color to explore human anatomy, understand how
colors are created, and discover shape and symmetry. Using basic art materials,
students understand the science and math hidden within art activities.
Grades: 5–6
Also available as an Edventure-To-Go Program!
Amazing Metamorphosis
(May, September and October only)
Science Standards: 5-1, 5-2
Let your students experience the beauty and magic of metamorphosis in Blooming
Butterflies, EdVenture’s outdoor butterfly habitat. Students will be amazed as they
watch butterflies emerge from a chrysalis or drink nectar using their proboscis.
Students will complete fieldwork while investigating hundreds of plants and more
than 20 species of butterflies and moths native to the Southeast. NOTE: Additional
chaperones will be charged $7.00 per person for the Blooming Butterflies Program.
Grades: 5–6
Colder Than Ice
Science Standards: 5-1, 5-4
Is ice just solid water, or is it more than it appears to be? Investigate the
properties of matter and find out why not all substances behave the same. This action-packed
program is filled with amazing property-defying demonstrations that will keep students
interested and amazed.
Grades: 5th grade only
Also available as an Edventure-To-Go Program!
Money Matters
SC Math Standards: 5-1, 5-2, 5-3; 6-1, 6-2, 6-3
Your money does matter! Students will participate in a hands-on experience that
uses math-based activities to build financial literacy basics, such as budgeting,
needs vs. wants, and knowledge of future financial responsibility.
Grades: 5–6
Also available as an Edventure-To-Go Program!
Nature’s Forces
Science Standards: 6-1, 6-4
What would weather be without wind, water and heat? Explore the mysterious properties
and magical movements of air, water and temperature as they combine to produce amazing
powers of nature.
Grades: 6th grade only
Also available as an Edventure-To-Go Program!
Recycle, Reuse, and Rethink
Science Standards: 5-1, 5-2, 5-3; 6-4; Social Studies Standards: 5-6
Wait! Don’t throw that out! Meet Garbagena®, EdVenture’s in-house recycling expert!
With her help, students learn about landfills and their alternatives, learning how
to identify everyday products that can be recycled, reused and reduced.
Grades: 5–6
Also available as an Edventure-To-Go Program!
ZAP! - Electricity at Work
Science Standards: 6-1, 6-5
What is electricity? Students will experience how electricity can be transformed
into other forms of energy through “hair raising” experiments and hands-on interaction.
Students learn how electricity can heat things up, make things move, and even make
things glow.
Grades: 6th grade only
Also available as an Edventure-To-Go Program!
General Information for Programs
- Each program is designed to be on grade-level for your students and fits the appropriate
South Carolina Curriculum Standards for your level. These programs are not intended
as a replacement for teaching the standards in a traditional classroom, but as a
means to enhance and reinforce what you have already taught in the classroom.
- EdVenture Experience Team members lead the programs, but teachers and chaperones
are expected to listen and to participate, aiding in reinforcing the experience
as we try to encourage students to interact with the exhibits.
- Along with the school program, students will go on an exploration of the remaining
exhibit galleries with their group and with an Experience Team member.
