Can’t make it to the Sturgeon City Environmental Education Center? We’ll bring hands-on science directly to you!

Our classroom programs provide hands-on and grade specific learning experiences without having to leave your school!

Our expert educators travel directly to your facility to deliver dynamic, curriculum-aligned science experiences. Book an entire grade level, and we’ll set up interactive science stations directly in your classrooms or common spaces, making science accessible, effortless, and fun.

How our Classroom Outreach Programs Works:
• Station-Based Learning: Tailor your visit by choosing 2 to 4 stations for your grade level.
• Flexible Schedules: Each station runs for approximately 30 minutes, allowing groups to rotate seamlessly. We can schedule sessions to fit your school’s bell schedule. NC Standards-Aligned: Every program directly supports North Carolina Essential Standards in Science.
• Customizable Topics: Choose from our programs menu or collaborate with our team to design a lesson specific to your curriculum needs.
• Active Supervision: An adult teacher or leader must remain present with the group at all times to assist with classroom management and support student safety.

If the mobile planetarium is chosen as one of your stations:
• Space Requirements: Requires at least 14 feet of vertical clearance and 27×27 feet of clear floor space. The space must maintain clear exit paths and cannot block emergency doors.

Kindergarten

  • Planetarium show – One World, One Sky: Big Bird’s Adventure
  • Animal Senses
  • Basic Needs of Plants
  • Sharks

First Grade

  • Basic Needs of Plants
  • Push and Pull Physics
  • Planetarium show – Molecularium
  • Sharks

Second Grade

  • Planetarium show – Lila Life Cycles and Connections
  • Life Cycles
  • Incredible Journey
  • Sound

Third Grade

  • States of Matter
  • Planetarium show – Back to the Moon
  • Energy Transfer
  • Volcanoes

Fourth Grade

  • Animal Adaptations
  • Planetarium show – Two Small Pieces of Glass
  • Incredible Journey
  • Energy Transfer

Fifth Grade

  • Incredible Journey
  • Producers, Consumers, Decomposers
  • Squid Dissection
  • Human Body

Sixth Grade

  • Dissection
  • Acids and Bases
  • Planetarium Show – From Earth to the Universe
  • STEM Challenges

Seventh Grade

  • Dissection
  • Planetarium Show
  • Forces & Motion

Eighth Grade

  • Water Quality
  • Dissection
  • Planetarium Show