Find out why earthquakes happen, where they happen, and why some are devastating while others are barely felt.
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Program: Field Trip @ OMSI Format: Class/Lab Grade Level: 3-12 Topic: Earth + Space
Program: Field Trip @ OMSI Format: Class/Lab Grade Level: 3-8 Topic: Earth + Space
What causes volcanoes and where do you find them? Find out how different magmas form different volcanoes.
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Program: Field Trip @ OMSI Format: Films Grade Level: 4-12, Adult Topic: Life
Follow researchers and explorers as they piece together the archaeological and genetic clues of Egyptian mummies.
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Program: Field Trip @ OMSI Format: Planetarium Grade Level: 3-12, Adult Topic: Earth + Space
Starting from ancient times, learn about the history of planetary discovery, especially that of Pluto, and how it has led to an amazing mission to explore the Kuiper Belt.
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Program: Field Trip @ OMSI Format: Planetarium Grade Level: 4-12, Adult Topic: Earth + Space
Visit a world where liquid rock breaks against a pitch-black shoreline of molten lava, and explore a place where a burnt-out sun spins madly above a lonely planet.
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Program: Field Trip @ OMSI Format: Planetarium Grade Level: 4-12, Adult Topic: Earth + Space
Visit a world where liquid rock breaks against a pitch-black shoreline of molten lava, and explore a place where a burnt-out sun spins madly above a lonely planet.
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Program: Field Trip @ OMSI Format: Films Grade Level: K-12, Adult Topic: Life, Early Childhood
A scientific adventure story about the remarkable Monarch butterfly which makes one of the longest migrations on Earth.
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Program: Field Trip @ OMSI Format: Films Grade Level: 3-12, Adult Topic: Earth + Space
Join world-renowned naturalist Sir David Attenborough in a fascinating look at how some reptiles from the dinosaur age were able to defy gravity and soar through prehistoric skies.
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Program: Field Trip @ OMSI Format: Class/Lab Grade Level: 3-8 Topic: Life
Program: Field Trip @ OMSI Format: Class/Lab Grade Level: 3-8 Topic: Life
What is food? How does the digestive system work?
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Program: Field Trip @ OMSI Format: Films Grade Level: 3-12, Adult Topic: Physics
The awesome destructive power of volcanoes, earthquakes, and tornadoes is examined as scientists seek to understand how these natural disasters are triggered and what can be done to minimize their deadly effects.
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Program: Field Trip @ OMSI Format: Films Grade Level: 4-12, Adult Topic: Life
Explore the great white shark’s place in our imaginations, in our fears, and in the reality of its role at the top of the oceanic food chain.
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Program: Field Trip @ OMSI Format: Planetarium Grade Level: 4-6 Topic: Earth + Space
Program: Field Trip @ OMSI Format: Planetarium Grade Level: 4-12, Adult Topic: Earth + Space
See breathtaking images from the Hubble Space Telescope, experience the eventual collision of our Milky Way galaxy with the neighboring Andromeda galaxy, then sweep through the Valles Marineris canyon.
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Program: Field Trip @ OMSI Format: Class/Lab Grade Level: 2-12 Topic: Physics, Tech + Engineering, Art + Science
Science and art collide when you combine conductive tape, batteries, and miniature LEDs into one-of-a-kind, take-home creations.
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Program: Field Trip @ OMSI Format: Films Grade Level: 6-12, Adult Topic: Earth + Space
JERUSALEM immerses audiences into one of the world's most beloved cities. Discover why this tiny piece of land is sacred to three major religions through the stories of Jewish, Christian and Muslim families who call Jerusalem home.
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Program: Field Trip @ OMSI Format: Films Grade Level: 2-12, Adult Topic: Earth + Space, Life, Tech + Engineering
An inspiring celebration of space exploration, a tribute to international cooperation in space research and a vision toward our near-term future beyond Earth's orbit - a manned mission to Mars.
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Program: Field Trip @ OMSI Format: Planetarium Grade Level: PreK-12, Adult Topic: Tech + Engineering, Early Childhood
Laser light shows feature intense colors set to music ranging from Tchaikovsky to Pink Floyd.
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Program: Field Trip @ OMSI Format: Films Grade Level: 2-12, Adult Topic: Earth + Space
Join these two courageous captains and their Corps of Discovery as they conquer raging rivers, bison-filled prairies, subzero temperatures and rugged mountains on an 8,000-mile journey to the Pacific Ocean and back.
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Program: Field Trip @ OMSI Format: Class/Lab Grade Level: K-2 Topic: Life, Early Childhood
Available Spring 2022 - Discover clues about bird adaptations through an interactive exploration of real bird parts.
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Program: Field Trip @ OMSI Format: Class/Lab Grade Level: 3-12 Topic: Life
Students work in groups of three to explore the tissues of the eye while learning how they work together to allow for sight.
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Program: Field Trip @ OMSI Format: Class/Lab Grade Level: 3-8 Topic: Life
Available Spring 2022 - While participating in a hands-on DNA extraction from plants and animals, students learn the basic structure and function of DNA.
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Program: Field Trip @ OMSI Format: Class/Lab Grade Level: 6-12 Topic: Life
This lab is an extended comparative anatomy dissection with students working in groups of three.
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Program: Field Trip @ OMSI Format: Class/Lab Grade Level: 3-8 Topic: Life
Learn basic microscope and slide preparation skills while investigating onion and human cheek cells.
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Program: Field Trip @ OMSI Format: Class/Lab Grade Level: 3-12 Topic: Life
Our most popular dissection. Focus on the importance of structure and function while examining squid anatomy.
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