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: 3-8 Topic: Life
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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Program: At Your School Format: Class/Lab Grade Level: K-2 Topic: Physical, Early Childhood
Students explore the wonders of magnetic forces and discover how magnets attract and repel.
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Program: At Your School Format: Class/Lab Grade Level: 4-8 Topic: Life
Students learn to prepare slides and identify diverse microorganisms living in a single drop of pond water.
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Program: At Your School Format: Assemblies Grade Level: K-8 Topic: Physical, Early Childhood
Student volunteers participate in Sir Isaac Newton's 300-year-old experiments by using ordinary objects to demonstrate the physics at work around us each day.
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Program: At Your School Format: Class/Lab Grade Level: K-5 Topic: Life, Early Childhood
Get your class moving and shaking while investigating the effects of exercise on the human body.
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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: Camp-In/Sub-In Format: Overnight Grade Level: 3-8 Topic: Physical, Tech + Engineering
Plan an OMSI Camp-In for team building, an end-of-the-year celebration or just for fun! OMSI Camp-Ins are guaranteed to be a unique experience that's warm, dry and exciting this winter and spring!
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Program: Field Trip @ OMSI Format: Exhibits Grade Level: PreK-12, Adult Topic: Earth + Space, Life, Physical, Tech + Engineering, Early Childhood
Time to get out of the classroom and into OMSI for learning and fun! A museum field trip includes four permanent exhibit halls and one rotating exhibit. Group rates available for groups of 12 or more, with a reservation in advance.
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Program: Field Trip @ OMSI Format: Films Grade Level: 4-12, Adult Topic: Life, Tech + Engineering
Mysteries of the Unseen World reveals phenomena that can’t be seen with the naked eye, taking audiences into earthly worlds secreted away in different dimensions of time and scale.
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Program: At Your School Format: Class/Lab Grade Level: 4-12 Topic: Physical, Tech + Engineering
In this class, students go beyond microscopic, observing firsthand the strange, sometimes surprising properties of matter when manipulated at the nanoscale.
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Program: Field Trip @ OMSI Format: Films Grade Level: 2-12, Adult Topic: Earth + Space
Experience the ultimate off-trail adventure into the nation’s awe-inspiring great outdoors as Academy Award® winner Robert Redford narrates this centennial celebration of America's majestic national parks.
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Program: Field Trip @ OMSI Format: Planetarium Grade Level: PreK-4 Topic: Earth + Space, Early Childhood
Elmo and Big Bird live in the United States and Hu Hu Zhu lives far away in China, but they discovered that they still see the same stars at night! When Elmo and Hu Hu Zhu "travel" to the moon, they discover some basic but surprising scientific facts.
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Program: Field Trip @ OMSI Format: Planetarium Grade Level: 1-3 Topic: Earth + Space
Geared for younger audiences, this live presentation in the Kendall Planetarium explores stars, planets and constellations in the night sky.
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Program: Outdoor Science School Format: Overnight Grade Level: 1-12 Topic: Earth + Space, Life
Experience a one-of-a-kind, completely customized science learning opportunity. OMSI offers varied curricula for grades 1-12. OMSI staff can tailor the program to a particular concept or benchmark of your choice with living ecosystems and fresh air as teaching tools. It's an experience your students will never forget. 5-day, 3-day, and single overnight programs are available.
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Program: Outdoor Science School Format: Overnight Grade Level: 1-12 Topic: Earth + Space, Life
Experience a one-of-a-kind, completely customized science learning opportunity. OMSI offers varied curricula for grades 1-12. OMSI staff can tailor the program to a particular concept or benchmark of your choice with living ecosystems and fresh air as teaching tools. It's an experience your students will never forget. 5-day, 3-day, and single overnight programs are available.
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Program: Outdoor Science School Format: Overnight Grade Level: 1-12 Topic: Earth + Space, Life
Experience a one-of-a-kind, completely customized science learning opportunity. OMSI offers varied curricula for grades 1-12. OMSI staff can tailor the program to a particular concept or benchmark of your choice with living ecosystems and fresh air as teaching tools. It's an experience your students will never forget. 5-day, 3-day, and single overnight programs are available.
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Program: Outdoor Science School Format: Overnight Grade Level: 1-12 Topic: Earth + Space, Life
Experience a one-of-a-kind, completely customized science learning opportunity. OMSI offers varied curricula for grades 1-12. OMSI staff can tailor the program to a particular concept or benchmark of your choice with living ecosystems and fresh air as teaching tools. It's an experience your students will never forget. 5-day, 3-day, and single overnight programs are available.
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Program: Field Trip @ OMSI Format: Planetarium Grade Level: 4-12, Adult Topic: Earth + Space
Learn about the constellations, planets and celestial highlights that can be seen above the Pacific Northwest over the course of the year.
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Program: Field Trip @ OMSI Format: Planetarium Grade Level: 4-12, Adult Topic: Earth + Space
Learn about the constellations, planets and celestial highlights that can be seen above the Pacific Northwest over the course of the year.
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Program: Field Trip @ OMSI Format: Planetarium Grade Level: PreK-4 Topic: Earth + Space, Early Childhood
Discover our solar system through a new set of eyes—a family from another star system seeking the perfect vacation spot.
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Program: Field Trip @ OMSI Format: Planetarium Grade Level: PreK-4 Topic: Earth + Space, Early Childhood
Discover our solar system through a new set of eyes—a family from another star system seeking the perfect vacation spot.
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Program: Field Trip @ OMSI Format: Class/Lab Grade Level: 3-8 Topic: Physical, Tech + Engineering
Using an array of common materials, students build bridges, towers and structures during four consecutive sessions. Please note this program will take place over multiple days.
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