Contact our School Visits Office
Book Your Field Trip Now!
We can help you build a great field trip and learning experience.
(213) 763-3529
schoolgroups@nhm.org
Public Transportation
No bus money for your field trip?
Public transportation is a great option. NHM is centrally located and convenient to many bus lines and the DASH Route F. A great way to check out all the ways to get to the Museum is the TransitPeople website.
Add to Your Field Trip Experience
Field trip extras require advance reservations. Book now, they fill up!
Dinosaur and Ice Age Encounters
Free. Wednesday-Friday, seasonal
Insect Zoo is open and available for school programs by reservation only.
Call 213.763.3529 or email schoolgroups@nhm.org.
These prices are for field trips only:
Spider Pavilion
Now FREE to school groups!
Monday-Friday
September-November 2010
Butterfly Pavilion
Now FREE to school groups.
Monday-Friday
April-September 2010
Reservations still required.
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Pre- and Post-Visit Activities: Into, Through & Beyond
A more in-depth approach, these lessons are built around grade-specific essential questions and offer a sequence of pre, during, and post-field trip activities. By exploring these lessons, you can find ways to
- integrate your field trip into your classroom curriculum
- focus on grade specific essential questions
- support State Standards
- activate student prior knowledge
- engage minds
- expand thinking
Kindergarten
Essential question: What kinds of places become homes?
Grade 1
Essential question: How do living things depend on each other and their habitat?
Grade 2
Essential question: How have peoples' lives changed throughout time?
Grade 3
Essential question: What affects survival?
Grade 4
Essential question: How is space claimed? Why is space claimed?
Grade 5
Essential question: What makes something valuable?