We bring to your school a 180-minute museum quality educational experience that aligns with Common Core Next Generation Science Standards. In six break out 30-minute rotational sessions students learn through hands on activities and demonstrations. Our field trips are designed for K-6th grade. Content can be tailored for grade level experiences. Our mobile field trips include:

Dino Encounters - The First 4.4 Billion Years: Students learn about:  1) Geological time periods, Earth's origin, rock formations and cycle, 2) early invertebrates and their anatomy. 3) fossil types- students craft four representations to keep 4) early vertebrates, land plants differences between reptiles, dinosaurs and mammals and extinction events, 5 &6 combined) experience our live stage show and meet five different dinosaurs from the Cretaceous period in, The Dino Encounters Show with Rocky the T-Rex!

Ice Age Encounters - Age of Mammals: Students learn about 1) Using fossil replicas of dinosaurs, reptiles and mammals, students learn about who survived the great extinction event and why 2) Using fossil replicas students investigate species diversity and adaption and climate change 3) Visit a Prehistoric Human camp and discover the tools and weapons used in their survival 4) Sharpen your charcoal! Students will review actual cave and prehistoric drawings. Learn about the materials used, significance of the scenes depicted and create their own cave art using the same materials and techniques!   5&6 are combined) experience our live stage show and meet different mammals in, The Ice Age Encounters Show with Amka the Mammoth! K-8^th grade.

STEAM Encounters - The Science Behind The Lewis and Clark Expedition: Students learn about 1) How to navigate with a compass, calculate distance traveled and create a map like Lewis and Clark 2) Review the Lewis and Clark map, Native American maps and Landsat images to understand how both natural and man-made phenomena have impacted the same expedition route along the Missouri River 3) Conduct engineering experiments testing boat hull designs and water displacement. Strap on an Oculus Go and take a 360 degree tour on an exact replica of the Lewis and Clark Keelboat 4) Visit a historically accurate Lakota camp and learn about the ingenuity and resourcefulness of Native American transportation and everyday living at the time of Lewis & Clark 5) Work together with their classmates and set up an actual 13 ft Lakota Tipi 6) Learn about the materials used in the Native American Art and design and paint their own parfleche using earth pigments, bone brushes and natural glue.

(Coming this Fall) Mars Encounters - Experience the Red Planet: Students learn about 1) The solar system with our life size Ornery 2) Build a model rocket and learn about propulsion systems that will take us to Mars 3) Feel what it would be like to walk on  Mars in our 40% gravity chair, 4) Experiment with various construction materials to build a prototype shelter suitable for living on Mars 5) Play in the dirt and compare and contrast Earth soil with Martian regolith. Learn what it will take to grow food on the red planet, 6) Meet Destiney our ¼ size Mars rover and simulate the scientific research conducted on Mars.

The program is designed to bring to the school a museum quality educational experience and eliminate the cost of chartering busses, enlisting chaperones, and dealing with traffic!

Prices are based on a minimum of 100 students. Please contact us for more information.

The Ice Age Show! Travel back in time 50,000 years to the last Ice Age! Children will get to meet and learn about five different mammals that were all found in North America. Through the use of audience participation, realistic ice age puppets, music, humor and special effects. Students will learn about: Extinction Events, Prehistoric Climate Change, Species Adaption, Continental Changes, Prehistoric Humans, and facts about these now extinct mammals!  Each show lasts 45 minutes to 1 hr. and is tailored for the age of the audience prek-8th grade. All information creates a well-researched presentation that aligns with Next Generation Science Standards.

Please contact us for pricing.

These are approximately 1.5 hr. depending on the number of students and focus on one specific hands on component within each of our themes. 

Dino Encounters -Fossil Workshop: Students learn about fossil formation, see real examples of the four basic types and craft four representations of each to keep.

Ice Age Encounters -Prehistoric Man Learn about primitive humans and how they survived in such harsh conditions. Children will get to produce their own cave painting/etching as a take home project.

STEAM Encounters-  Navigation Workshop Using a small compass students will learn the basics of taking a bearing, magnetic versus true north, longitude and latitude and how to transfer coordinates to a sheet of paper.

Mars Encounters-Martian Farming: Compare and contrast Martian soil with Earth soil. What does it take to grow a radish and can it be accomplished with Martian soil. Students will leave with Martian pot to grow and nurture their first Martian plant!

Join Dino Encounters as they adventure into the wilderness looking for dinosaurs and fossils. Viewers will log into our site and participate in  an actual expedition of discovery. We need your assistance with helping us to identify the fossils and dinosaurs we encounter. The system will track your responses and viewers with the most correct answers will win prizes. 

This is the perfect virtual, interactive, eductional experience for parties, camps, home schools and after school programs . No more boring passive Zoom videos, join in with the fun and contribute to the success of the expedition.

We have several expeditions to choose from. Each will contain fossils and dinosaurs spanning the late Triasic through the end of the Cretaceous period. Each episode will last approximately 30 minutes.

Call for details and to book your Dino Encounter!

Our Covid Friendly alternative to a hands on party or event for up to 2 hr. We will bring four animatronic dinosaurs. Each are approximately 13 ft long, and stand between 5 ft and 8 ft tall. We removed the saddles and the dinosaurs are activated by motion sensors to come to life and roar and move as cars drive by. For an additonal $175 each we will bring an erupting volcano with fog machine or Jurassic World Arch, themed music, or one or more of our wranglers with our very realistic dinosaur hand held puppets. Call us 714.712.0299 to customize your next event!