Once you’ve selected from the classes listed below please register online by clicking here or clicking the “Request Your Visit” button below the program.
Pre-K – 12th Grade
Conduct your own self-guided visit any time of year and discover the unique evolution and biodiversity of southern California and the peninsula of Baja California. Topics to explore with your group include: geology, paleontology, evolution, and ecology. Use our free Exhibition Educator Guides to complement your museum visit. Teachers may preview general admission exhibitions for free with valid identification. Self-Guided Visits do not include special exhibitions.
Fee: $10 per student
Group size: 10 student minimum
Chaperones: We require a 1:8 chaperone to student ratio, but will allow up to a 1:3 ratio. Chaperones receive free general admission.
Kindergarten–2nd grade
Arthropods are interdependent on all life and serve an important role on Earth. Compare the life cycles and body structures of insects, arachnids, and crustaceans.
K-LS1- From Molecules to Organisms: Structures and Process; 1-LS1: Structure and Function; 2-LS4: Interdependent Relationships in Ecosystems
Fee: $12 per student. Classes available Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays at 9:50 AM and/or 11:30 AM.
Group Size: 25 students per 80-minute class (10 student minimum). Classes may not be combined.
Chaperones: Classroom Teacher and at least three additional adults are required. We will allow up to a 1:3 ratio. Chaperones receive free general admission.
Kindergarten – 5th Grade
Learn how the Kumeyaay Nation relied on their skills and expertise to survive in the San Diego area. Grind acorns for flour, scrape yucca leaves for fiber, and practice your skills to live and thrive and experience what life was like in the 1300s.
Fee: $12 per student. Classes available Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays at 9:50 AM and/or 11:30 AM.
Group Size: 25 students per 80-minute class (10 student minimum). Classes may not be combined.
Chaperones: Classroom Teacher and at least three additional adults are required. We will allow up to a 1:3 ratio. Chaperones receive free general admission.
K – 8 th Grade
San Diego is one of the most biologically diverse counties in the United States. Observe how human settlement and population increases have impacted our region’s plant and animal inhabitants. Travel from the wetlands, coastal sage, riparian, chaparral and mountains, down to the desert. Learn how plants and animals adapt to the various habitats of San Diego County.
Fee: $11 per student. Tours available Mondays, Thursdays and Fridays at 10 AM and/or 11 AM.
Group size: 25 students per 1-hour tour (10 student minimum). Classes may not be combined.
Chaperones: We require a 1:8 chaperone to student ratio, but will allow up to a 1:3 ratio. Chaperones receive free general admission.