Fun activities that are all about STEM.

The Arizona SciTech Festival is a multi-week, colorful showcase of more than 1,000 science, engineering, technology (STEM) and innovation events in over 50 Arizona cities featuring exhibits, hands-on activities, colorful shows, tours and discussio

The Arizona Diamondbacks are the Major League Baseball team in Arizona. Since its inception as an expansion franchise in 1998, the team has won a world championship (2001) and made six postseason appearances.

Nestled in the heart of downtown Mesa, the Arizona Museum of Natural History is Arizona’s premier natural history museum.

We are proud to host interactive educational opportunities for public, private, charter, and home school groups.

The School of Earth and Space Exploration has field trips for grades K–12. These field trips encourage STEM education.

Act Now. Build a Better Tomorrow. Join the movement for a sustainable earth. Where people and the planet thrive.

AZCCRS (Common Core-based) Work Sheets: Fresh standards-based fun sheets for your classroom to use in conjunction with the current issue. Sign up for notifications of new Work Sheets online at BearEssentialNews.com.

Common Core Worksheets: Free standards-based fun sheets for classrooms to use in conjunction with the current issue of Bear Essential News.

All ages and experience levels are welcome! Beginner lessons all year round. 

Homeschoolers use us as your P.E. requirement credit.

Pizza Hut established the BOOK IT! Reading Incentive Program to reward children for their reading accomplishments with recognition and pizza. Simple for the teacher to use, free, flexible and fun. The BOOK IT!

We honor the invaluable work of teachers through a variety of programs. *Educators who join Project: Educate receive 20% off purchases.

Project: Educate. Educators receive a 20% discount on all purchases. To receive your

Project: Educate card, you need to sign up online at www.bookmans.com. You will receive a

Castles N’ Coasters offers 17 rides and attractions for your group to enjoy! We offer four 18-hole miniature golf courses, food, giant arcade and unlimited rides including two roller coasters, log ride, go-karts, bumper boats and much more!

CAP offers an Arizona-specific water education program including free downloadable lesson plans for K–3, 4–6, middle and high school students that are standards-based.

East Valley Children’s Theatre continues with 27 years of theatre opportunities for youth ages 8–18. Adventures await the whole family. Join us for our upcoming season at Mesa Art Center. See The Three Musketeers Sept. 21–Oct.

East Valley Children's Theatre, In-person Fall Break Camp, Oct. 5-9, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. for ages 7-14, $225.

With 19,000 square feet of entertainment options, as well as meeting facilities, Flip Dunk is the perfect place for a field trip, fundraiser or class social. Come bounce off the walls with us. Cost: Varies. Ages: Any.

Girl Scouts may not be able to meet in person  right now, but thanks to Girl Scouts at Home, all families can join and participate in amazing Girl Scout events onlinepre-recorded and in real time.

Girl Scouts is the best girl leadership experience in the world! Girls of all backgrounds and abilities can be unapologetically themselves as they discover their strengths and rise to meet new challenges.

Experience Arizona history! Spend a fun-filled day rich in history. Tour an underground mine, ride the train, view reptiles and insects of the Sonoran Desert, pan for real gold and check out the Mystery Shack attraction. Educational fun!

Discover your path!  Scouting in the Grand Canyon Council provides boys and girls with outdoor adventures and activities that allow them to try new things, learn life skills, provide service to others, and build self-confidence.

Cub Scouts is for both boys and girls from kindergarten through fifth grade. They can join at any age and scouting activities are age-appropriate.

The world’s largest museum of firefighting has many award-winning educational programs, from guided tours to exciting hands-on workshops.

The galleries contain a wide variety of exhibits, including fire apparatus, artwork, uniforms and equipment, firemarks, alarm room equipment, and a large fire safety exhibit which includes a two room safety house, a mini-theater, and many hands-on

The Heard Museum offers children’s educational tours and optional bonus tours with hands-on activities designed to help students learn more about Arizona tribal communities. 

With up to 45,000 square feet of wall-to-wall active play area, there is plenty of room for events of ALL shapes and sizes. Bring a large group, reserve private party rooms or rent the full facility. Customizable to fit your needs.

The Scottsdale Railroad Museum captures generations of railroad history into a unique, one-of-a-kind attraction.The museum consists of the historic Peoria Depot, the Roald Amundsen Pullman Car and a number of other railroad artifacts and memorabil

The O’odham people have lived in the Valley for time immoral.

The Farm will open September 26th we have 47 acres to social distance!

Celebrating over 25 years in business, Out of Africa Wildlife Park strives to educate and entertain, to provide an exciting and engaging opportunity to love and respect creation and Creator.

Fall Classes Online. Sewing, Cosplay: Design and Sewing, Drawing and Painting, Fashion Drawing, Anime & Manga, Music and more!

Visit the Phoenix Zoo to enhance your STEM-related curriculum content! The Zoo is a unique destination offering guided field trips on a variety of topics that support classroom-based learning and are designed for multiple learning styles.

Get a hands-on experience of the history of flight at Pima Air & Space Museum. With over 360 planes on 80 acres and 6 cooled hangars, it’s one of the premier aviation museums in the world!

We would like to invite students, their teachers, and chaperones to enjoy this educational experience on Friday, February 9, from 9:00 a.m.

Introduce students to a range of scientific topics and encourage excitement and curiosity about marine phenomena in the natural world.

**Aftercare is at The McCormick Scottsdale and is available from 2PM-5PM for an additional fee of $30 a day or $125 per week.

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9 a.m.-11:30 a.m. Tennis Instruction

Shamrock Farms offers a fun and educational field trip through its working dairy farm that will show your students their pure, fresh farm-to-table story.

How would you like to watch airplanes land and take off and experience a major commercial hub airport in action?

Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport self-guided tours offer students, families, and others the opportunity to explore the airport and surrounding landmarks.

The Little Gym of Paradise Valley

 

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Parent & Child Classes * Programs

Infant to toddler. Ages 4 mo. 3 yrs.

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On our guided farm tours  every child  will get to harvest produce to take home and experience educational farm activities.

Check website for hours and updates due to COVID-19.

60,000 square feet of reptiles and amphibians from around the world. Petting zoo with tortoises, alligators, snakes and other reptiles. Captive bred reptiles for sale. Cost: Adults: $15; Ages 6–12: $5; Ages 5 and under are Free. 

 

We offer a diverse variety of science field classes – on the UA Campus at the Bryant Bannister Tree Ring Building, at Tumamoc Hill, and at field sites in the Catalina Mountains - where students learn that science is a dynamic process of gathering

Valley Metro’s School Outreach Program makes learning fun. We provide the know-how for students and teachers to learn about their transit system.

Valley Metro’s transit education program provides free classroom presentations to all grade levels.  We cover the steps of safely taking Valley Metro bus/rail/circulators and more. 

Your field trip will complement any biology curriculum at any grade level. Students can feed Lory parrots, learn about animal ambassadors and see some display natural behaviors during a Wildlife Encounter Show.