Group Visits/Field Trips
Group Visit/Field Trip Hours
Mondays, Two hour trips can begin at 9:00am, 10:00am or 12:00pm
Book a Field Trip and Have the Museum all to yourself!
Other Days by special arrangement
Price Information:
$3.50 per student: Basic Group Visit/Field Trip
$6.00 per student: Focused Group Visit/Field Trip
$6.00 per student: Focused Group Visit/Field Trip
$6.00 Additional Chaparone over 1:6 ratio
Minimum 15 students
Maximum 50 students (Please call for further information)
Minimum 15 students
Maximum 50 students (Please call for further information)
Pricing effective August 1, 2021
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School Scholarships
Limited funds exist for Title One school children to experience a Focused Visit. Contact Linda@schoolhousemuseum.org
Steps to Group Visit/ Field Trip planning:
Limited funds exist for Title One school children to experience a Focused Visit. Contact Linda@schoolhousemuseum.org
Steps to Group Visit/ Field Trip planning:
- Identify your desired date and time. We suggest having two alternative dates.
- Have contact information available at time of inquiry. (Group/Organization name, number of students including grade/age, primary contact person, address, phone number and email address)
- Chose the type visit you wish (basic or focused). Browse options HERE.
- Call (561) 742-6783 for information and to book your visit.
- Please call to learn how we are implementing Covid-19 safety protocols.
View Additional Information Here!
Chaperone Policy:
One (1) adult chaperone (18 yrs. or older) is required for every 6 children. This includes teachers, teacher aides and parents.
Q: What if I am missing a chaperone?
A: Groups may be charged an additional $25.00 on the day of the visit. The Museum reserves the right to turn away groups based on the number of missing chaperones.
Additional information:
- A $50.00 deposit is required for all groups making reservations. A visit is not booked until the deposit has been received.
- Should the visit be cancelled, the deposit is non-refundable.
- Please make checks payable to Schoolhouse Children’s Museum & Learning Center. Payments can also be made using Visa, Mastercard, Amex or cash.
- Please contact the Group Visit Coordinator prior to your visit if you have any special needs. Phone: (561) 742-6783, Email: linda@schoolhousemuseum.org
- Payment in full must be made on the day of your visit unless special arrangements have been made.
Basic Group Visit
Students are welcomed by a Schoolhouse educator who escorts the children to the first floor of exhibits where they are free to play, interact and explore.
After an appropriate amount of time, visitors will be led to the second floor to continue play and exploration.
Alternately, based on group size, children may be divided into smaller groups to rotate through exhibit floors.
Don’t miss the 15 foot replica of the Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse, home to Hannibal Dillingham Pierce, the assistant lighthouse keeper in 1872. Created exclusively for the Schoolhouse, Hannibal will share a short historic tale with children and families as they enter the Schoolhouse after a simple knock on the lighthouse door.
Focused Group Visit Topics
All Kindergarten - Second Grade topics are Palm Beach County School Board Approved
Preschool – Pre-K
Creepie Crawlies- The Very Busy Spider
Students investigate this architect of the insect world. Find out how spiders find food in their webs and why they don’t get stuck themselves. Students create their own spider web.
Creepie Crawlies- The Very Busy Spider
Students investigate this architect of the insect world. Find out how spiders find food in their webs and why they don’t get stuck themselves. Students create their own spider web.
Color-Red, yellow, blue-what can I make from you?
Children will enjoy the story of “Mouse Paint” by Ellen Stohl Walsh or “Color Dance” by Ann Jonas and then begin the adventure in color mixing their own!
Children will enjoy the story of “Mouse Paint” by Ellen Stohl Walsh or “Color Dance” by Ann Jonas and then begin the adventure in color mixing their own!
Fun Physics
After listening to “Balancing Act” by Ellen Stohl Walsh, children will experiment with balance, explore levels and create their own balancing figure.
After listening to “Balancing Act” by Ellen Stohl Walsh, children will experiment with balance, explore levels and create their own balancing figure.
Wild Animal Adventures-The Octopus
Find out more about this genius of camouflage and how their boneless bodies
can fit through tiny openings by exploring “slime octopi”!
Find out more about this genius of camouflage and how their boneless bodies
can fit through tiny openings by exploring “slime octopi”!
May The Force Be With You! Magnet Exploration
Learn what is magnetic and what is not, how the mysterious force of magnets can move things and even paint with magnets!
Learn what is magnetic and what is not, how the mysterious force of magnets can move things and even paint with magnets!
Wacky Weather
Students will learn about different forms of weather through interactive games and activities. Students will observe a super cool demonstration of how clouds form in the water cycle. Student will conduct their own rain experiment.
Students will learn about different forms of weather through interactive games and activities. Students will observe a super cool demonstration of how clouds form in the water cycle. Student will conduct their own rain experiment.
Who Lives in the Mangrove Forest-An introduction to Habitats!
Come discover what a habitat is, what a mangrove is and who lives there! We will learn about three different creatures who call the mangrove forest home.
Duck, Duck Feather**
What is the job of a water bird’s feathers? Students will be briefly introduced to ducks and other water birds of the Florida everglades before examining the unique job of a feather though hands on explorations and activities.
It’s Raining, It’s Pouring! **
What does it mean to be “waterproof”? Come explore this concept in an introductory lesson on one of the properties of materials.
Kindergarten - Second Grade
Sea Turtle Rescue-STEAM Challenge
Learn a little bit about the sea turtles that nest on our beaches, things that impact those nests/hatchlings and how plastic pollution hurts turtles. Finish the
class with a S.T.E.A.M. challenge to protect a nest!
It’s Not Easy Being Green-STEAM Challenge
Learn all about recycling and choices that make the Earth “happy” or “sad”. Complete the class with a S.T.E.A.M. based challenging of creating a litterbug from recycled materials! The Fabulous Five Senses
Learn all about the 5 senses and body parts that make them work. Students will explore their senses with The Nose Knows and What’s in the Box? games.
Learn all about the 5 senses and body parts that make them work. Students will explore their senses with The Nose Knows and What’s in the Box? games.
Wacky Weather
Students will learn about different forms of weather through interactive games and activities. Students will observe a super cool demonstration of how clouds form in the water cycle. Student will conduct their own rain experiment.
Students will learn about different forms of weather through interactive games and activities. Students will observe a super cool demonstration of how clouds form in the water cycle. Student will conduct their own rain experiment.
Kindergarten-Second Grade
May The Force Be With You! Magnet Exploration
Learn what is magnetic and what is not, how the mysterious force of magnets can move things and even paint with magnets!
Learn what is magnetic and what is not, how the mysterious force of magnets can move things and even paint with magnets!
Kindergarten-Second Grade
I Dig Dinos
Come and discover the age of the dinosaur! Students will become paleontologist and learn all about fossils. As a junior paleontologist, students will explore fossilized “dinosaur eggs” and get to take a new “pet” home.
Come and discover the age of the dinosaur! Students will become paleontologist and learn all about fossils. As a junior paleontologist, students will explore fossilized “dinosaur eggs” and get to take a new “pet” home.
What’s the Matter?
Students will explore and classify the three states of matter. They will see some chemistry demonstrations and participate in hands on activities. Class concludes with everyone making their own chemical reaction appear before their eyes as slime changes from a liquid to a solid.
Students will explore and classify the three states of matter. They will see some chemistry demonstrations and participate in hands on activities. Class concludes with everyone making their own chemical reaction appear before their eyes as slime changes from a liquid to a solid.
Volcanoes
Learn the what, when, where and why of volcanoes and what makes them erupt. Students will observe a demonstration of a volcano erupting. Students will have the opportunity to create and erupt their very own volcano that is theirs to keep.
Learn the what, when, where and why of volcanoes and what makes them erupt. Students will observe a demonstration of a volcano erupting. Students will have the opportunity to create and erupt their very own volcano that is theirs to keep.
Engineering a Fairy Tale-STEAM Challenge
Once upon a time…. Using favorite children’s fairy tales, students will use their problem solving and creative thinking skills to develop new solutions for the story book character’s dilemmas.
Choose one of the following programs:
The Gingerbread Boy – There must be some other way for the Gingerbread Boy to get across the river!
Three Little Pigs – Students will attempt to build a structure that can stand up to the
huffing and puffing of the Big Bad Wolf.
huffing and puffing of the Big Bad Wolf.
Move it! Move it!-STEAM Challenge
A lesson in force, push and pull…Come explore these important concepts and then tackle the S.T.E.A.M. challenge to assist "construction workers who need help moving rocks to build a road"!
Gators Lunch
After reading the book "The Swamp Where Gator Hides", we will explore everglades food chains/webs and how environmental polluntants can influence them through hands-on activities and experiments.
Duck, Duck Feather**
What is the job of a water bird’s feathers? Students will be briefly introduced to ducks and other water birds of the Florida everglades before examining the unique job of a feather though hands on explorations and activities.
It’s Raining, It’s Pouring!**
What does it mean to be “waterproof”? Come explore this concept in an introductory lesson on one of the properties of materials.
All above Kindergarten - Second Grade trips are Palm Beach County School Board approved.
Museum Exhibits are designed for children 2 – 7 years of age.
To find out how your visit can be enhanced, and book a date please contact:
Program Manager, Linda Abbott,
561-742-6783
linda@schoolhousemuseum.org
To find out how your visit can be enhanced, and book a date please contact:
Program Manager, Linda Abbott,
561-742-6783
linda@schoolhousemuseum.org
