Join us for Homeschool Day!
We invite homeschool families and groups to join us on on Homeschool Day each month during the school year to explore the Science Mill. In addition to museum exhibits, we will offer a 3D movie and themed demonstrations and hands-on activities with scientists.
Museum hours are 10am-4pm.
Cost: $6 per student. 1 free educator per student. Additional adults are $10. Demos, activities and 3D movie are free with admission.
Learning Labs will be offered for an additional cost of $4 - $6 per student. (Limited space available. Due to the popularity of Learning Labs, reservations are strongly encouraged. Email fieldtrips@sciencemill.org to reserve your child's spot. )
wednesday, april 11- environmental science
From wildlife to water, you’ll learn all about environmental sciences at this month’s Homeschool Day! Get ready for Earth Day by studying the food chain, learning to identify local wildlife and experimenting with water.
CAREER SPEAKERS
Join local beekeepers Diane Schoenert and Stephen Williams of WJS Farms to hear about how they use their apiary to create bee products and how the bees pollinate their land.
HANDS-ON ACTIVITIES
Hunger Games: An Interactive Food Web Demo - 11am, Noon, 1:30pm, 2:30pm
Be part of the life cycle during this interactive food web demonstration. Learn about your role in a healthy ecosystem, and see how energy is transferred from the sun to all living creatures.
Texas Wildlife Association Discovery Trunks - 11am-2pm
Bats-A-Billion
Examine bat skeletons and skull replicas to learn about the similarities between bats and humans. Try out your echolocation skills during a fun, interactive game where you rely on your own hearing to locate food.
Wildlife Investigations
Become a Texas Wildlife CSI investigator! Identify various animal and bird species by examining their skulls. Study the skulls to see if you can determine what the animal might eat, and how they may use sight and smell to survive.
LEARNING LABS
(Don’t forget to register in advance by emailing fieldtrips@sciencemill.org!)
Water Cycle Bracelets (K-2nd grades, 10:30-11:15, $5)
Follow the journey of a water droplet through the water cycle, and create your own water cycle bracelet to take home.
What’s in the Water? Project WILD activity (3rd-5th grades, 11:30-12:30, $6)
Using the backdrop of a hypothetical town creek, explore the causes of non-point source pollution. Through this field investigation simulation, determine what part of the creek your water sample was taken from based on What’s in the Water.
Got Water? 2.0 (6th-8th grades, 1:00-2:15, $6)
In this extension of our Got Water? chemistry lab, compare a natural creek to a controlled aquaponic system. Collect data and see how a controlled environment measures up to a natural one.
The dates for this year's Homeschool Days are below. Please stay tuned for more details.
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