Unleash Creativity and Curiosity
Huntersville STEM Field Trips
Embark on a thrilling adventure with Discovery Place Kids field trips and classes for children from Pre-K through Grade 2. We’ve crafted our Early Childhood Classes with your little explorers in mind. Through inquiry-based learning, we spark their curiosity and build foundational STEM literacy skills. We dive into topics like the magic of sound, the wonders of weather and the forces that shape our world.
Field Trip Curriculum
Our field trip curriculum is aligned with both North and South Carolina state standards and Next Generation Science Standards. This means we’re not just providing great field trips for young kids—we’re ensuring your students are getting a top-notch education.
Active Learning
Our Huntersville Children’s Museum team believes in the power of ‘learning by doing.’ We encourage your students to explore their world, test new ideas and develop both fine and large motor skills. This hands-on approach to field trip curriculum not only deepens their understanding of the world but also boosts their self-confidence.
Field Trip Admission
Students
- Title I (All Year): $8.95
- Fall: (8/19/24-12/31/24): $9.95
- Spring: (1/1/25 – 5/31/25): $11.95
- Summer: (6/1/25 – 8/15/25): $11.95
- Classes: $8.95
Teachers/Chaperones
- Title I (All Year): FREE
- Fall: (8/19/24-12/31/24): FREE
- Spring: (1/1/25 – 5/31/25): FREE
- Summer: (6/1/25 – 8/15/25): FREE
- Classes: FREE
Extra Chaperones
- Title I (All Year): $8.95
- Fall: (8/19/24-12/31/24): $9.95
- Spring: (1/1/25 – 5/31/25): $11.95
- Summer: (6/1/25 – 8/15/25): $11.95
- Classes: FREE
Every 5 students requires one adult chaperone, who gets free Museum entry. Extra chaperones incur charges as per the above chart. For student safety, chaperones must accompany their group at all times. Please note, space constraints may limit additional chaperones’ participation in class programs.
Field Trip Admission
Students
- Title I (All Year): $8.95
- Fall: (8/19/24-12/31/24): $9.95
- Spring: (1/1/25 – 5/31/25): $11.95
- Summer: (6/1/25 – 8/15/25): $11.95
- Classes: $8.95
Teachers/Chaperones
- Title I (All Year): FREE
- Fall: (8/19/24-12/31/24): FREE
- Spring: (1/1/25 – 5/31/25): FREE
- Summer: (6/1/25 – 8/15/25): FREE
- Classes: FREE
Extra Chaperones
- Title I (All Year): $8.95
- Fall: (8/19/24-12/31/24): $9.95
- Spring: (1/1/25 – 5/31/25): $11.95
- Summer: (6/1/25 – 8/15/25): $11.95
- Classes: FREE
Every 10 students requires one adult chaperone, who gets free Museum entry. Extra chaperones incur charges as per the above chart. For student safety, chaperones must accompany their group at all times. Please note, space constraints may limit additional chaperones’ participation in class programs.
Add a Class to Your Field Trip
Take curiosity to a new level with field trip classes taught by experienced educators. Discover a world where learning leaps off the page and screen and into the hearts and minds of young students.
Coding, Coding Everywhere
Pre-K: APL-5, APL-6, LDC-9, CD-12, NC: K2-AP-01, K2-AP-03, RL.K.2, K.G.6,
SC:K.CS.1.2, K.RL.7.1
Immerse children in the world of coding. Play interactive games and solve puzzles to unlock coding basics like sequencing, loops, and decomposition. Through fun, hands-on activities that blend reading and math skills, children will embark on a problem-solving journey and won’t even realize they’re building essential coding foundations.
Forecasting the Weather
Pre-K: CD-1, CD-10, CD-15, NC: K.E.1.2, K.E.1.3, NC.K.MD.2, SC: K.MGSR.1.2, K-ESS2-1
NGSS: K-ESS2-1
Watch them transform into pint-sized meteorologists as they dive into the captivating world of weather. Unleashing their inner scientists, children will use tools to examine weather patterns, scrutinize data and hone their skills to forecast upcoming weather changes.
Passport To Play
Pre-K: LDC-5, CD-6, CD-7, CD-9, NC: K.H.1, K.CG.1, PS.K.1.1, SC: K.H.1, K.CG.1, NGSS:K-2-ETS1-1
How do children around the world play? Children will use their imaginations to travel the globe and play games from other countries while collecting stamps on their passports. They will then compare and contrast those games with games common in the United States.
Science of the Senses
Pre-K: CD-1, ESD-7, NC: K.H.1, K.CG.1, PS.K.1, LS.K.2, SC: K.H.1, K.CG.1, K-ESS2-1 NGSS:K-ESS2-2
Our young scientists will use the scientific method, real tools, and their observations to better understand how the senses work together and how assistive technology helps people without one of their senses. Children will make hypotheses, test their predictions, and come to conclusions as the five senses guide them in scientific learning.
NEW: Community Helpers
Pre-K: CD-6, CD-7, CD-9, ESD-7, NC: K.H.1, K.CG.1, PS.K.1, LS.K.2, SC: K.H.1, K.CG.1
Our young scientists will use the scientific method, real tools, and their observations to better understand how the senses work together and how assistive technology helps people without one of their senses. Children will make hypotheses, test their predictions, and come to conclusions as the five senses guide them in scientific learning.
NC FOUNDATIONS CD-1, South Carolina: Science and Engineering Practices refer to obtaining, evaluating, and communicating information, analyzing and interpreting data, and engaging in argument from evidence. Programs are designed to meet your group’s interests and educational requirements by aligning the curriculum with North and South Carolina state standards and Next Generation Science Standards.
Cosmic Adventures
NC: 1.E.1.1, 1.E.1.2, 1.P.1.1, 2.E.1.1, SC: 1-ESS1-1, NGSS: 1-ESS1-1
Blast off with us on an exhilarating lunar adventure! Our tiny astronauts will explore the Moon, delving into its mysterious phases and astounding crater formations. As they uncover the secrets of the day and night sky, students will unravel the wonders of gravity and force by propelling rockets into the cosmos and stepping into space as astronauts.
Wave Explorations
NC: 2.P.1.1, 2.P.1.2, SC: 1-PS4-1, NGSS: 1-PS4-1, 1-PS4-2, 1-PS4-3, 1-PS4-4
Prepare to explore the incredible world of waves. Conduct experiments with various vibrating and visual materials and manipulate light, pitch, and volume. Your student scientists will measure and modify sound and light waves to display their dynamic nature.
Rocks Rock
NC: 1.E.2.1, SC: 2-ESS1-1, 2-PS1-1, NGSS: 2-ESS1-1, 2-PS1-1
Explore the origins and formation of rocks and minerals. Students will crack geodes, seek treasures through rock panning, and observe the hidden properties of newfound
specimens. Strength, magnetism and buoyancy – all will be
revealed in this geological discovery.
’Bot Builders
NC: K2-AP-03, K2-AP-05, K2-AP-07, SC: 1.CS.1.2, 1.CS.2.2, 2.CS.1.2, 2.CS.2.2
Examine the exciting domain of computer programming, where students will hone their computational thinking and problem-solving skills to bring robots to life. Dive into the world of cause-and-effect through thrilling chain-reaction challenges and ignite creativity by collaborating in teams to craft scribble bots that blend art and technology in innovative ways!
NC FOUNDATIONS CD-1, South Carolina: Science and Engineering Practices as they refer to obtaining, evaluating, and communicating information, analyzing and interpreting data, and engaging in argument from evidence.
Programs are designed to meet the interests and educational requirements of your group by aligning the curriculum with both North and South Carolina state standards and Next Generation Science Standards.
Field Trip Lunch Options
Enjoy the Perfect Picnic
Although the Museum doesn’t have any dining options, you can enjoy a delightful picnic at the covered shelters at nearby North Mecklenburg Park or Huntersville Athletic Park. We recommend making a reservation to ensure a spot.
Simply contact Huntersville Parks and Recreation at 704.766.2220 to check the availability or book a shelter for your field trip.
Frequently Asked Questions
To qualify for our subsidized field trip pricing, you must be in a state-certified Pre-K thru 12 school with a minimum of 15 students.
Buses should enter via Old Statesville Rd and unload students by the Learning Garden. After your field trip, buses will pick up students at the rear of the Museum and exit via Gilead Rd. Due to height restrictions, parking is unavailable on-site in our parking deck.However, buses can park for free at Veterans Park or North Mecklenburg Park.
One adult chaperone is required for every 5 students and admitted to the Museum for free. Additional chaperones will be charged the fees notated in the chart above. To ensure the safety of all students, chaperones must stay with their group at all times.
Due to space limitations, extra chaperones may be unable to attend class programs. In order to provide a safe environment, we will be forced to turn away groups who do not have the required chaperone-to-student ratio.
Buses should enter from the Old Statesville Road entrance and pull into the loading zone area adjacent to the building to unload students.
Buses can park, for free, at North Mecklenburg Park or Veterans Park (any lot, any space and only a 5-minute drive from the Museum).
Cars and other standard-size vehicles can park, for free, in the Huntersville Parking Deck (located directly behind the Museum, also accessible from either Gilead Rd. or Old Statesville Rd.)
Cancellation notice of three weeks is required for a full refund. Cancellations with less than three weeks’ notice are non-refundable but may be rescheduled for a visit within a 12-month period. There is no fee for rescheduling as long as the class or visit is rescheduled within one week of the cancellation date and the visit is completed within the 12 months of the originally scheduled date.
Changes to the number of attendees must be made three days prior to the program or visit to receive a refund.
No refunds will be issued the day of the visit, and no refunds will be issued for amounts of $10.00 or less.
Click here to fill out our Reservation Request Form and a Museum representative will contact you.
Register by phone at 704.396.4352 x300 from 8:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. Monday – Friday.
Payment is required 3 weeks prior to program or visit date.
American Express, Discover, MasterCard and VISA are accepted. A check with your PO number written in the memo section is also accepted.
