Time: 9:30 am – 12:00 pm For children entering grades 1–3. Get creative in the museum! Explore the museum galleries and be inspired to make your own art. Examine insects and make your own bug, investigate crystals and bead mineral bracelets, make a model fossil, and craft an animal diorama. This class is full. Please…
Summer Science Week: The Ins and Outs of Skeletons
Time: 9:30 am – 12:00 pm For children entering grades 4–6. Investigate the ins and outs of skeletons! Using observations of skulls, bones, and live animals, we will explore how animals use their skeletons for protection, support, and movement. We will see how bones and fossils can solve recent and ancient mysteries. Extend the fun…
Summer Science Week: Blue Planet: Life in the Sea-SOLD OUT
Time: 9:30 am – 12:00 pm For children entering grades 3–5. Dive into the deep as we explore life in the salty, watery world of the ocean. Sharks, crabs, sea stars, and turtles are just a few of the marine creatures we’ll study from incredible underwater ecosystems. Learn all about our blue planet by investigating…
Summer Science Week: Exploring Life on a Page-SOLD OUT
Time: 9:30 am – 12:00 pm For children entering grades 6–8. Dive deep into the natural world around us as an artist and a scientist. Develop a compilation of artwork created from close examination of living creatures in the classroom, the museum, and the wilds of the Harvard campus. Make an expedition of tardigrade or…
Summer Science Week: Spineless Wonders-SOLD OUT
Time: 9:30 am – 12:00 pm For children entering grades 1–3. Explore the amazing world of insects, spiders, crabs, and other invertebrates. Meet a tarantula, search for millipedes, and listen to the hiss of a giant cockroach. Invent a “superbug” to take home and compare to the feats of real invertebrates. This class is full….
Summer Science Week: Grab Your Sketchbooks
Time: 9:30 am – 12:00 pm For children entering grades 4–6. Hone your observational superpowers and zoom in on the lives of animals while developing your drawing skills. Learn about elements of design such as contour, form, and texture as we sketch animals from diverse locations—a tropical rainforest, underwater sea floors, or even imaginary worlds….
Summer Science Week: Amazing Animals-SOLD OUT
Time: 9:30 am – 12:00 pm For children entering grades 1–3. Leaping lemurs, sluggish sloths, burrowing beetles, and cagey crows. Explore the world of animals as we travel through museum exhibits, observe live animals up close, and get to know these amazing creatures through crafts, games, and experiments. This class is full. Please email Reservations to be…
Summer Science Week: Invertebrate Investigators
Time: 9:30 am – 12:00 pm For children entering grades 4–6. Dive deep into the world of insects, spiders, and other invertebrates. Examine the many amazing adaptations that make these creatures the most successful organisms on Earth. Use a microscope to study anatomy and metamorphosis, get face-to-face with a live tarantula, and learn why spiders…
Summer Science Week: Earth Explorers-SOLD OUT
Time: 9:30 am – 12:00 pm For children entering grades 1–3. Our planet is an exciting place! Explore geology and paleontology using the museum’s collections and exhibits. Study rocks, fossils, volcanoes, and earthquakes through experiments, specimens, stories, and models. This class is full. Please email Reservations to be added to the waitlist. Fee: $210 members / $235…
Summer Science Week: Uncovering Geology
Time: 9:30 am – 12:00 pm For children entering grades 4–6. Explore Earth from the inside out! Use experiments to investigate earth processes, learn how rocks, minerals, and fossils can be clues to the geologic past, and discover how volcanoes and earthquakes help us understand the structure of the planet. Fee: $210 members / $235…