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Get hands on with the STEM concepts used by Pixar’s artists and computer scientists as you come face-to-face with re-creations of your favorite film characters, including Buzz Lightyear, Dory, Mike and Sulley, Edna Mode and WALL•E!

This program can be added as part of your field trip experience. We will open 2023-2024 requests beginning late summer. 

Animals are amazing! In some ways, they’re just like us: they move and they eat. They also rely on their senses: smell, taste, hearing, sight and touch. Let’s learn about some amazing creatures while using OUR bodies and senses.

This program can be added as a School Campus Visit program. We will open 2023-2024 requests beginning late summer. 

What is something special about our planet? We only have one Earth, and it’s important that we take care of it. Let’s learn about different ways that we can protect the Earth; take care of its air, water, and land; and help the animals and plants that live on it.

This program can be added as a School Campus Visit program. We will open 2023-2024 requests beginning late summer. 

Have you ever looked up into the sky and wondered what was there? Higher than the birds, past the clouds, and farther than the Moon, a whole universe of objects spin in outer space. Let’s imagine that we can leave Earth behind and explore the solar system that surrounds us.

This program can be added as a School Campus Visit program. We will open 2023-2024 requests beginning late summer. 

Discover fossils, follow dinosaur tracks and piece together prehistoric clues in this station-based program.

This program can be added as a School Campus Visit program. We will open 2023-2024 requests beginning late summer. 

Explore light energy and learn about the importance of Sun safety. Students will also investigate the effectiveness of sunscreen at blocking UV light.

Check out The Whynauts episode 7: Energy is Everywhere.

This program can be added as a School Campus Visit program. We will open 2023-2024 requests beginning late summer. 

Explore insect characteristics, their basic needs and how they fit into the animal kingdom.

Check out The Whynauts episode 3: Staying Alive.

This program can be added as a School Campus Visit program. We will open 2023-2024 requests beginning late summer. 

Investigate ecological clues and signs left behind by nature to help understand how animals have physically and behaviorally adapted to survive — and thrive! — in their habitats.

Check out The Whynauts pilot episode: Amazing Adaptations.

This program can be added as a School Campus Visit program. We will open 2023-2024 requests beginning late summer. 

As aspiring meteorologists, students will explore the driving factors of weather — air, the Sun and the water cycle — as well as observe, measure and predict weather.

Check out The Whynauts episode 9: The Water Cycle.

This program can be added as a School Campus Visit program. We will open 2023-2024 requests beginning late summer. 

Explore electrical circuits, learn about coding and interact with simple robots.

This program can be added as a School Campus Visit program. We will open 2023-2024 requests beginning late summer. 

Engage in the Engineering Design Process to create a structure capable of withstanding a simulated force.

Check out The Whynauts episode 5: Engineer It.

This program can be added as a School Campus Visit program. We will open 2023-2024 requests beginning late summer. 

Students will explore the fundamentals of chemistry, including physical properties of matter, mixtures and solutions and exciting chemical reactions.

This program can be added as a School Campus Visit program. We will open 2023-2024 requests beginning late summer. 

Learn about the components of a simple circuit by building your own paper circuit work of art!

This program can be added as a School Campus Visit program. We will open 2023-2024 requests beginning late summer. 

Gain insight on basic brain anatomy and function through a guided dissection of a sheep’s brain.

Check out The Whynauts episode 2: The Human Body.

This program can be added as a School Campus Visit program. We will open 2023-2024 requests beginning late summer. 

Investigate physical and chemical changes of matter to identify an unknown substance. They will use their findings to help solve a mystery set at the Museum.

Check out The Whynauts episode 10: In My Element. 

This program can be added as a School Campus Visit program. We will open 2023-2024 requests beginning late summer. 

Create a robot that moves like an animal! Students will learn how locomotion found in nature is used in real-world applications.

This program can be added as a School Campus Visit program. We will open 2023-2024 requests beginning late summer. 

Explore the basic structures of a cow’s eye, how the parts work together and its connection to the brain through a guided dissection.

Check out The Whynauts episode 2: The Human Body.

This program can be added as a School Campus Visit program. We will open 2023-2024 requests beginning late summer. 

Learn about the structure and function of a mammal’s heart through a guided sheep’s heart dissection.

Check out The Whynauts episode 2: The Human Body.

This program can be added as a School Campus Visit program. We will open 2023-2024 requests beginning late summer. 

Examine evidence and engage in on a hands-on experiment to investigate the processes of plate tectonics and their effect on the Earth’s surface.

Check out The Whynauts episode 4: Plate Tectonics. 

This program can be added as a School Campus Visit program. We will open 2023-2024 requests beginning late summer. 

Students will learn about important safety features on cars and test out their own crash-proof design through a simulated high speed crash test!

This program can be added as a School Campus Visit program. We will open 2023-2024 requests beginning late summer. 

Design and build the strongest truss bridge! Will your design hold up to a weight test?

This program can be added as a School Campus Visit program. We will open 2023-2024 requests beginning late summer. 

Three . . . two . . . one . . . blastoff! Launch into learning about our planet, solar system and universe. Activities will explore weather and landforms, rockets and rovers, the possibility of life on other planets, and so much more!

This program can be added as a School Campus Visit program. We will open 2023-2024 requests beginning late summer. 

No cape needed for this superhero training session! Activities will explore the science behind super powers such as super strength, invisibility and X-ray vision. Visit every station to become a science superhero!

This program can be added as a School Campus Visit program. We will open 2023-2024 requests beginning late summer. 

Looking for a unique STEM experience for the whole family? We have that! Learn more about everything from cell biology to sports medicine and more with activities exploring content featured in each Perot Museum exhibit hall.

This program can be added as a School Campus Visit program. We will open 2023-2024 requests beginning late summer. 

It’s a bird, it’s a plane – no, it’s Superhero Science! Students will discover the science behind our favorite superheroes and their amazing powers. They will explore topics such as forms of energy, magnetism, and properties of light.

This program can be added as a School Campus Visit program. We will open 2023-2024 requests beginning late summer. 

This explosive show allows students to see firsthand how matter changes when we add and remove extreme amounts of heat.

This program can be added as a School Campus Visit program. We will open 2023-2024 requests beginning late summer. 

Amazing Adaptations gives an in-depth look at the incredible environments across Texas and the exciting creatures / criaturas that inhabit them. See what more than 40,000 students have already experienced!

Also included: Educator guides and student activities.

Follow along with The Whynauts as they discover fossils, experience Earth’s changing environments /ambientes and explore the Perot Museum’s T. Boone Pickens Life Then and Now Hall with a real Paleontologist!

Also included: Educator guides and student activities.

Jump in with The Whynauts as they immerse themselves in the Perot Museum’s Being Human Hall and learn all about the internal structures of organisms and see just how incredible the human body / el cuerpo humano really is.

Also included: Educator guides and student activities.

Join The Whynauts as they learn all about the basic needs of living things. Follow along as they visit the Dallas Zoo to understand how living and nonliving things are connected through interdependence / interdependencia.

Also included: Educator guides and student activities.

In this episode, The Whynauts learn about the theory of plate tectonics / tectónica de placas and why the surface of the Earth never stops changing.

Also included: Educator guides and student activities.

Create and iterate with The Whynauts as they use the Engineering Design Process to solve a problem with an engineer / ingeniera from Texas Instruments.

Also included: Educator guides and student activities.

Blast off into space with the The Whynauts. Follow along as they meet an astronaut / astronauta and explore just how big our solar system really is!

Also included: Educator guides and student activities.

Energy / Energía is all around us! Join the The Whynauts as they learn how we use sound, light and heat energy in everyday life.

Also included: Educator guides and student activities.

Look up at the sky / el cielo with The Whynauts as they learn about day and night, the phases of the Moon and the seasons of the year.

Also included: Educator guides and student activities.

The Whynauts are ready to go with the flow…of water! Join them as they learn about the various stages of the water cycle / el ciclo del agua and explore why water is so important for life on Earth.

Also included: Educator guides and student activities.

The Whynauts are in their element in this episode. Follow along as they describe the structure of atoms and explore the periodic table / la tabla periódica.

Also included: Educator guides and student activities.

From the Permian through the Jurassic, journey to the south polar landscapes of Antarctica hundreds of millions of years ago.

This program can be added as part of your field trip experience. We will open 2023-2024 requests beginning late summer. 

From the coastal shallows to deeper, more mysterious worlds, we reveal the untold stories of the oceans’ most astonishing creatures.

This program can be added as part of your field trip experience. We will open 2023-2024 requests beginning late summer.