Lab-Based Programs

Location: Museum Learning Lab or Your Campus
Grade Levels: 2nd - 12th
Area of focus: Chemistry

Young chemists will explore the fundamentals of chemistry, including basic properties of matter, states of matter, and physical and chemical changes that matter can undergo. The program will also emphasize laboratory safety and introduce students to basic equipment and techniques.

Areas of focus by level:

• 2nd-5th – physical properties of matter, states of matter
• 6th-12th – atoms, elements and compounds, physical and chemical changes 
• 9th-12th – the periodic table, physical and chemical changes and properties, types of chemical reactions, energy changes, conservation of mass

Grade and TEKS Objectives:

SCIENCE TEKS
Area of focus: physical properties of matter, states of matter
2nd: 1ab, 2aef, 3bc, 4a, 5abcd
3rd: 1a, 3ad, 4ab, 5abcd
4th: 1a, 2a, 3ad, 4ab, 5abcd
5th: 1a, 3ad, 4ab, 5abcd
Area of focus: atoms, elements and compounds, physical and
chemical changes
6th: 1a, 3ad, 4ab, 5acd
7th: 1a, 3ad, 4ab, 6ac
8th: 1a, 3ad, 4ab, 5abcdef
Area of focus: the Periodic Table, physical
and chemical changes and properties, types
of chemical reactions, energy changes,
conservation of mass
HS Chemistry: 1a, 2e, 3aef, 4acd, 5a, 8d, 11ab
HS IPC: 1a, 3aef, 6ac, 7abcd

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Location: Museum Learning Lab or Your Campus
Grade Levels: 1st - 8th
Area of focus: Biology

Ever wonder how snakes swallow their prey whole or how beavers cut down trees? In this instructor-led, dialogue-based program, students observe taxidermy specimens, skulls, pelts, and other natural items to uncover the ways in which animals are both physically and behaviorally adapted to survive, and thrive, in their habitats.

Grade and TEKS Objectives:

SCIENCE TEKS
1st: 2abce, 3bc, 9ac, 10a
2nd: 2abf, 3bc, 9ac, 10a
3rd: 2af, 3ad, 9ab, 10ab
4th: 2af, 3ad, 9b, 10ab
5th: 3ad, 9abc, 10ab
6th: 2a, 3ad, 12ef
7th: 2a, 3ad, 10b, 11abc
8th: 2a, 3ad, 10abcd

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Location: Museum Learning Lab or Your Campus
Grade Levels: Pre-K - 8th
Area of focus: Earth and Paleontology

This hands-on investigation encourages students to explore the air, weather patterns, seasons, the water cycle, and the influence of the sun — the ultimate driver of atmospheric change.

Areas of focus:

• Kindergarten–1st – relative measurements of weather
• 2nd–3rd – quantitative measurements of weather
• 4th–8th – weather maps, weather, and climate

Grade and TEKS Objectives:

SCIENCE TEKS
Area of focus: relative measurements of weather
K: 1a, 2abcde, 3bc, 4ab, 8abc
1st: 2abcde, 3bc, 4ab, 8abcd

Area of focus: quantitative measurements of weather
2nd: 2abcdef, 3bc, 4ab, 8abcd
3rd: 1a, 2abef, 3acd, 4ab, 8a

Area of focus: weather maps, weather and climate
4th: 1a, 2abef, 3acd, 4ab, 8ab
5th: 1a, 2acef, 3acd, 4ab, 8ab
6th: 1a, 2abce, 3ad, 4ab
7th: 1a, 2abce, 3ad, 4ab, 8a
8th: 1a, 2abce, 3ad, 4ab, 10abc

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Location: Museum Learning Lab or Your Campus
Grade Levels: Pre-K - 5th
Area of focus: Biology

Students will develop a deep appreciation and curiosity for Earth’s most common animals — insects. Uncover the unique characteristics, diversity, and life cycles of invertebrates through live bug encounters and hands-on activities.

Grade and TEKS Objectives:

SCIENCE TEKS
K: 2abcde, 3bc, 4ab, 9ab, 10abc
1st: 2abcde, 3bc, 4ab, 9a, 10acd
2nd: 2abcdef, 3bc, 4ab, 9ac, 10ac
3rd: 2af, 3c, 4a, 10ac
4th: 2af, 4a, 10abc
5th: 2cf, 4a, 10ac 

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Location: Museum Learning Lab or Your Campus
Grade Levels: 6th - 12th
Area of focus: Physics and Chemistry

In this station-based program, your students will learn how physics plays a role in their favorite amusement park rides. Activities will explore topics such as potential and kinetic energy, Newton’s laws of motion, and conservation of energy.

Grade and TEKS Objectives:

SCIENCE TEKS
6th: 1a, 2abcde, 3acd, 4a, 8abd, 9c
7th: 1a, 2abcde, 3acd, 4a
8th: 1a, 2abcde, 3acd, 4a, 6abc
HS Physics: 1a, 2abefghijkl, 3aef, 4abcd, 6bd
HS IPC: 1a, 2abcde, 3ae, 4abde, 5abd
HS Principles of Technology: 2efhj, 3adef,
4cdfhj, 6abd, 7ab, 9abd

MATH TEKS
6th: 1abc, 3de, 11, 12a
7th: 1abc, 3ab
8th: 1abc, 4c
HS Algebra I: 1abc, 3ab

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Location: Museum Learning Lab or Your Campus
Grade Levels: Kindergarten - 12th

Need a Career Day Speaker? Engage with one of our Museum educators! A Museum educator will come to your class and talk about their career path, interests, and experiences with your students. Specific fields of science can be requested but can’t be guaranteed due to the varied nature of our educator backgrounds and schedules. $175 (two 20-minute programs back to back or one 45-minute program). 30 students maximum per program.

To book a Career Day Speaker, contact us at:

Phone: 214.428.5555 ext. 8
Email: reserve@perotmuseum.org
Fax: 214.756.5890, Attn: Reservations

Mailing Address:
Perot Museum of Nature and Science
Attn: Reservations
2201 N. Field Street
Dallas, Texas 75201

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Location: Museum Learning Lab or Your Campus
Grade Levels: 3rd - 5th
Area of focus: Physics and Chemistry

Your students will explore force, motion, and energy by using catapults simulating the three classes of levers, then follow the steps of the scientific method to determine which class of levers launches a ball farthest.

Grade and TEKS Objectives:

SCIENCE TEKS
3rd: 1a, 2abcdef, 3ad, 4a, 6bc
4th: 1a, 2abcdef, 3ad, 4a, 6d
5th: 1a, 2abcdef, 3ad, 4a, 6d

MATH TEKS
3rd: 1abc, 5a
4th: 1abc, 5a, 8c
5th: 1abc, 4b, 7 

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Location: Museum Learning Lab or Your Campus
Grade Levels: 3rd - 5th
Area of focus: Physics and Chemistry

Your students will investigate chemistry connections to fields such as geology, astronomy, engineering, and biology. The program also highlights exciting opportunities in STEM careers across the scientific disciplines. 

Grade and TEKS Objectives:

SCIENCE TEKS
3rd: 1a, 2adf, 3ad, 4ab, 5abc, 6a, 8b
4th: 1a, 2ad, 3ad, 4ab, 5ab, 6a
5th: 1a, 3ad, 4ab, 5ad, 6a
6th: 1a, 3ad, 4abcd, 5bd, 6c, 11ac, 12a
7th: 1a, 3ad, 4ab, 12a
8th: 1a, 3ad, 4ab, 5abe, 8ac

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Location: Museum Learning Lab or Your Campus
Grade Levels: 5th - 8th
Area of focus: Biology

Students will use a range of forensic techniques to examine, identify, and compare evidence collected from the scene of a crime against a species of wildlife. They will attempt to link suspect, victim, and crime scene with physical evidence.

Grade and TEKS Objectives:

SCIENCE TEKS
5th: 1a, 2acde, 3abcd, 4ab
6th: 1a, 2acde, 3abcd, 4abb
7th: 1a, 2acde, 3abcd, 4ab, 11a
8th: 1a, 2acde, 3abcd, 4ab

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Location: Museum Learning Lab or Your Campus
Grade Levels: 7th - 12th
Area of focus: Biology

Students will review selected processes involved in treating an ER patient, such as evaluating vital signs, triage, diagnostic tests, and procedures. When supplied with information from a hypothetical patient’s ER admitting form, as well as various test results, students will evaluate the patient’s condition and make a diagnosis.

Grade and TEKS Objectives:

SCIENCE TEKS
7th: 1a, 2ce, 3bc, 4a, 12b
8th: 1a, 2ce, 4a
HS IPC: 1a, 2cde
HS Biology: 1a, 2fh, 5b, 10c, 11a
HS Chemistry: 1a, 2fhi
HS Physics: 1a, 2ghjk

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Location: Museum Learning Lab or Your Campus
Grade Levels: Pre-K - 2nd
Area of focus: Earth and Paleontology

Piece together puzzling prehistoric clues, discover fossils from far and wide, and follow dinosaur tracks where they may lead in this station-based program that immerses students in an ancient world of wonder.

Grade and TEKS Objectives:

SCIENCE TEKS
K: 1a, 2abcde, 3bc, 4ab, 5a, 10ab
1st: 1a, 2abcde, 3bc, 4ab, 5a, 10ac
2nd: 1a, 2adf, 3bc, 4a, 9abc, 10a 

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Location: Museum Learning Lab or Your Campus
Grade Levels: Pre-K - 2nd
Area of focus: Biology

There are lots of “bugs” in the world, but not all of them are insects. Through live insect encounters and instructor-led activities, your students will discover the unique characteristics and life cycles of insects.

Grade and TEKS Objectives:

SCIENCE TEKS
K: 2abcde, 3bc, 4ab, 9ab, 10abc
1st: 2abcde, 3bc, 4ab, 9a, 10acd
2nd: 2abcdef, 3bc, 4ab, 9ac, 10ac

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Location: Museum Learning Lab or Your Campus
Grade Levels: 3rd - 12th
Area of focus: Earth and Paleontology

Landforms are the effect of Earth’s processes. This lab focuses on features of Earth’s surface today as a window to the deep interior and deep time of Earth.

Grade and TEKS Objectives:

SCIENCE TEKS
3rd: 1a, 2abcde, 3ac, 4a, 7bc
4th: 1a, 2abcde, 3ac, 4a, 7b
5th: 1a, 2abcdef, 3ac, 4a, 7bd
6th: 1a, 2abcde, 3ac, 4a, 10acd
7th: 1a, 2abcde, 3ac, 4a, 8b
8th: 1a, 2abcde, 3abc, 4a, 9abc
HS Earth and Space Science: 1a, 2bcfi, 3af,
7a, 9abc, 10bcdef, 11abcd 

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Location: Museum Learning Lab or Your Campus
Grade Levels: 3rd - 12th
Area of focus: Earth and Paleontology

Students will examine alternative energy sources, the carbon cycle and the importance of biofuels in this hands-on, activity-based program. They’ll explore how living organisms can be converted to energy, explore what would make the best biofuel, look at plant cells though a digital microscope and investigate other alternative sources to meet our needs — all to better understand the balance of energy on our planet. 

Grade and TEKS Objectives:

Science TEKS:
3rd – 1a, 2abcde, 3ac, 4a, 6a, 7d
4th – 1a, 2abcde, 3ac, 4a, 7c
5th – 1a, 2abcdef, 3ac, 4a, 7ac
6th – 1a, 2abcde, 3ac, 4a, 7a
7th – 1a, 2abcde, 3ac, 4a, 6a
8th – 1a, 2abcde, 3abc, 4a
HS Earth & Space Science – 1a, 2bcfi, 3af, 12bc
Environmental Systems –1bcegjk, 5cd, 6bc, 9j
Integrated Physics and Chemistry – 2cde, 3a, 5hi

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Location: Museum Learning Lab or Your Campus
Grade Levels: 3rd - 12th
Area of focus: Earth and Paleontology

Through hands-on stations, students can learn the language to describe and compare rocks and minerals, examine the rock cycle, piece together the ancient arrangement of continents, and explore how movement of Earth’s crust has shaped the landforms we see today. 

Grade and TEKS Objectives:

SCIENCE TEKS
3rd: 1a, 2abcde, 3ac, 4a, 5a, 7abcd
4th: 1a, 2abcde, 3ac, 4a, 5a, 7ab
5th: 1a, 2abcdef, 3ac, 4a, 5a, 7ab
6th: 1a, 2abcde, 3ac, 4a, 6c, 10abcd
7th: 1a, 2abcde, 3ac, 4a
8th: 1a, 2abcde, 3abc, 4a, 9ab
HS Earth and Space Science: 1a, 2bcfi, 3af,
7ac, 9ac, 10bcdef, 11abc

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Location: Museum Learning Lab or Your Campus
Grade Levels: Pre-K - 2nd
Area of focus: Earth and Paleontology

When we walk, eat, or talk on the phone, we interact with material of Earth. In this program, students explore our planet through various stations that encourage tactile investigations of the basic properties of rocks and minerals, rock formation, and soil — where life and Earth interact.

Grade and TEKS Objectives:

SCIENCE TEKS
K: 1a, 2abcde, 3bc, 4ab, 5a, 7ac
1st: 1a, 2abcde, 3bc, 4ab, 5a, 7ac
2nd: 1a, 2abcde, 3b, 4ab, 5a, 7ac

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Location: Museum Learning Lab or Your Campus
Grade Levels: 1st - 5th
Area of focus: Physics and Chemistry

Your students will learn about simple machines, how they work, and where they are found in our everyday lives. Young engineers will work in pairs to build simple and compound machines using LEGO® Education simple machines kits.

Grade and TEKS Objectives:

SCIENCE TEKS
1st: 2abe, 3a
2nd: 2abef, 3ac
3rd: 2adf, 3ad, 6b
4th: 2a, 3ad, 6d
5th: 2a, 3ad, 6d

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Location: Museum Learning Lab or Your Campus
Grade Levels: 4th - 12th
Area of focus: Biology

During this guided dissection program, your students will gain a better understanding of vision by exploring the basic structures of a cow’s eye, its connection to the brain, and how the parts of the eye work together.

Grade and TEKS Objectives:

SCIENCE TEKS
4th: 1a, 2abf, 3ad, 4ab, 10a
5th: 1a, 2bf, 3ad, 4ab, 10a
6th: 1a, 2ace, 3ad, 4ab
7th: 1a, 2ace, 3ad, 4ab, 12ab
8th: 1a, 2ace, 3ad, 4ab
HS Biology: 1a, 2ef, 3af, 5b, 10a

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Location: Museum Learning Lab or Your Campus
Grade Levels: Pre-K - 2nd
Area of focus: Physics and Chemistry

Discover the exciting world of physics and engineering with this hands-on program. Your students will explore the wonders of force, motion, and energy by interacting with magnets, LEGO® kits, robots, and more!

Grade and TEKS Objectives:

SCIENCE TEKS
K: 1ab, 2abe, 3abc, 4ab, 6abcd
1st: 1ab, 2abe, 3abc, 4a, 6abcd
2nd: 1ab, 2abef, 3abc, 4a, 6abcd 

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Location: Museum Learning Lab or Your Campus
Grade Levels: 4th - 8th
Area of focus: Biology

During this guided dissection of a sheep’s heart, students will learn about the structure and function of a mammal’s heart, as well as how oxygen, nutrients, and hormones are transported throughout the body. 

Location: Museum Learning Lab or Your Campus
Grade Levels: 4th - 12th
Area of focus: Physics and Chemistry

Your students will learn the fundamentals of robotics in this station-based program that explores electrical circuits, how robots communicate, the parts of a robot, and how those parts interact. They will also learn how robotics can open the doors to STEM careers!

Grade and TEKS Objectives:

SCIENCE TEKS
4th: 2a, 3ad, 6abc
5th: 2a, 3ad, 6ab
6th: 2a, 3ad, 9c
7th: 2a, 3ad
8th: 2a, 3ad
HS Physics: 2e, 3ade, 5df
HS IPC: 2b, 3ade, 5f
HS Principles of Technology: 2e, 3ade, 4cd, 6abcd, 8g

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Location: Museum Learning Lab or Your Campus
Grade Levels: Pre-K - 6th
Area of focus: Earth and Paleontology

Rocks and minerals are the alphabet of Earth’s story. Station-based activities help students discover properties of minerals and learn how they act as building blocks for rocks and so much more!

Grade and TEKS Objectives:

SCIENCE TEKS
K: 1a, 2abcde, 3bc, 4ab, 5a, 6b, 7ac
1st: 1a, 2abcde, 3bc, 4ab, 5a, 7ac
2nd: 1a, 2abcde, 3b, 4ab, 5a, 7ac
3rd: 1a, 2abcde, 3ac, 4a, 5ad, 6c, 7ad
4th: 1a, 2abcde, 3ac, 4a, 5ac, 7a
5th: 1a, 2acef, 3acd, 4ab, 8ab
6th: 1a, 2abcd, 3ac, 4a, 6c, 10b

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Location: Museum Learning Lab or Your Campus
Grade Levels: 1st - 8th
Area of focus: Biology

Our great state contains many different ecosystems. Your students will observe a range of bio-facts (skulls, pelts, tracks, fossils, etc.) from unique ecosystems within different ecoregions to discover how organisms interact with their environment.

Grade and TEKS Objectives:

SCIENCE TEKS
1st: 2abce, 4a, 9abc, 10a
2nd: 2abce, 4a, 9ab, 10ab
3rd: 2a, 3c, 4a, 9ab, 10a
4th: 2a, 3c, 4a, 9ab, 10a
5th: 2a, 4a, 7d, 9ab, 10a
6th: 2a, 3b, 4a, 12c
7th: 2a, 3b, 4a, 12a
8th: 2a, 3b, 11ab

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