Membership discounts just for educators
Receive a complimentary Individual Pass membership or a 30% discount off the purchase of any family level membership of your choice.
Grades 3 – 6
Test your balancing skills while you discover how balance is related to sports. Observe the relationship between kinetic and potential energy. Investigate the shape and composition of various balls to see what makes them bounce, fly or roll as far as they do. Make predictions, conduct trial experiments, and collect data on the elasticity of various balls. Test your reaction time to improve your performance in sports activities.
Grade 3 – NYC Unit 4 3-PS2-1, 3-PS2-2, NYS 3-PS2-1, 3-PS2-2
Grade 4 – NYC Unit 2 4-PS3-2, 4-PS3-4, NYS 4-PS3-2, 4-PS3-4
Fee: $200 (plus group admission). Available September through June.
Grades 3 – 5
Learn how to use a microscope to investigate the fascinating world of microorganisms. Prepare slides to observe and analyze the shapes, colors and sizes of various live microbes and how they move and feed. Explore the vital role microbes play in our ecosystem. Take home your own magnifying lens to conduct your own magnification investigations!
Grade 3 – NYC Unit 1 3-LS1-1, 3-LS3-2, NYS 3-LS1-1, 3-LS3-2
Grade 4 – NYC Unit 1 4-LS1-1, NYS 4-LS1-1
Grade 5 – NYC Unit 2 5-LS1-1, NYS 5-LS1-1
Fee: $200 (plus group admission). Available September through June.
Grades 3 – 7
Experiment with various optical illusions and learn how the brain can deceive the eye. Explore how the structure and function of our eyes helps us to see. Conduct investigations on depth perception, use color filters to make 3D glasses, and create your own optical illusion toy.
Grade 7 – NYC Unit 3 MS-LS1-8, NYS MS-LS1-8
Fee: $200 (plus group admission). Available September through June.
Grades 4 – 8
Define force, weight and work. Experiment with simple machines such as levers, pulleys and wheels to determine the qualitative and quantitative relationship between force and work.
Grade 8 – NYC Unit 1 MS-PS2-2, NYS MS-PS2-2
Fee: $200 (plus group admission). Available September through June.
Grades 4 – 8
Examine the mysteries of color and light by investigating the visible spectrum, color-absorption and reflection. Observe objects under unique monochromatic color filters and discover how colors can be blocked to create secret messages. Make and take home a device that utilizes diffraction grating lens to observe the spectrum.
NGSS-Patterns
Fee: $200 (plus group admission). Available September through June.
Grades 5 – 8
Test your urban planning skills and help New Yorkers prepare for the effects of a changing climate. Investigate the impacts of heavier rainfall and rising temperatures on our city, and use green infrastructure concepts to design a more resilient New York City.
Grade 5- NYC Unit 3 5-ESS3-1, NYS PE 5-ESS3-1; NYC Unit 3 5-ESS2-1, NYS 5-ESS2-1
Grade 6- NYC Unit 5 MS-ESS3-5, NYS MS-ESS3-5
Grade 7- NYC Unit 5 MS-ESS3-3, NYS MS-ESS3-3; NYC Unit 5 MS-ESS3-4, NYS MS-ESS3-4
Fee: $200 (plus group admission). Available September through June.
Grades 1 – 12
Predict rising and setting positions of the Sun at the beginning of each season and explore factors that contribute to seasonal change. Students will also learn about the seasonal changes in other places on earth and the factors contributing to those changes. Note: The workshop takes place in a planetarium style room that will be dimly lit for 45 minutes.
Grade 1 – NYC Unit 1 1-ESS1-2, NYS 1-ESS1-2
Grade 5 – NYC Unit 5 5-ESS1-1 5-ESS1-2, NYS 5-ESS1-1 5-ESS1-2
Grade 8 – NYC Unit 2 MS-ESS1-1, NYS MS-ESS1-1
Fee: $200 (plus group admission). Available September through June.
Grades 1 – 12
Immerse yourself in the evening starry sky. Learn how to read a star map and find objects in the night sky using a technique called star hopping. Make connections between the constellations in the night sky and Greek and Native American mythologies. Note: The workshop takes place in a planetarium style room that will be dimly lit for 45 minutes.
Grade 1 – Grade 5 – NYC Unit 5-ESS1-2, NYS 5-ESS1-2
Grade 8 – NYC Unit 2 MS-ESS1-1, NYS MS-ESS1-1
Fee: $200 (plus group admission). Available September through June.
This spring, 5,400 K–8th grade students in New York City Title 1 schools will visit NYSCI as part of Google Field Trip Days. Title 1 schools have a high percentage of low-income students, and programs …
Enhance your field trip with a Design Lab challenge. No reservations required.
Maker Space is a learning environment where school groups and teachers can tinker, design and create together. Everyday materials are reused in exciting ways that encourage experimentation and collaboration to develop 21st-century skills.
Receive a complimentary Individual Pass membership or a 30% discount off the purchase of any family level membership of your choice.