Group Visit and Enrichment Programs
A Group Visit to the Explorium is fun and educational. Our goal is to bring a hands-on perspective to what
children are learning in the classroom. For the ease of our teachers, all of our exhibits and enrichment programs
have been matched to the Core Curriculum Standards for Kentucky.
Group Visit Enrichment Programs or Art Activity enhance your visit to The Explorium by providing a
closer, hands-on look at many of our exhibit topics. All of our programs can be tailored to fit to any grade
level. Ask for more information if you are interested. Don’t see what you’re looking for? We are happy to
create programs to fit your needs. Each program is approximately 30 minutes long. The cap number per
program is approximately 30 children. See next page for list of enrichment activities. Art activities are
determined on an individual basis by Explorium staff with teacher approval. If teachers have a special request,
we will make every effort to accommodate those requests.
Group Visit base price (includes museum admission only):
$5.50 per child or paying visitor
Art Activity or Enrichment Program add-on price (includes admission and add-on):
$6.00 per child or paying visitor
The Explorium of Lexington qualifies for the TranspARTation grant from the Kentucky Arts Council
(http://artscouncil.ky.gov/Grants/TRS/TRS_GDL.pdf). This grant allows teachers to apply for reimbursement for the
busses to art based field trips. If you are using these funds for busses, please let us know so that we can
schedule an art activity for your students. Teacher apply for this reimbursement individually.
Book today by calling 859-258-3253 or e-mail: explore@explorium.com
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Groups are 10 or more people with advance reservations. There must be one chaperone for every five (5)
children. Required chaperones are free. (Children with disabilities may have a one to one ration of chaperone
to child.)
Enrichment Programs at the Explorium
Early Childhood
Rainbow City
Jump into building with shapes, colors, and counting to create a life-size rainbow city!
Core Content:
 Mathematics
Students will recognize and describe shapes and spatial relationships.
 Physical Education
Students will perform a variety of loco motor skills with control and balance.
Museum connection: Giant Bricks, Wonder Woods
5 Senses Petting Zoo
Explore taste, touch, smell, sound, and sight in this hands-on adventure! How well do you know your senses?
Core Content:
 Science
Students will explore features of their environment through manipulation. Students will use a variety of tools to
explore the environment.
Museum Connection: Wonder Woods, Let’s Move
Primary Grades
Cat’s Kitchen Chemistry
Cat and her human helper will find out what happens when every-day kitchen ingredients combine!
Core Content:
 Science
Students will understand that things can be done to materials to change some of their properties, but not all
materials respond the same way to what is done to them.
Museum connection: Bubble Room, Science Labs
Detective History
Explore the ruins of ancient civilizations to discover their time, place, and purpose in history!
Core Content:
 Social Studies
Students will understand that history is a series of connected events shaped by multiple cause-effect relationships,
tying past to present.
Museum Connection: Homes Around the World, Passport to the World
The Myth of Arachne
Gather around for an entrancing story that allows the students to be front and center! Find out the myth of the
Greek Goddess, Arachne and her tragic tale of arrogance and pride.
Core Content:
 Humanity in the Arts
Students will begin to associate folktales, legends, or myths they experience or perform with specific cultures (Native
American, Appalachian, West African); describe in simple terms how literature and oral tradition reflect the cultures
Museum connection: Puppet Theatre, Homes Around the World, Passport to the World
Intermediate Grades
Dino-Exploration
Put on your paleontologist hats and explore how dinosaurs lived. Learn how to survive in the ancient food
chain!
Core Content
 Science
Students will understand that the structures and characteristics of fossils provide information about the nature of
an organism, the environmental conditions where/when it lived and how it is related to organisms still alive
today.
Museum connection: Bone Zone, Small World
Survivor Mania
Participate in this earth-friendly look at the history of human survival. Discover natural resources to create a
sustainable home model.
Core Content:
 Social Studies
Students will understand that people depend on, adapt to, or modify the environment to meet basic needs. Human
actions modified the physical environment and in turn, the physical environment limited and/or promoted human
activities and settlements.
Museum Connection: Homes Around the World
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