STEM Field Trips at Kids Science Labs
Inspiring hands-on science learning adventures at Kids Science Labs for PreK - 8th to build confidence in STEM
Kids Science Labs has provided the best hands-on science field trips to PreK-8th grade students for 15 years. Our students are curious and we believe that it is our responsibility to engage them and help their discovery. A Kids Science Labs Field Trip is an in-person experience, where students take a bus to our world-class science discovery labs, to do real experiments that support and compliment Amplify Science with NGSS-linked experiences.
Whether you are arranging a field trip for your single class, the entire elementary school, or a small Boy Scout, Girl Scout, Homeschool or Group STEM Enrichment Activity, Kids Science Labs is happy to make our beautiful center, equipped with dry-erase walls, garage doors, and inspired classrooms, available to you for a hands-on science class of your choice. Chat live with a member of our Customer Engagement Team on LiveChat NOW to learn more.
Field Trips @ KSL Build Confidence in STEM for PreK-8th
Kids Science Labs offers In-person PreK, Elementary, and middle School Hands-on Science Activities.
Our Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) Field Trips are designed to motivate student learning with questions that are relevant to their everyday life, while centered around real experiments that encourage and unlock their curiosity. At our beautiful science learning centers, we offer 20+ PreK-8th grade science field trips out of our over 400 classes that we have taught since 2010 at Kids Science Labs
Key Features of our Field Trips:
90-minute Awesome Experience at our world class science center
Led by our experienced and engaging science teachers
Hands-on, NGSS-aligned STEM activities
Flexible scheduling options
Tailored experiences for PreK-8th grade
Chaperones and Adults are Free (we only charge for student attendance)
School provides bus transportation to and from KSL
Note: For this Academic Year, we consolidated our field trips to our largest 8,000sf science lab for kids, located in the South Loop, accessible by bus from the North, South, and Western Suburbs of Chicago. Field Trips will be accessible at our Northbrook, Roscoe, and Seattle science centers soon.
“As a first grade teacher, I look forward to this field trip each year! There are TONS of different topics to choose from. Students are engaged the ENTIRE time they are at KSL, and it is ok (and expected) for them to ‘dig in’ to their science learning activities. The staff is friendly, helpful and knows how to relate to children.”
Our field trips offer STEM enrichment activities for all kids
Kids Science Labs operates the best hands-on science program for PreK-8th grade students, with several learning centers physically located in Chicago and Seattle. For schools in California, NY, Maine, and other communities in between, we can serve you as well with our STEM Lab program, just fill out the form above and let us know whether you are seeking in-person or virtual experiences with STEM Kits for every child.
Most typically, a teacher is looking to supplement or build upon their science lessons, or expand the materials with real experiments aligned with Amplify Science or NGSS, and this is where KSL steps in with awesome STEM. Students on a field trip, visit our beautiful HQ in South Loop and experience the most engaging hands-on science available in the world. Our HQ, shown below, has 8,000sf of space and can serve your entire school with STEAM fun.
“It’s a really cool place for kids to learn. I came here for two separate field trips (parachutes & electricity) with a 6th and 5th grade class, where you build a little house out of foam and connect a light switch to it.”
How much does a Field Trip to Kids Science Labs cost?
Kids Science Labs offers both affordable at-school STEM Labs (starting at $4/student) as well reservations at our world-class science learning centers, via bus, starting at $15/student. Please do ask us about discounts under our VIP Partner Program if your school is a Title I public school, as we firmly believe that every child deserve access to our beautiful facilities and engaging curriculum.
What Field Trip science activities are available @ KSL?
As teachers know, science standards can sometimes be challenging to understand and execute with all the state requirements on our instructional time. Teachers and Administrators, for over a decade, have turned to Kids Science Labs to offer both one-time field trips and recurring STEM Labs for PreK-8th grade students to meet and exceed NGSS requirements.
We currently offer over 20 STEM Field Trips for elementary students, including customized classes for our most curious students that want to touch and engage all materials. You can see real pictures from our students attending field trips at Kids Science Labs below with a few current topics available for unique PreK-8th grade STEM experiences.
Science Field Trip DetailS at Kids Science Labs
All of our field trips are hands-on, tied to Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) for K-8th grade, with each topic correlated with your science curriculum for each grade level. Teachers can choose from several original field trips in Physical Science, Life Science, Engineering, and Earth & Space Science, for grades JK - 8th Grade. Whether it’s states of matter, chemical reactions, dissections, magnets and forces for elementary school, or teaching Pre-K scientists how surface tension works with bubbles.
We have successfully served over 100,000 students and more than 1,000 schools. We can typically accommodate the following:
Hands-on Science that is both fun and that advances the NGSS objectives
We successfully serve Title I, Gifted, Magnet, Private, STEM and Homeschool Groups
All Field Trips @KSL are 75 minutes and include a teacher, engaging science materials, 4-5 real experiments, and hand-crafted take home STEAM Kits for every student, including a pair of science googles. Pricing starts at $20/child with special discounts available for CPS and Title I Schools enrolled in our VIP Partner Program.
Field Trips are typically on Fridays at 9am and 10:30am.
Should I visit Kids Science Labs or a Museum for my STEM Field Trip?
We encourage all teachers to engage and support our awesome hands-on science available at science museums, including our partners at the Griffin Museum of Science & Industry, Field Museum, Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum, Pacific Science Center, and all the Children’s Museums. We also encourage you to visit KSL at least once each academic year to give your students a 40% boost to their hands-on science engagement.
A Kids Science Labs experience just hits different for kids and teachers, as we have tons of focused NGSS classes that support your classroom, expert teachers to lead all the real experiments, and can reduce and remove the challenging logistics involved in arranging buses and chaperones for your Field Trip.
| Feature | Museum Visit | KSL Field Trip | KSL STEM Lab |
|---|---|---|---|
| Price | FREE | $15 | $4 |
| Awesome STEM for Kids | ★★★★★ | ★★★★★ | ★★★★★ |
| Location | Museum | Kids Science Labs | On-Campus @School |
| Easy Logistics | ★★☆☆☆ | ★★★★☆ | ★★★★★ |
| # of STEM Classes | Exhibits | Choose from 24 NGSS Classes | Choose from 24 NGSS Classes |
| Bus Required | Yes, School Provides | Yes, School Provides | None |
| Class Setting | Supervised Roaming in Groups | Inside our Lab @ KSL | Push into your Classroom |
| Teachers Relax? | ★★☆☆☆ | ★★★★★ | ★★★★★ |
Field Trips - all year, all Great
We offer field trips offsite at your school, which saves bus money and logistics, as well as field trips at Kids Science Labs. For this Academic Year, our field trips are currently only available in Chicago (offsite STEM Lab) and on-site at Kids Science Labs South Loop.
At School Field Trips
We boost your STEM Enrichment on-campus and support teachers by offering field trips at your school plug into your daily instruction time with 45 minutes of entirely hands-on Amplify Science. KSL provides an awesome K-8th grade teacher during the school day, all science materials for each child to do their own science experiment, and we lead the entire lesson to support your grade level objectives and standards. We are able to push into classrooms as well as work using a dedicated classroom for the day, Monday - Friday, 8am-3pm
At KSL Field Trips
When you come to one of our centers, field trips are 75-minutes full of engaging science experiments and activities led by our inspiring teachers and held in our world-class facilities. Teachers can relax and enjoy the experience too as we do all the engagement from arrival to departure, smiles included!
Summer Science Field Trips and OST
Many summer programs are seeking opportunities to travel to one of our beautiful centers in the summer, or to have us send our STEM Lab teachers directly to your campus or school. We have been a successful destination for hands-on science since 2011 for schools and our team would be happy to engage with you about flexible options. We look forward to inspiring and engaging your students.
Every class starts with a curious question that a child wants to know!