Field Trips / Exhibits

Build your field trip around one of our 2009–2010 featured exhibits:

FACING MARS
October 3, 2009 - January 3, 2010

What if you could travel to Mars? Would you be prepared for a long space journey and an inhospitable landscape?  In Facing Mars, your readiness to be a space traveler will be tested in over two dozen simulations of space travel.

RACE:  Are We So Different?
January 30 - May 2, 2010

It’s a simple truth: People are different.  This exhibit provides an opportunity to understand race from a biological, cultural, and historical perspective through engaging, hands-on science experiences; real artifacts; and videos that present people’s unique stories.

Leave the classroom and head for a science adventure! A field trip to the Lawrence Hall of Science energizes your students with new ideas and memorable learning opportunities.

• View the Earth from space without leaving the ground in our newest exhibit Science on a Sphere.
• Investigate the science of the very, very, very small in nanozone.
• Explore the impact of earthquakes, erosion, wind and weather in our outdoor science park Forces That Shape the Bay.

Our exhibits are selected to enrich concepts in the California science and mathematics frameworks as well as help support national standards for inquiry-based learning.

Discounts on admission are available for groups of 12 or more.

Call (510) 642-5134 to arrange your field trip to LHS.

Search Offerings
Find the  program just right for your group by searching our PFS&CG catalog for "fieldtrips".

Available
Exhibit Field Trips are available year-round.

Hours
LHS is open daily, 10:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.

Field Trip Discounts
Group or field-trip rate per person, 12 or more paying visitors, with advance reservations:
$9.00 for Adults (ages 19 through 61)
$7.00 for Student/senior/disabled (ages 7–18; 62 plus)
$4.50 for Children (ages 3-6; children under 3 are admitted free)

Call (510) 642-5134 for reservations.

LHS requires at least one chaperone, admitted free, for every 7 students.

General Admission
$12.00 for adults (ages 19 through 61)
$9.00 for Student/senior/disabled ( ages 7-18; 62 plus)
$6.00 for children (ages 3-6)
Free for LHS members and children under 3

Combine your field trip with an LHS workshop, assembly, or science theater performance, and admission to LHS is included with your program fees.