Chill out during this super cool workshop! Using substances like liquid nitrogen and dry ice, participants will explore the phases of matter and energy in amazing ways. A $25 materials fee applies per program session.

NYSP12SL Standards: 4-PS3-2, 5-PS1-3, MS-PS1-4

Nature isn’t just at nature preserves and deep wilderness areas— it’s all around us! Engage your students in STEAM activities to discover nature right in your schoolyard. Select a theme depending on the season and features of your schoolyard or neighborhood:

• NATURE JOURNALING | Year-Round
  NYSP12SL Standards: 3-LS4-3, 4-LS1-1
• MATH IN NATURE | Year-Round

NYSP12SL Standards: 3-LS4-3, 4-LS1-1

• OUTDOOR SURVIVAL SKILLS | April – November

NYSP12SL Standards: 4-ESS3-2, HS-ESS3-1

• BUG-OLOGY | May – September

NYSP12SL Standards: 2-LS4-1, 3-LS4-2                          

Embark on a journey to explore the diverse habitats and adaptations of exotic animals with biofacts from the Museum’s collection. Learn about the movement of animals with an interactive game.

NYSP12SL Standards: K-LS1-1, K-ESS3-1

Investigate real animal shelters such as songbird nests, honeybee comb, beaver-chewed branches, and more. Students work in teams to engineer a small shelter on the classroom floor from natural materials, while also discussing the importance of shelters in various habitats, and the adaptations needed to build them. (For PreK groups, a hands-on story time will be substituted in).

NYSP12SL Standards: K-LS1-1, 1-LS1-1, 2-LS4-1

Explore the science of soap and water! Participants will experiment with bubble solution, bubble tools, and learn all about bubble science. A $10 materials fee applies per program session.

Seasonal Workshop (April—August).

NYSP12SL Standards: K-2-ETS1-1, K-2-ETS1-2, 2-PS1-2

Become a paleontologist and unearth animals that lived long ago! Participants will examine various fossils from near and far to make connections between extinct creatures and those that live today.

NYSP12SL Standards: 2-LS4-1, (3-LS4-1)

Get up close to some incredible (and friendly) insects! Examine live insects and other arthropods, observing their anatomy and behavior while developing an understanding and appreciation of these amazing animals and their unique characteristics.

NYSP12SL Standards: K-LS1-1, 2-LS4-1

Become an archeologist for a day with our excavation simulations and artifact analysis. We’ll discover what artifacts can tell us about traditions, beliefs, language, and geography using items from the Museum’s Collection.

NYSP12SL Standards: 3-LS2-1, 3-ESS2-2

Get to know the rocks and minerals under our feet and decode clues about the history of Earth’s surface. Examine the geologic processes that shape our planet including the rock cycle, creation of landforms, geography, and more.

NYSP12SL Standards: 4-ESS1-1, 4-ESS2-1

Help build a mega model of our solar system! Along the way, participants will explore the many shapes, sizes, similarities and differences of celestial bodies near and far. Be a star and expand your learning horizons!

NYSP12SL Standards: 2-ESS2-3, 3-PS2-2, 4-ESS2-2, 5-ESS1-1

Are you up to the challenge? Participants will become civil engineers and work in teams to design, build and test their creations to solve a real-world challenge. This workshop includes time to evaluate the item’s performance, just how the professionals do it!

NYSP12SL Standards: MS-ETS1-1, MS-ETS1-2, MS-ETS1-3

Use measurement, observation, and inquiry to explore real WNY mammal furs, skulls, and tracks! Through this hands-on process, students will become detectives and compare mammalian features and adaptations of carnivores, omnivores, and herbivores of our ecosystems.

NYSP12SL Standards: 3-LS3-1, 4-LS1-1, MS-LS4-4

Where does the water go when it rains or snows? Discover the dynamic water cycle of our Great Lakes region, water quality issues, aquatic habitats, and the wildlife within them during a presentation of a 3D tabletop watershed model and students’ creation of their own.

NYSP12SL Standards: 3-LS4-3, MS-LS2-5, HS-LS4-6

Dissect a cow eye, flower, or squid with the Buffalo Museum of Science! This workshop allows participants to investigate body systems or plant physiology and helps students visualize how structure relates to function. A lab/materials fee applies depending on specimen chosen. See pricing list below.

NYSP12SL Standards: MS-LS1-3, HS-LS1-2, HS-LS4-4 56

• FLOWER | $15 materials fee per program
• COW EYE | $50 materials fee per program
• SQUID | $50 materials fee per program

Understand why energy is vital to the world and all the people who live in it. Students will investigate what energy is and how we all use energy, plus explore renewable and non-renewable resources and the impacts of energy-related choices.

NYSP12SL Standards: 4-PS3-2, 4-PS3-4, 4-ESS3-1, 5-ESS3-1

Chill out during this super cool workshop! Using liquid nitrogen and dry ice, participants will explore the phases of matter and energy in amazing ways. A $25 materials fee applies per program session.

NYSP12SL Standards: 4-PS3-2, 5-PS1-3, MS-PS1-4

Explore how energy travels through waves we can see and hear. Students investigate key concepts including vibration, pitch, frequency, reflection, refraction and the Doppler effect though fun, interactive demonstrations.

NYSP12SL Standards: 3-PS2-2, 4-PS3-2, 4-PS4-1-3, MS-PS4-1-3