Pre-K – 12 Experiences

Includes a 30-minute Guided Tour of the Ancient Egypt Gallery and a related 30-minute hands-on activity. 

The Ptolemaic period (323-30 BC) comes to life in the Ancient Egypt Gallery. Students will learn about the ancient Egyptians’ civilization, beliefs, and customs, and how these people interacted with their Greek and Roman neighbors. Enter a recreated tomb, which houses an authentic 2,300-year-old mummy, learn how modern technology revealed some of this mummy’s secrets, and then explore hieroglyphics and create a replica of an ancient Egyptian artifact.

The Ptolemaic period (323-30 BC) comes to life in the Ancient Egypt Gallery. Students learn about the ancient Egyptians’ civilization, beliefs, and customs, and how these people interacted with their Greek and Roman neighbors. Enter a recreated tomb which houses an authentic 2,300-year-old mummy, and learn how modern technology revealed some of this mummy’s secrets.

Explore LASM’s permanent and changing exhibitions and educational galleries designed to enhance the learning experience for young explorers.

Includes a 30-minute Art Gallery Guided Tour and a related 30-minute hands-on activity. 

Create art in various media and styles based on concepts explored in the art exhibitions on display.

Includes 30-minute Solar System Gallery Guided Tour and a related 30-minute hands-on activity.  

Explore the astronomical history of our universe in the Solar System Gallery. Students will encounter interactive displays that allow them to virtually travel to the Moon, learn about gravity, and more. Then, travel to our Universe Gallery to engage with our state-of-the-art OmniGlobe!

1.5-hour experience that includes content-specific instruction and related hands-on activities. 

In this illuminating exploration of light and color, students make exciting discoveries as they experiment with light, diffraction glasses, and giant water prisms. Through real-life applications, the scientific concepts of refraction, diffraction, and reflection are illustrated with engaging educational activities related to spectrum analysis and the electromagnetic spectrum.

Includes a 30-minute Solar System Gallery Guided Tour and a related 30-minute hands-on activity. 

Get hands-on with geological processes and activities in the Solar System Gallery. An exhibition of minerals and fossils, including a 65-million-year-old authentic Triceratops prosus skull, will teach students about our aging planet.

Includes a 30-minute Solar System Gallery Guided Tour and a related 30-minute hands-on activity. 

In this illuminating exploration of light and color, students make exciting discoveries as they experiment with light, diffraction glasses, and giant water prisms. Through real-life applications, the scientific concepts of refraction, diffraction, and reflection are illustrated with engaging educational activities related to spectrum analysis and the electromagnetic spectrum.

• America’s Musical Journey
• Apollo 11: First Steps Edition
• Dinosaur Passage to Pangaea
• Dinosaurs: Giants of Patagonia
• Dream Big: Engineering Our World
• Earth, Moon & Sun
• Earth’s Wild Ride
• Flight of the Butterflies
• Forward! To the Moon
• From the Blue Planet to the Red Planet
• In Saturn’s Rings
• Into America’s Wild
• Jean-Michel Cousteau’s Secret Ocean
• Magic Tree House Space Mission
• Mummies: Secrets of the Pharaohs
• National Parks Adventure
• The Life of Trees
• The Secrets of Gravity: In the Footsteps of Albert Einstein
• Two Small Pieces of Glass: The Amazing Telescope
• Ventures through Our Solar System

Students sharpen their critical thinking and problem-solving skills to build modular robots. Working in teams, they will use the Science and Engineering Practices to develop inventions that sense, compute, and act upon the world around them. As students design their robots, they actually build a program through hands-on coding. This class culminates in a race that challenges each group to create the smartest and fastest robot.

Students sharpen their critical thinking and problem-solving skills to build modular robots. Working in teams, they will use the Science and Engineering Practices to develop inventions that sense, compute, and act upon the world about them. As students design their robots, they actually build a program through hands-on coding. This class culminates in a race that challenges each group to create the smartest and fastest robot.

Explore the history of our universe, from astronomy to paleontology in the Solar System Gallery. Students will encounter interactive displays that allow them to virtually travel to the Moon, learn about gravity, and more. An exhibition of minerals and fossils, including a 65-million-year-old authentic Triceratops prosus skull, will teach students about our aging planet.

Sponsored by Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority 

This exciting new program includes a visit to the LSU Center for River Studies and same-day, hands-on classes and programs at the Museum. On their tour of the CRS, students will explore a 3-dimensional model of the lower 190 miles of the Mississippi River, one of the most technologically-advanced models in existence. At the Museum, students will collaboratively design solutions to real-world environmental challenges by engaging with a state-of-the-art stream table. Participants will also view a related large-screen educational movie at the Museum. Activities are aligned with the Louisiana Student Standards for Science. 

Through this partnership with the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority, this learning opportunity is available free-of-charge to 4th-to-12th-grade students on a first-come, first-served basis. Please follow this link to register as soon as possible!

The Seed, LASM’s newest hands-on gallery, is designed for aspiring artists and scientists with a heavy focus on Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math (STEAM). Each letter of STEAM is featured with an interactive exhibit that both reflects its associated discipline and connects with other disciplines.