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Outreach

Outreach Programs

Let us bring the Heard to your classroom, organization, or group meeting.

The Heard Museum offers various on-campus outreach opportunities to bring the learning to you! Check out our list of turnkey programs below or let us design a program just for you!

Heard presenting to a crowd on location

About Our Programs

All programs for school groups can be TEKS aligned. Classroom and Information Table programs are hands-on and designed to allow students to experience learning in an interactive way using museum resources.

Topics

  • Live Animal Ambassadors
  • Adaptations
  • Studies of Reptiles, Birds, Mammals, Insects, Butterflies, Amphibians, etc.
  • Food Webs
  • Life Cycles
  • Pollinators
  • Biological Classification
  • Native Plants
  • Fossils
  • Minerals
  • Rock Cycle (rock families &/or weather, erosion, deposition)
  • Water cycle &/or Watersheds
  • Aquatic Life Investigations
  • Rocks and Soil
  • Threatened & Endangered Species of Texas
  • Natural Resources & Environmental Impact
  • Sun, Moon, & Planets
  • Volcanoes, Tornadoes & Earthquakes, etc.

Presentations

Perfect for large groups or auditorium settings, libraries, community center gatherings, and more! Presentations may include live animals and/or items from the museum’s collections and are ideal for strengthening themes taught in class or for celebrating nature at your next event.

Price

# of Attendees Up to 30mins Up to 60 mins Up to 90 mins
0 -50 $150 $250 $350
51 - 100 $175 $275 $375
101 - 150 $200 $300 $400
150+ Call for Pricing

Additional Information

Additional fees for materials may apply depending on program choice

 

Travel:

  • Up to 25 miles from museum: free
  • 26-50 miles: add $50

 

After Hours (After 4:00pm or Weekends): add $50.00

Classroom Programs

Expand your learning experience! Heard naturalists can reinforce curriculum concepts right in your classroom. Hands-on and engaging activities are the center of these programs offered to groups of 30 or less.

Price

# of Programs Up to 30mins Up to 60 mins Up to 90 mins
Program
(1st & 2nd)*
$150 ea. $250 ea. $350 ea.
3rd + Consecutive Discount ** $60 ea. $85 ea. $100 ea.

* Fee for each of first two programs, may be the same or different programs

 

** Want the same Classroom program or Information Table done consecutive times? Get a discount on the 3rd and any additional programs. Discount may not apply to bookings with large time gaps in between program times. If you have questions concerning break times between programs please contact us.

Additional Information

Travel:

  • Up to 25 miles from museum: free
  • 26-50 miles: add $50

 

After Hours (After 4:00pm or Weekends): add $50.00

Information Table / Booth

Let us provide a variety of nature based items for your group to touch and examine – all interpreted by one of our naturalists. Informational booths can cover any natural science topic of your choosing and can even include a visit from one of our ambassador animals or a customized activity! ex. display with touch items, live animals, GeoGlobe, etc.

Price

Booth Type 1st & 2nd Hour Consecutive Hours*
Nature Touch Table $250/hr. + $50/hr.
With live Animal Ambassadors, GeoGlobe or a customized activity $300/hr. + $60/hr.

*Want the same Classroom program or Information Table done consecutive times? Get a discount on the 3rd and any additional programs. Discount may not apply to bookings with large time gaps in between program times. If you have questions concerning break times between programs please contact us.

Additional Information

Travel:

  • Up to 25 miles from museum: free
  • 26-50 miles: add $50

After Hours (After 4:00pm or Weekends): add $50.00

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