For Educators

Field Trip Workshops

Structure your COSI field trip with a workshop that improves your students’ understanding of science concepts, connects to COSI exhibitions, and nurtures scientific inquiry. All workshops include teacher guides with pre-visit and post-visit lessons, websites, and vocabulary words that connect to Ohio College and Career Ready Standards.

Each Field Trip Workshop is 45 minutes and accommodates 30 students. Please contact COSI if you have larger groups or students with special needs.

Generation Rx Lab Experiences can accommodate 12-18 students at a single time. Larger groups can be accommodated with multiple lab sessions.

Field Trip Workshop Reservations: Please call toll-free 888.819.2674.

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Lab Experiences

Generation Rx Lab

The Generation Rx Lab is an innovative, educational experience within the Labs in Life exhibit at COSI and run by scientists from the College of Pharmacy at Ohio State. In this lab, your students can conduct hands-on experiments that apply science inquiry skills and provide an engaging platform to learn basic biology and chemistry concepts.

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Field Trip Workshops

Magnets

Poles and electromagnetic forces.

  • Grade Levels: Grades 1-2
  • Number of Students: 30
  • Academic Standards:
  • Physical Science - Grade 1: Motion and Materials
  • Physical Science - Grade 2: Changes in Motion
  • Classroom Activities: Download Classroom Activities (PDF)

Beginner Robotics

Build a simple LEGO® WeDo robot.

  • Grade Levels: Grades 1-5
  • Number of Students: 30
  • Academic Standards:
  • Physical Science - Grade 1: Motion and Materials
  • Physical Science - Grade 2: Changes in Motion
  • Physical Science - Grade 4: Electricity Heat and Matter
  • Physical Science - Grade 5: Light Sound and Motion
  • Classroom Activities: Download Classroom Activities (PDF)

Weather

Clouds, air pressure, and temperatures.

  • Grade Levels: Grades 1-5
  • Number of Students: 30
  • Academic Standards:
  • Earth and Space Science - Grade 1: Sun Energy and Motion
  • Earth and Space Science - Grade 2: The Atmosphere
  • Earth and Space Science - Grade 3: Earth’s Resources
  • Classroom Activities: Download Classroom Activities (PDF)

Erosion

Processes that create and shape a stream.

  • Grade Levels: Grades 3-5
  • Number of Students: 30
  • Academic Standards:
  • Earth and Space Science - Grade 3: Earth’s Resources
  • Earth and Space Science - Grade 4: Earth’s Surface
  • Classroom Activities: Download Classroom Activities (PDF)

New! Germs: A 21st Century Learning Lab

Unpack a box of 21st century skills in this unique 3 1⁄2-hour program focused on cross-curricular learning immersion that includes...

  • Grade Levels: Grades 3-6
  • Number of Students: 30

New! Mindbenders Brainstorm Challenges

Starts January 2013

Develop collaboration, communication, critical thinking, and creativity skills. Work together to solve issues from everyday life using simple materials.

  • Grade Levels: Grades 3-8
  • Number of Students: 30

Chemical & Physical Change

Differences between physical and chemical change.

  • Grade Levels: Grades 4-8
  • Number of Students: 30
  • Academic Standards:
  • Physical Science - Grade 4: Electricity Heat and Matter
  • Physical Science - Grade 6: Matter and Motion
  • Physical Science - Grade 7: Conservation of Mass and Energy

Crime Scene Investigation (CSI)

Become a Crime Scene Investigator with the help of chemistry and biology.

  • Grade Levels: Grades 4-8
  • Number of Students: 30
  • Academic Standards:
  • Life Science - Grade 6: Cellular to Multicellular
  • Life Science - Grade 6: Matter and Motion

Weather

Clouds, air pressure, and extreme weather.

  • Grade Levels: Grades 5-8
  • Number of Students: 30
  • Academic Standards:
  • Earth and Space - Grade 7: Cycles of Patterns Earth and Moon
  • Classroom Activities: Download Classroom Activities (PDF)

Crazy Coasters

Build a marble roller coaster.

  • Grade Levels: Grades 6-8
  • Number of Students: 30
  • Academic Standards:
  • Physical Science - Grade 6: Matter and Motion
  • Physical Science - Grade 7: Cycles of Matter and Flow of Energy
  • Physical Science - Grade 8: Forces in Motion
  • Classroom Activities: Download Classroom Activities (PDF)

Intermediate Robotics

Create basic programming for a robot using LEGO® MINDSTORM robots.

  • Grade Levels: Grades 6-8
  • Number of Students: 30
  • Academic Standards:
  • Physical Science - Grade 7: Conservation of Mass and Energy
  • Physical Science - Grade 8: Forces and Motion
  • Classroom Activities: Download Classroom Activities (PDF)

Knowing Your Nanotech

Discover the amazing (and very, very tiny) world of nanotechnology.

  • Grade Levels: Grades 6-10
  • Number of Students: 30
  • Academic Standards:
  • Physical Science - Grade 6: Matter and Motion
  • Physical Science - Grade 7: Conservation of Matter and Energy
  • Physical Science - Grades 9 & 10: Study of Matter
  • Classroom Activities: Download Classroom Activities (PDF)

Cow Eye Dissection

Dissect a cow’s eye to better understand how our own eyes function.

  • Grade Levels: Grades 6-12
  • Number of Students: 30
  • Academic Standards:
  • Life Science - Grade 6: Cellular to Multicellular
  • Life Science - Grade 9: Evolution, Cells
  • Life Science - Grade 10: Evolution, Cells
  • Classroom Activities: Download Classroom Activities (PDF)

Catapults, Trebuchets, & Physics, Oh My!

Discover force and motion by observing and building medieval machines.

  • Grade Levels: Grades 7-12
  • Academic Standards:
  • Physical Science - Grade 7: Conservation of Mass and Energy
  • Physical Science - Grade 8: Forces and Motion
  • Physical Science - Grade 9: Forces and Motion
  • Physical Science - Grade 10: Energy and Waves
  • Classroom Activities: Download Classroom Activities (PDF)

DNA: The Foundation for YOU

Explore the structure of DNA and how it relates to cellular structure and expression of characteristics.

  • Grade Levels: Grades 7-12
  • Number of Students: 30
  • Academic Standards:
  • Life Science - Grade 8: Species and Reproduction
  • Life Science - Grade 9: Heredity, Evolution
  • Life Science - Grade 8: Grade 10: Cells
  • Classroom Activities: Download Classroom Activities (PDF)