See science come to life with SCI's live programs, included with every school visit!
SCI's programming supports the Iowa Core and National Science Standards and is accurate, relevant and fun! The Science Learning Team is experienced in best practices for interactive, inquiry-based learning to provide your students with quality education and enhance critical thinking skills.
Every school visit includes access to a live program of your choice!
Live Programs
- Cold-Blooded Critters (Pre-K - Grade 6) — Discover fascinating facts about some of our resident reptiles and amphibians and get up-close to touch these cold-blooded creatures! Reinforces Next Generation Science Standards: Life Sciences and Earth and Space Sciences. For Pre-K: GOLD and Iowa Early Learning Standards.
- Fire & Ice (Grades 3-12) — What's hot? What's not? Explore the science of thermodynamics as you discover what happens to ordinary things at extreme hot and cold temperatures during this dynamic show. Reinforces Next Generation Science Standards: Physical Sciences.
- Meet Stuffee (Pre-K - Grade 2) — Our large, soft sculpture doll makes health and nutrition come to life. From the stomach and esophagus to the heart and lungs, you can see, touch and feel the fascinating fabric of the human anatomy. Reinforces Next Generation Science Standards: Life Sciences and Earth and Space Sciences. Fore Pre-K: GOLD and Iowa Early Learning Standards.
- Meet Stuffee: Germs Edition (Pre-K - Grade 4) — Diagnose why our large, soft sculpture doll isn't feeling well by investigating the world of germs. Reinforces Next Generation Science Standards: Life Sciences and Earth and Space Sciences. For Pre-K: GOLD and Iowa Early Learning Standards.
- Zap (Grades 3-12) — Explore the world of electrons and electricity with demonstrations using a Van de Graaff generator and Tesla Coil. This hair-raising experience will really give you a charge! Reinforces Next Generation Science Standards: Physical Sciences.
Star Theater Planetarium Shows
- Black Holes (Grades 5-12) — Experience one of the most mysterious - and misunderstood - wonders of the universe. Sponsored by NASA. Reinforces Next Generation Science Standards: Physical Sciences and Earth and Space Sciences.
- Flight Adventures (Grades 2-6) — Dreams of flying, model aircraft and a young girl and her grandfather come together in this multimedia planetarium show abou tthe science of aeronautics! Reinforces Physical Sciences and Engineering, Technology and Application of Science.
- Iowa Skies Tonight (Grades3-12) — Introduce your students to the wonders of the night sky. Explore constellations, learn how the ancient Greeks imagined characters from their mythologies in the stars and discover some of our neighbors in the Solar System. Reinforces Next Generation Science Standards: Physical Sciences and Earth and Space Sciences.
- Seven Wonders (Grades 5-12) — Tour the Seven Wonders of the World as well as some of the greatest wonders of our universe and beyond! Reinvorces Next Generation Science Standards: Physical Sciences and Earth and Space Sciences. Iowa CORE Social Studies Standards.
- Two Small Pieces of Glass (Grades 2-6) — Go on an adventure throug history to learn about the creation of the telescope and the discoveries this invention has helped humanity make! Reinforces Next Generation Science Standards: Physical Sciences, Earth and Space Sciences and Engingeering, Techonology and Application of Science.
- The Zula Patrol: Under the Weather (Pre-K - Grade 3) — When weather is stolen from the Solar System planets, the alien members of The Zula Patrol come to the rescue in this colorful planetarium show. Sponsored by NASA and Variety Club. Reinforces Next Generation Science Standards: Earth and Space Sciences. For Pre-K: GOLD and Iowa Early Learning Standards.