For All Outreach Programs:
Register: Reservations are required with a 30-day minimum advance notice. Your reservation is confirmed when reservation letter has been faxed and/or mailed to you. Reservation Information
Payment: Full payment is due at least two weeks in advance by purchase order, check or credit card. Purchase orders can be faxed or mailed. Checks need to be mailed. Credit cards by mail or phone only. Additional fees for travel 60 miles or more outside our typical service area.
Mailing address: Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, 2021 N. Kinney Rd., Tucson, AZ 85743, ATTN: Education Department. Fax: 520.578.8020
Desert Discovery Programs at your School
Have us bring a Desert Discovery Program to your school. (These programs are also offered at the museum.) Most Desert Discovery programs use live animals, museum artifacts, and interactive demonstrations that focus student's attention on natural history topics about the Sonoran Desert. Unless an age group is specified, our Education Specialists can teach these programs for any age group. We can also tailor a program to meet your specific needs. Programs are 45-50 minutes in length and are linked to the Arizona Academic Standards in Science. See our Teacher Resources for standards information and additional standards-based activities for all Discovery Programs.
Offered: Tuesday through Friday
Length: 45 minutes
Students: 35 maximum
Program Fee: Program Fee: $180 total for the first two programs: $60 each additional. Two Program Min. - Four Program Max. Fees and program min./max are applied to the same named program conducted on the same day.
Kindergarten Only
Program Descriptions
- A Walk in the Desert
Grades 1 - 12
Program Descriptions
- All About Bats! (Grades 3-12)
- Arizona Rocks and Minerals
- Creatures of the Night
- Desert Reptiles
- Desert Waters (Grades 3-12) *New
- Drawing Desert Life (Grades 3-12)
- Endangered and Threatened Species (Grades 4-12)
- Exploring Adaptations (Grades 4-12)
- Feathered Friends
- Hunters and Hunted
- Plant and Animal Partners
- Saguaro Tales (Grades 1-3)
- Sonoran Supermarket (Grades 3-12)
- Web of Life
- Who Dung It? (Grades K-5)
Registration Information & Form
Desert Discovery Labs at your School
These in depth, activity oriented labs allow students in grades 6-12 to explore natural science topics through the use of artifacts, live animals, field activities, or equipment in a laboratory setting. Labs emphasize critical thinking and investigative skills.
Offered: Tuesday through Friday
Length: 90-120 minutes
Students: 35 maximum
Program Fee: $180 per lab.
Desert Discovery Labs
Program Descriptions
- Amphibians and Reptiles
- Arizona Minerals
- Bat Research Simulation
- Exploring Adaptations
- Who Dung It? (Grades 6-8)
