Outreach Programs at your School
For All Outreach Programs:
Bring a Desert Discovery Program to your school! 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. Programs are 45-50 minutes in length and are linked to the Arizona Academic Standards in Science.
Offered: Tuesday through Friday.
Length: 45-50 minutes
Students: up to 3 presentations of the same program per day - 30 student maximum per program
Programs Available
PreK & Kindergarten
- A Walk in the Desert View Details
- Active Animals View Details
- Musical Storytime View Details
Elementary
- Musical Storytime View Details
- Amazing Arthropods View Details
- Saguaro Partners View Details
- Web of Life View Details
- Discover the Desert View Details
Middle & High School
- Biomimicry: Design by Nature View Details
- Sonoran Solutions: Protecting the Desert View Details
All Ages
- Desert Reptiles View Details
- Winged Wonders View Details
- Drawing Desert Life View Details
- Meet the Neighbors View Details
- STEM/Science Fair Booth View Details
Register: Reservations are required with a 30-day minimum advance notice. Your reservation is confirmed when reservation letter has been faxed and/or emailed to you. Reservation Information
Full Payment is due at least two weeks in advance by purchase order or check. Purchase orders must be emailed to education@desertmuseum.org. Checks need to be mailed. Additional fees for more than 50 miles outside Tucson area.
Mailing address: Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, 2021 N. Kinney Rd., Tucson, AZ 85743, ATTN: Education Department. Fax: 520.578.8020
Need something else? Email education@desertmuseum.org.
Pricing
Desert Discovery Programs
- $300 Schools meeting the Title 1 discount criteria; all requests will be verified on the U.S. Department of Education website
- $350 Other schools, youth groups, and libraries
- $120 each for an additional presentation, with a maximum of three presentations of the same program conducted on the same day.
STEM/Science Fair Booth
| With Live Animals | Without Live Animals | |
|---|---|---|
| Title 1 Schools | $300 | $150 |
| Other schools & groups | $350 | $200 |
Additional after hours and weekend fee:
| $150 | After 4 p.m. |
| $150 | Saturdays & Sundays |
Travel Fees for one-way distances 50 miles and over (not to exceed 150 miles):
| $100 | 50-100 miles |
| $200 | 101-150 miles |
| Free for Tribal Nations | |