NOTE: VENDORS, ACTIVITIES, AND EXHIBITORS SUBJECT TO CHANGE.
SPECIAL GUEST SPEAKER
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 17
• 11 a.m. Speech
• 11:45 a.m. Question & Answer
• 1 – 2 p.m. Book Signing
Location: MS Agriculture & Forestry Museum
Dr. Grandin is an animal scientist, autism self-advocate, and a professor at Colorado State University. She will share her life story and how she evolved into doing the work that she does today, including her experience with science, agriculture, and autism awareness.
Click here for Dr. Grandin's full bio.
• 11 a.m. Speech
• 11:45 a.m. Question & Answer
• 1 – 2 p.m. Book Signing
Location: MS Agriculture & Forestry Museum
Dr. Grandin is an animal scientist, autism self-advocate, and a professor at Colorado State University. She will share her life story and how she evolved into doing the work that she does today, including her experience with science, agriculture, and autism awareness.
Click here for Dr. Grandin's full bio.
FIELD TRIP FRIDAY OVERVIEW
September 17, 2021
In partnership with the MS Science Fest, the LeFleur Museum District invites you to attend a special STEM-themed Field Trip Friday on September 17, 2021! All four museums will host a day dedicated to promoting STEM subjects and increasing science literacy for our field trip guests.
On this special day, your students will be some of the select few who have the opportunity to spend their field trip time interacting with nationally renowned STEM professionals and engaging in unique, hands-on activities that align and connect directly to the science and math content taught in your classroom.
Students on this Field Trip Friday will get an exclusive sneak preview into the exciting guests, experiments, exhibits, and lessons brought into Jackson for Saturday’s MS Science Fest!
HOW TO BOOK YOUR FIELD TRIP
1. Read below to see what's happening at each museum and the field trip rates.
2. Select the museum with which you'd like to book your field trip.
3. Contact that museum directly to schedule your trip and review their field trip policies and procedures.
WHAT'S HAPPENING AT EACH MUSEUM? (FIELD TRIP ACTIVITIES, RATES, & CONTACTS)
NOTE: VENDORS, ACTIVITIES, AND EXHIBITORS SUBJECT TO CHANGE.
MS AGRICULTURE & FORESTRY MUSEUM
Field Trip Contact: msagmuseum@mdac.ms.gov or 601-432-4500
Group Rate - Students (Ages 3-18): $2 each, Adults: $4 each, Teachers: 1 free per 10 students, Bus Drivers: free
*Must have 10 or more to be eligible for group pricing.
Exhibitors and Activities:
MS CHILDREN'S MUSEUM:
Field Trip Contact: Phillip Weisenberger, Phillip@mcm.ms or fieldtrips@mcm.ms or 601-709-8962
Group Rate - $5.00 per person for a group with 15 or more children. Both children and adults are eligible for the group rate by paying with the group. One chaperone for every five children will receive free admission.
Exhibitors and Activities:
MS SPORTS HALL OF FAME & MUSEUM:
Field Trip Contact: Andrea Patterson, apatterson@msfame.com or 601-982-8264
Group Rate - is $3 per student. Teachers and bus drivers are free and any parents or guardians are $3 per person. We accept cash, check, card or purchase order. Students will rotate through the museum and interactive stations in small groups to get the most out of each hands-on experience.
Exhibitors and Activities:
MDWFP'S MISSISSIPPI MUSEUM OF NATURAL SCIENCE:
Field Trip Contact: Yolanda Hawkins, yolanda.hawkins@mmns.state.ms.us or 601-576-6000
Group Rate - 10 or more students $2.00 per student. Teachers/Aides - FREE with group, Bus drivers - FREE with group, Chaperones - 1 FREE per ten students. ADDITIONAL ADULTS - REGULAR ADMISSION $6.
Exhibitors and Activities:
* Vendors, exhibitors, and activities subject to change.
September 17, 2021
In partnership with the MS Science Fest, the LeFleur Museum District invites you to attend a special STEM-themed Field Trip Friday on September 17, 2021! All four museums will host a day dedicated to promoting STEM subjects and increasing science literacy for our field trip guests.
On this special day, your students will be some of the select few who have the opportunity to spend their field trip time interacting with nationally renowned STEM professionals and engaging in unique, hands-on activities that align and connect directly to the science and math content taught in your classroom.
Students on this Field Trip Friday will get an exclusive sneak preview into the exciting guests, experiments, exhibits, and lessons brought into Jackson for Saturday’s MS Science Fest!
HOW TO BOOK YOUR FIELD TRIP
1. Read below to see what's happening at each museum and the field trip rates.
2. Select the museum with which you'd like to book your field trip.
3. Contact that museum directly to schedule your trip and review their field trip policies and procedures.
WHAT'S HAPPENING AT EACH MUSEUM? (FIELD TRIP ACTIVITIES, RATES, & CONTACTS)
NOTE: VENDORS, ACTIVITIES, AND EXHIBITORS SUBJECT TO CHANGE.
MS AGRICULTURE & FORESTRY MUSEUM
Field Trip Contact: msagmuseum@mdac.ms.gov or 601-432-4500
Group Rate - Students (Ages 3-18): $2 each, Adults: $4 each, Teachers: 1 free per 10 students, Bus Drivers: free
*Must have 10 or more to be eligible for group pricing.
Exhibitors and Activities:
- Coming Soon
MS CHILDREN'S MUSEUM:
Field Trip Contact: Phillip Weisenberger, Phillip@mcm.ms or fieldtrips@mcm.ms or 601-709-8962
Group Rate - $5.00 per person for a group with 15 or more children. Both children and adults are eligible for the group rate by paying with the group. One chaperone for every five children will receive free admission.
Exhibitors and Activities:
- Belhaven University Department of Math and Computer Science
- Copiah Lincoln Community College
- Eaton
- Holmes Community College
- Lobaki, INC (9 a.m. - 12 p.m.)
- MDOT Litter
- Mississippi Bug Blues
- Molina Healthcare
MS SPORTS HALL OF FAME & MUSEUM:
Field Trip Contact: Andrea Patterson, apatterson@msfame.com or 601-982-8264
Group Rate - is $3 per student. Teachers and bus drivers are free and any parents or guardians are $3 per person. We accept cash, check, card or purchase order. Students will rotate through the museum and interactive stations in small groups to get the most out of each hands-on experience.
Exhibitors and Activities:
- Coming Soon
MDWFP'S MISSISSIPPI MUSEUM OF NATURAL SCIENCE:
Field Trip Contact: Yolanda Hawkins, yolanda.hawkins@mmns.state.ms.us or 601-576-6000
Group Rate - 10 or more students $2.00 per student. Teachers/Aides - FREE with group, Bus drivers - FREE with group, Chaperones - 1 FREE per ten students. ADDITIONAL ADULTS - REGULAR ADMISSION $6.
Exhibitors and Activities:
- Adopt-a-Stream: watersheds
- Bureau of Land Management: early tool culture
- Eudora Welty Home and Garden: plant anatomy
- Madison County Library: snap circuits
- MDWFP's Museum of Natural Science: native turtles
- MS Department of Environmental Quality: map making
- MS Forestry Commission: tree ring aging
- Outside in MS: using microscopes
- Wild Weather Exhibit
* Vendors, exhibitors, and activities subject to change.
COVID: Masks are strongly recommended at all four museums. We are providing as many outdoor experiences as possible. Social distancing is in place.
Copyright LeFleur Museum District 2017 - 2021 Privacy Policy