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Experience the Wonder at The Imaginarium!

For children of all ages...

Workshops through The Imaginarium

45 minutes of personal, learner focused hands-on science experiences for classroom-sized groups. Workshops provide lively, engaging science activities that are sure to hook science on science topics.

  • $225 for each program*, minimum of 2 workshops per day required. If workshop requires Portable StarLab, add $75 fee.
  • 30 students maximum.

Preschool
Grades K-2
Grades 3-5
Grades 6-8

Preschool
Life on the Edge
Get hands-on time with marine life in our touch tanks.

Ssssenses
Learn about sensational senses with hands-on activities.

Rockin' Reptiles
Touch and learn about our live reptile collection.

Magnetic Mayhem
Experiment, wear and even try 'fishing' with magnets.

Galaxy Tour
Take a tour of the constellations adn learn about stars.

Grades K-2
Workshop learning objectives and alaska science standards

Tails and Scales
Slither, crawl or swim to The Imaginarium to learn about and touch bearded dragons, lizards, alligators, and more.

From Teeth to Tummy
What happend to your breakfast? Make a group model of digestion in this newly adapted workshop for young learners.

What Matters
Future chemists explore fizzy, foamy reactions and use the scientific method to make their own predictions.

Moons & Meteors
This high-impact workshop focuses on meteors and the planets. Students create their own meteorite collisions and spend time in our planetarium.

Grades 3-5
Workshop learning objectives and alaska science standards

Brain Scan
This popular hands-on workshop includes dissection of a sheep's brain and learning how the brain controls body systems.

Poke a Squid
It's squishy, it's slimy, it's squid! Students act as marine biologists, learning how to dissect and analyze.

Slither Hither
Get face-to-face with some of our reptile friends. Students will have fun exploring the world of reptiles.

Ins and Outs of Digestion
Explore the many mechanical and chemical processes that go into digestion and make a model of the human digestive system.

Cold Hard Facts
Explore the unique properties of dry ice through interactive, hands-on experiments. Discover the wonders of liquid nitrogen.

Static Cling
Learn all about electricity, how it works, adn what it has in common with the socks in your dryer.

Orbital Action
Take a planetary journey in the planetarium, build a planetary model and learn about the size, scale and orbital paths of planets.

Rocks Rock
Student geologists follow rocks on their journey from formation to disintegration and back again.

Grades 6-8
Workshop learning objectives and alaska science standards

Eye-Eye
Find out how we "see the light" by studying a cow eye. Students describe the complex functions of the eye while getting hands-on dissection experience.

Slimy Cephalopod
Students uncover the parts of a squid and their purpose when they dissect a squid, discovering the amazing similarities to human anatomy.

Reptile Academy
Using the "wheel of survival", students work through catastrophic events that would lead to extinction of their chosen reptile until only one group's lucky creature is left.

Stellar Inception
Students journey through the life cycle of a star, from inception to implosion, and visit the planetarium.

Questions? Contact us!
Phone: (907) 343-0625
Email: programs@imaginarium.org
Fax: (907) 258-4306

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The Imaginarium • 737 West 5th Ave. #G • Anchorage, Alaska 99501
phone 907.276.3179 • fax 907.258.4306 • info@imaginarium.org