CLAY
Let us bring the excitement of art and science to you! Our lively sessions can be geared for any age group, size or budget! Based on state learning content standards and objectives, our outreach programs offer hands–on activities that bring the wonders of art and science directly to your classroom or special event! Call or email our outreach coordinator at 304–561–3555 or outreach@theclaycenter.org to sign up today!
Availability and Program fees:
Clay Center Outreach programs are scheduled mainly on Mondays and Tuesdays, with weekends or other days available on a limited basis.
Fees, including travel and program/workshop charges, depend on a variety of factors including site distance from Clay Center, number of programs and number of required staff. For a price quote on an Outreach program, please contact our Outreach Coordinator at the number or email address listed above.
Choose from these great options:
All Day Fair
If a field trip to the Clay Center isn’t possible, let us bring an entire day’s worth of great activities to you and your school. Students will visit our inflatable STARLAB planetarium, learn about the inner workings of the human body with STUFFEE, our health science mascot, and see your choice of any of our other exciting workshop options.
STARLAB, K—12 (45 min.)
Our most popular outreach program, STARLAB is a portable, inflatable planetarium that seats 20 to 25 people and allows schools to meet many state content standards in science, math and social studies. Topics available are Solar System and Galaxy, African Mythology and Plate Tectonics.
*STARLAB is also available for rental - call for details
STUFFEE Health Science, K—6 (45 min.)
Meet Stuffee, the Museum's health mascot – a big, blue-haired, unzippable character that shows the amazing inner–workings of the human body. This is a kid-friendly anatomy lesson with a dose of nutrition thrown in. Stuffee helps us see what really happens to our food after we swallow!
*STUFFEE is also available for rental - call for details
Already seen these programs? Try one of our all-new workshops for this school year:
BUGS!* – We’ll take a look at those creepy-crawly members of the animal kingdom that seem to make their way into every aspect of our lives! *May include live specimens
Build-It!– This program shows how fun engineering can really be! We’ll challenge your students to build a free-standing structure using the most minimal of components to address the question: What makes a material strong?
Chemical Reactions – See a live science show full of fun experiments and top off the program with an experiment at your own table! Wow!
*Program rentals require a trained presenter. Call for additional details on training and rentals.
If outreach is not a good option for your school, try our new Distance Learning program instead!