Classroom Visits
Classes and animals can come to you! We provide classroom visits in schools, youth centers, and outdoor festival settings. Explore a list of available classes, or reach out to the Learning Team at fieldtrips@glaquarium.org.
Educational Outreaches
We offer three types of educational outreaches for career fairs, STEAM fairs, Science Nights, festivals, or other large gatherings.
- Meet an Animal Ambassador: Meet an Aquarium ambassador animal up close! Options include invertebrates, turtles, snakes, and more. Animal availability subject to change.
- Buoyancy Booth: See whether your SCUBA diver can achieve neutral buoyancy or not in this fun (and wet) challenge!
- Plankton Station: See live plankton samples under a microscope and learn about the Lake Superior food chain. Then get creative and make your own plankton from pipe cleaners and beads.
Cost: $100 for the first hour; $60 for each subsequent hour. Programs that begin or end after 5:00 p.m. will be charged an additional $30 after-hours fee.
These fees support travel, animal transport, and instruction within 20 miles of Great Lakes Aquarium. Outreaches and Classroom Visits beyond 20 miles of the Aquarium will incur an additional fee of $0.76/mile.