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The Environmental Studies Center is a natural sciences education facility designed to provide unique learning experiences. Featuring over 500 acres of rich woodlands, the Center affords teachers, students, and the general public an opportunity to experience firsthand the natural environment. Teachers may choose from programs that are correlated to the Alabama Science Course of Study at each grade level. Programs Read more...

The Environmental Studies Center is a natural sciences education facility designed to provide unique learning experiences. Featuring over 500 acres of rich woodlands, the Center affords teachers, students, and the general public an opportunity to experience firsthand the natural environment. Natural resources include pine and bay forests, swamps, freshwater streams, carnivorous plant bog, and a twenty-acre lake. The Center also Read more...

Cornerstone Gardens contains natural beauty and wonder of over 5,000 plants and trees comprised of over 150 different species. The Gardens offer interesting and appealing natural beauty at all seasons. Cornerstone Gardens offers guided, instructional tours for all ages by one of the founders, a master gardener. The origin, nature and description of the plants and trees are discussed. Read more...

Bellingrath Gardens and Home offers educational, self-guided workshops that K-5 student groups can use to lead themselves through the Gardens in a self-guided tour. The Gardens facility has excellent resources for exploring plant sciences, ecosystems, wetlands and conservation. We have designed our curriculum to help meet state and local standards for teaching students as they are actively engaged in learning Read more...

Bellingrath offers educational materials for teachers to lead students to investigate topics related to the Gardens and surrounding areas. Each workshop guideline integrates other content areas with science so you can give your students a better understanding of the relationship between botanical sciences, the environment, and daily lives. Teaching topics include: Bees, Birds & Butterflies, Map Skills in the Gardens, Read more...

Join us for GulfQuest’s Summer Maritime Academies! All rising 1st-6th graders are eligible. The week-long Academy will feature a different maritime theme each day. Academy activities will be taught in our exhibit space & in the museum’s classrooms. The curriculum for our Academy has strong STEM components, complemented by art, Social Sciences, and fun! During Academies cadets will get the Read more...

With 90 interactive exhibits, simulators, and theaters, GulfQuest is an educator’s dream. From stem to stern, GulfQuest provides unique learning opportunities that will inspire your students from the moment they arrive. Our museum is eclectic and interdisciplinary, with content that addresses history, engineering, geography, archaeology, and more. Prepare to be impressed by the sheer scope of our facility- we have Read more...

GulfQuest offers over 90 immersive exhibits in a vast array of maritime topics, including but not limited to: trade routes, military history, early Gulf settlements, archaeology, marine life, weather, ship navigation, coastal environments, and nautical commerce. Read more...

Enjoy a rare opportunity to stay at the Science Center at night. Explore the exhibits, discover special programs and set up camp in front of your favorite exhibit during this exclusive after-hours experience. Don’t miss this memorable overnight adventure! We welcome scouts, families, teachers, teams, retreats, small groups or large groups. All Overnight Adventures include: two live science demos, time Read more...

Let the Exploreum come to you with our exciting Science to Go! program! During these 45 minute long programs, members of the Exploreum Science Squad will come to your school or classroom and demonstrate some of the most fascinating areas of science! The Gulf Coast Exploreum offers many different themes that can be tailored to your teaching topics. Some of Read more...