Outreach Programs
We offer in-person & virtual presentations that align with NGSS, State Curriculum, and Environmental Literacy standards. Our instructors introduce natural science topics using live animals, engaging demonstrations, and biofacts. Echoes of Nature brings an academic field trip to your classroom, encouraging active student participation.
At this time, we cannot present in-person programs in DC. We can do a virtual program or recording. Please inquire about options.
Pre-K to 8th Grade Classrooms
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Approximately 45 minutes (30 minutes for younger participants)
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Standard Programs (Walk and Talk):
Prek-K: Maximum 45 students
1st-8th: Maximum of 60 students
Lab Style Programs
Maximum 30 students
Assembly Programs: Inquire about themes and cost:
20 minutes: 35-60 students
45 minutes: 65-150 students
45 minutes: 150-200 students
45 minutes: 200+
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Standard Programs:
$205 for one in-person program
$155 for live virtual program
$280 for recorded program
Assembly programs available: cost varies on size of group(s). Please inquire.
Discounts: Available for multiple same-day programs on all programs
Driving Fee: $30-$45 may apply
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Programs can be customized for your classes and adapted for after-school sessions! If a topic isn’t listed or suits a different grade, contact us to explore custom or modified options.
General Information
Browse our list of session topics
Filter sessions below by grade. Once you know which topics you’re interested in, please fill out our signup form and we’ll reach out to you to answer any questions and get you on the schedule.
Download a Printable Version:2025-2026 Outreach Brochure (PDF) → (due to current gasoline prices a driving fee may be assigned to locations in Prince George’s and Anne Arundel Counties despite brochure listing)
Day and Night
NGSS: K-LS1-1, K-ESS3-1, K-ESS3-3
Why do we have day and night? Which animals are diurnal and nocturnal? What are we? Activities–– and live animals will help us solve these questions.
Animal Textures and Colors
Discover the amazing world of animal textures and colors. Be an animal detective and meet some live animals to figure out if the animals are rough or smooth. What colors are the animals? Do they have stripes or spots?
As the Wheel Turns
Learning about lifecycles in class? Meet with some of our animal ambassadors and learn about their cycles. Help put the lifecycle wheels together for each ambassador.
Ugh! A Bug! (or is it Ooh, Cool!)
Discover the world of bugs. “Bugs” are everywhere. But what is a bug? Does it have 6 or 8 legs? Or more? Meet some “bugs” and use your detective skills to figure out if it is an insect or an arachnid.
Animals of Maryland
NGSS: K-ESS3-1
Meet some native live animals that can be found in Maryland. Learn basic differences between animal body coverings. Observe and touch certain animals.
Food Chain
NGSS: K-LS1-1
Meet living “links” in a food chain. Learn how each “link” depends on others. “Build” a food chain and discover what happens if the chain “breaks.”
Earthworm Lab
NGSS: K-ESS2-2, K-ESS3-3
Be a field researcher. Hypothesize how earthworms will react to stimuli. Observe them and learn their benefits as decomposers in your yard.
Journey Into Winter
Winter is here. Where are the animals? Meet some & learn how they survive cold, foodless winters through migration or hibernation.
Animal Adaptations
NGSS: 1-LS1-1
What features help animals survive? Find internal & external adaptations, comparing wild and captive behaviors. Can focus on specific adaptations!
Dinosaurs
Explore dinosaurs through hands-on stations with models, fossils, and pictures. Discover their adaptations, compare two-legged and four-legged dinos, and see how scientists use footprints to learn about movement. Meet our “rope dino” for size comparisons, walk like a dino, and meet some living fossils.
Life Cycle
K-LS1-1, 1-LS1-1, 1-LS1-2, 2-LS4-1
Learn about different life cycle stages in this hands-on class. Groups use models and pictures of plants and animals to place in order. Which have incomplete or complete metamorphosis? Meet ambassadors to explore their life cycle.
Click class name for longer description with vocabulary.
Trees: A Year Round Home
K-LS1-1, K-ESS3-1, 1-LS1-1, 1-LS1-2, 2-LS2-2, 2- LS4-1
Why are trees important? What benefits do they give people and animals? Explore a tree through the seasons and discover how it is a year-round home.
