School Programs

Audubon educators provide high-quality, hands-on science programming in classrooms, on our wildlife refuges and at our Nature Center and Aquarium in Bristol. Explore our offerings below!

Teachers can enhance their classroom by attending a professional development workshop; or by implementing Audubon's Schoolyard Habitat Resource Guide for outdoor learning!

Audubon has linked all of our school programs to the Next Generation Science Standards and URI’s GEMS-Net Foss Kits.

For pricing and important program details, please see our Education Program Guide:
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Nature Stories

Programs for young children include a story, activities and a live animal. Just select a theme and Audubon will do the rest! Easily done in an outdoor space, as well as the classroom.
Inflatable Whale

Discover the amazing size and adaptations of a whale! Students get up-close and climb inside our 65-foot, life-sized inflatable fin whale. They learn why whales are mammals and all about their special characteristics and skills for survival.
Live Bird Programs

These programs showcases live owls and hawks. Through demonstrations, photographs and biofacts, students learn how the structure and functions of these birds help them to survive. Predator/prey dynamics and the importance of habitat are emphasized as well.
Life Science Programs

In a natural outdoor area or the indoor classroom, these one-hour programs are designed to support your science curriculum and align with the Next Generation Science Standards. Programs include inquiry-based activities that are grade-level appropriate. Live animals accompany most programs.

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Indoor Investigations

at the Audubon Nature Center and Aquarium, Bristol, RI

Perfect for winter field trips! Indoor investigations include habitat and aquarium exhibit explorations with inquiry-based activities that are grade-level appropriate. Programs are designed to support your science curriculum and align with the Next Generation Science Standards.

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Outdoor Field Explorations

at Audubon Wildlife Refuges

Get outside! Visit one of Audubon’s beautiful wildlife refuges to explore and investigate the natural world. Field explorations are grade-level appropriate, designed to support your science curriculum, and align with Next Generation Science Standards.