Educator Resources

Educator Resource Fair

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We are proud to offer quality STEM programming to meet your classroom needs. We understand your desire for flexible options and continue to offer a diverse selection of in-person, virtual and outreach STEM programs. We look forward to challenging and entertaining your students through hands-on workshops, larger-than-life science shows and learning through play in our exhibit areas. Thank you for choosing Great Lakes Science Center.

Grant Programs

Great Lakes Science Center works to ensure cost is not a barrier for teachers seeking to provide STEM-based field trips for their students. Field Trip Access Programs, supported by area foundations and corporations, can help cover the cost of field trips and transportation for qualifying classrooms.

These include:

Grow Up Great with Science, supported by the PNC Foundation, which provides a free field trip with workshop experience and transportation for pre-K classrooms in Cuyahoga County.
Cleveland Creates, supported annually by Cleveland-area corporations and foundations, provides a field trip with workshop experience and transportation to Cleveland Metropolitan School District students in sixth, seventh and eighth grades. These programs are aligned with classroom curriculum as part of the CLE4SCI Initiative.
Bus Transportation Program, supported by the Northeast Ohio Public Energy Council (NOPEC). The program provides funding to cover transportation for K-12 student field trips from Title I eligible schools in NOPEC communities in Lorain, Summit, Lake, Ashtabula, Geauga, Portage and Cuyahoga counties. The program places priority focus on schools outside of Cuyahoga County.

For more information on Field Trip Access Programs, contact education@glsc.org.

Movie Education Guides

A perfect resource for your classroom! In addition to bringing your students to Great Lakes Science Center to tour special exhibitions, we welcome you to use these education guides when you make a trip to the Cleveland Clinic DOME Theater! Each guide contains activities, content standards, and in-depth education materials that apply the films to your lesson plans. Click on the thumbnails below to access each education guide.

Sea Lions: Life by a Whisker Educator Guide