Learning thrives when you can see it, touch it, and experience it firsthand. Field trips to the Fleet transform your students' day into a hands-on adventure, packed with exciting experiences and meaningful interactions with STEM.
With 100+ interactive exhibits, the largest IMAX® screen in San Diego, and opportunities to learn from our team of expert educators and scientists, your students will leave the Fleet with endless new ideas and an appetite for curiosity.
Packages
- Gallery Exploration + one IMAX film. Price: $12/student
- Gallery Exploration + Workshop:
- 1-hour Standard workshop. Price: $325. 25 students or less
- 90-minute supersized STEAM workshop. Price: $400/workshop. 25 students or less
- High school-level workshop: $400/workshop. 25 students or less
- $6 per additional student for each workshop option. Up to 34 students maximum
- Gallery Exploration + Workshop + one IMAX film. Price: workshop rate + $3 film per student
- Dome Theater Shows
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IMAX films are a wonderful way to enhance your visit to the Fleet. Offer your students a unique educational experience while supplementing your lesson plan with films that align with Next Generation Science Standards.
Explore film synopses, film standards, and film guides here.
Films:
- A Beautiful Planet
- Antarctica
- Blue Angels
- Blue Whales
- Deep Sky
- Dream Big
- Flight of the Butterflies
- Great Bear Rainforest
- National Parks Adventure
- Pandas
- Sea Otters
- Serengeti
- Superpower Dogs
- Volcanoes
The theater is wheelchair-accessible. Noise-reducing headphones, visual-enhancement devices, and audio captioning devices are available.
- Field Trip Workshops
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Want an even more engaging experience for your students? A widespread favorite among schools and educators, field trip workshops engage students in a wide variety of topics, helping build interest in STEM through exciting hands-on activities aligned with NGSS standards.
Adventurous Architects
K - Grade 4
Explore the science of physics, engineering and architecture. Students will plan, build and test structures as they participate in a variety of engineering challenges using ROK blocks.
Body Works
Grade 4 - Grade 6
Explore the “ins and outs” of the body's many systems as they work together to help us do everything from basic everyday functions to some amazing feats!
Chemistry Concepts
Grade 3 - Grade 6
Take an intimate look at the indicators of a chemical change in this inquiry-based investigation of the properties of matter.
Electric Avenue
Grade 3 - Grade 6
Use an inquiry-based approach to understand the relationship between electricity and magnetism. Shocking experiments illuminate this challenging subject.
Energy Explorers
Grade 3 - Grade 7
What is energy? Students investigate several different forms of energy, including light, sound, electrical, chemical, and thermal energy.
Engineering by Design
Grade 3 - Grade 6
Students will work in groups as they experience what it is like to be an engineer. They will plan, build, and test solutions to a unique challenge as they explore the scientific method and engineering process.
Fantastic Forces
Grade 2 - Grade 5
This hands-on program introduces students to friction, forces, and the laws of motion. After experimenting with parachutes, students design and build roller coasters to investigate the fundamental laws of physics.
Forces in Action
Grade 6 - Grade 8
Have fun with physics in this fast-paced workshop. Using roller coasters and parachutes, students explore motion, unbalanced forces, friction, velocity, and more.
Forensic Detectives
Grade 4 - Grade 7
In this “mysterious” program, students use chemistry, physics and observation skills to piece together evidence and crack the case. They learn how to classify mysterious powders, calculate the pH of soils, and perform chromatography to separate pigments.
Habitats
K - Grade 3
Students sharpen their observation skills while exploring why animals live in different habitats. Students will investigate a terrarium, learn about adaptations and learn about how animals use their habitats to survive.
Insect Inspectors
K - Grade 4
Why do some insects hop and others buzz? Explore camouflage, life cycles and more in this program devoted to the incredible world of insects. A visit from a live insect ambassador is included!
Making Sense of It All
Pre-K - Grade 2
Ugh! What’s that smell? Students will hear, see, smell, taste, and touch their way through this multi-sensory workshop.
Mars Quest
Grade 5 - Grade 8
Students will work together to build a spacecraft to take them to Mars, then complete several experiments to learn more about our neighboring Red Planet.
Sensational Solar System
Grade 3 - Grade 5
Learn fascinating information about our neighboring planets and discover why our solar system is so unique with these out-of-this-world activities.
Solar Science
Grade 4 - Grade 7
Explore the fundamentals of radiant energy. Students learn how the sun heats the Earth and then compete in a solar design challenge. A great complement to our exhibition “So WATT! An Illuminating Look at Energy.”
Sound Science
K - Grade 3
Investigate the many ways of making sound and discover how it travels through different substances. Experiment with waves, explore vibrations, and make an imaginative musical instrument.
States of Matter
K - Grade 2
Explore the wonderful states of matter as students discover how liquids turn into solids, solids into liquids, liquids into gas and even solids into gas! After the students explore the relationships between the states of matter, our educator will present an out-of-this-world demonstration!
Superhero Genetics
Grade 6 - Grade 8
Genes play an important role in the makeup of all living things. In this humorous approach to genetics, students will use superheroes to discover the fundamental aspects of heredity, including alleles, dominance, phenotypes, genotypes, and mutations.
Weather Watchers
K - Grade 3
Students take on the role of meteorologists to discover what makes the weather. They’ll explore why weather changes and then create instruments to measure it.
Reaction in Action
Grade 9 - 12
Unleash your inner inventor in this new workshop powered by Studio X! Design and build chain reaction machines using everyday materials and plenty of imagination. Explore physics, develop your engineering skills, and work together to turn science into action
Ready to Book your Visit?
We are currently accepting field trip requests for the 2026-2027 school year.
Complete a request form and a member of our education team will contact you to confirm your booking.
We can't wait to see you and your group at the Fleet!
Access Science Scholarships
Access Science Scholarships are available to Title 1 public schools of San Diego County for field trips to the Fleet Science Center. These funds are awarded upon application through the generosity of our corporate and private donors, with a mission of increasing access to the power and wonder of science! Applicants must provide proof of their school’s Title 1 status, as well as justification for scholarship need. Scholarships may be partially awarded and have a cap of $800 per school per August-July school year.
To apply, please fill out the following Access Science Scholarship Form.
For more information, contact our Education Team.
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