Students think like zoologists throughout the Amazonia House observing species and learning how different adaptations help animals survive in unique habitats.

Students investigate symbols, words, and primary sources to understand how Frederick Douglass and Thomas Jefferson shaped the concept of freedom in the US.

Students investigate how friction and other forces like pushes and pulls impact movement to understand how forces shape the world around them.

Students embark on a journey to explore the planets within our Milky Way Galaxy to learn about the solar system’s celestial bodies and their unique characteristics.

Students create self-portraits to reveal and celebrate their identity after learning how famous artists tell stories of people through composition, symbolism, and expression.

Students delve into the complexities of the Civil Rights Movement by investigating the experiences of participants at the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom.

Students explore watershed ecosystems in DC as they learn how to become stewards that can protect and preserve the Anacostia River and our environment.

Students (or perhaps, spies) will travel back in time to the summer of 1781 to understand the different tactics that were used to win the Revolution.

Students will investigate the Black experience during the Civil War and Reconstruction while exploring the broader complexities of these periods.

Students uncover the factors that ignited the American Revolution and examine the differing perspectives that fueled the fight for independence.

By becoming storytelling detectives, students analyze personal narratives to discover how authors use storytelling to make their tales interesting before telling a story of their own.

Through Jacob Lawrence’s paintings, students consider how historical events (from the Great Migration to the Civil Unrest of 2020) can create positive change.

Students use maps, critical thinking, reading and writing skills to discover information about DC’s history and culture to determine what makes it so unique.

Students explore the inner workings of the local DC government, including its branches and local leaders, gaining an understanding of the democratic process.

Students learn how African American athletes, politicians, and celebrities have created change and have overcome obstacles in the presence of challenge.

Students trace Native Americans' enduring presence in shaping the nation’s identity through images and stories that bridge the past with contemporary American life.

By hearing stories from diverse individuals who lived in DC during the Civil War, students learn how those encounters influenced President Lincoln’s views on emancipation.

All plants have roots, stems, and leaves, but students must think like botanists in order to discover why plants in various environments adapt to look a certain way.

Students investigate the Civil War and how multiple “Freedom Defenders,” from Abraham Lincoln to Frederick Douglass to Sojourner Truth, fought to end slavery.

Along the National Mall, students investigate monuments and memorials to understand how they can tell the story of important moments in our country’s history.

Students launch into an exploration of flight as they study the Wright Brothers to better understand how the evolution of innovations revolutionized human aviation.

Thinking like geologists, students explore minerals of every size, shape, and color of the rainbow to understand how rocks and minerals are part of our everyday life.

Students examine the various artworks of Cuban painter, Wifredo Lam, and consider the artistic elements used in his paintings, such as color, line, shape, texture, and balance.

Students take a deeper look into Congress and the function, history, architecture, and art that can be found within the halls of the U.S Capitol Building.