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Homeschool field trips

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17,481 destinations, each run through a curriculum-first rubric that picks a subject, infers an age range, and decides whether it works for a small group. Free to browse — no account.

65 matches in New Mexico

Carlsbad Caverns National Park
Science
Carlsbad Caverns National Park
Carlsbad

Massive limestone cave system at a National Park — speleology, karst geology, bat biology, and cave ecosystem ecology.

Clayton Lake State Park and Dinosaur Trackways
Science
Clayton Lake State Park and Dinosaur Trackways
Clayton

State park preserving 500+ dinosaur tracks in Jurassic-era mudstone — covers paleontology, geology, and prehistoric ecology.

Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array Visitor Center
Science
Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array Visitor Center
Magdalena

NRAO's 27-antenna radio telescope array with a visitor center — covers radio astronomy, electromagnetic spectrum, and the engineering of large-scale scientific instruments.

National Radio Astronomy Observatory
Science
National Radio Astronomy Observatory
Magdalena

Very Large Array radio telescope facility with a visitor center and self-guided antenna tour — covers radio astronomy, electromagnetic spectrum, and astrophysics.

New Mexico Museum of Space History
Science
New Mexico Museum of Space History
Alamogordo

NM Museum of Space History covers rocketry, astronaut training, and U.S. space program history with artifacts and exhibits.

ABQ BioPark Aquarium
Science
ABQ BioPark Aquarium
Albuquerque

Inland aquarium within the ABQ BioPark — marine and freshwater biology, fish taxonomy, and aquatic ecosystem study with live exhibits.

American International Rattlesnake Museum
Science
American International Rattlesnake Museum
Albuquerque

Live reptile museum housing one of the world's largest rattlesnake collections — covers herpetology, venom biology, and snake ecology and conservation.

Anderson Abruzzo Albuquerque International Balloon Museum
Science
Anderson Abruzzo Albuquerque International Balloon Museum
Albuquerque

Dedicated balloon museum covering the physics of buoyancy and flight, meteorology, and the history of ballooning from early aviation to modern sport.

Array Operations Center (AOC)
Science
Array Operations Center (AOC)
Socorro

VLA operations center for the National Radio Astronomy Observatory — radio astronomy, electromagnetic spectrum, and large-scale data science.

Bradbury Science Museum
Science
Bradbury Science Museum
Los Alamos

Free museum at Los Alamos National Laboratory covering nuclear science and the Manhattan Project — physics, weapons history, and science ethics.

Capulin Volcano National Monument
Science
Capulin Volcano National Monument
Capulin

Extinct cinder-cone volcano with rim drive and crater trail — covers volcanology, plate tectonics, and geologic landform formation.

Chaco Canyon Observatory
Science
Chaco Canyon Observatory
Nageezi

Chaco Culture NHP hosts a certified dark-sky observatory and star parties interpreting Ancestral Puebloan archaeoastronomy — astronomy meets archaeology.

Clyde Tombaugh Dome Theater & Planetarium.
Science
Clyde Tombaugh Dome Theater & Planetarium.
Alamogordo

Planetarium at New Mexico Museum of Space History — astronomy, orbital mechanics, and the life cycle of stars.

Dark Sky New Mexico
Science
Dark Sky New Mexico
Animas

Dark-sky observing site in remote SW New Mexico — covers light pollution, naked-eye astronomy, and telescope optics in one of the darkest skies in the US.

El Malpais National Monument
Science
El Malpais National Monument
Grants

National monument featuring lava tubes, cinder cones, and volcanic geology — covers volcanology, geomorphology, and Earth science.

Explora Science Center and Children's Museum of Albuquerque
Science
Explora Science Center and Children's Museum of Albuquerque
Albuquerque

Hands-on science center and children's museum — delivers physics, engineering, and early-literacy exhibits through interactive experimentation.

Ghost Ranch
Science
Ghost Ranch
Abiquiu

Working ranch and education center in Ghost Ranch country — features fossil beds (including Coelophysis), geology hikes, and paleontology programs.

Ice Cave and Bandera Volcano
Science
Ice Cave and Bandera Volcano
Grants

Volcanic ice cave and cinder cone in New Mexico's lava fields — covers volcanology, lava tube geology, and the physical geography of the El Malpais region.

Manhattan Project National Historical Park (Los Alamos Site) - Visitor Contact Station
Science
Manhattan Project National Historical Park (Los Alamos Site) - Visitor Contact Station
Los Alamos

NPS contact station at the Los Alamos Manhattan Project site — nuclear physics history, WWII science policy, and atomic-age ethics.

Mesalands Dinosaur Museum and Natural Sciences Laboratory
Science
Mesalands Dinosaur Museum and Natural Sciences Laboratory
Tucumcari

Regional dinosaur museum with bronze fossil casts and working paleontology lab — covers vertebrate paleontology, geology, and scientific method.

Museum of Nature & Science
Science
Museum of Nature & Science
Las Cruces

Regional natural history and science museum — covers paleontology, geology, and Chihuahuan Desert ecology.

National Museum of Nuclear Science & History
Science
National Museum of Nuclear Science & History
Albuquerque

Dedicated nuclear science and history museum covering fission, reactor design, the Manhattan Project, and Cold War weapons development.

New Mexico Museum of Natural History
Science
New Mexico Museum of Natural History
Albuquerque

State natural-history museum with dinosaur fossils, volcanic geology, and New Mexico paleontology exhibits — applied earth science and evolutionary biology.

New Mexico Skies Observatories
Science
New Mexico Skies Observatories
Mayhill

Dark-sky observatory offering remote telescope access and on-site viewing — covers observational astronomy, optics, and celestial mechanics.

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