Experience the Cade together with a field trip or group visit.
Explore our exhibits as a group with educator-led activities or book a memory-making lab field trip aligned with National Next Generation Science Standards and Sunshine State Standards.
Fall field trip registration opens August 3rd!
Explore More Field Trips
Explore More field trips are great for any group visit to the museum: school field trips, homeschool co-ops, camps, and more. Explore our current exhibits and embrace inventivity with hands-on activities that spark inquiry and inspire creativity. These facilitated visits must be booked in advance and require a deposit to secure the reservation.
- Available Wednesday-Sunday from 10:00 am – 12:00 pm and Thursday-Sunday from 1:00 – 3:00 pm
- Includes 2 hours of facilitated museum immersion to interact with the Cade Museum exhibits through educator-guided activities and experiments.
- 100 student maximum, 20 student minimum (Large groups will be split into smaller groups of up to 20 for optimal learning.)
- 60 student maximum for field trips from January 7 – March 11, 2027. (The second floor will be inaccessible during this time.)
- $10 per child – deposit required
Lab Field Trips
We believe that every student has an innate capacity for exceptional creativity and can become a future inventor. Our Lab Field Trips spark wonder and link school-based learning for grades K-5th with the world around us. Lab Field Trips are designed to complement your classroom curriculum, and diverse themes enable you to engage your students with the Cade again and again for continually layered educational experiences.
Students will be inspired to think like inventors as they apply core science concepts:
- Inventivity Framework – Exploring core content that correlates with CPALMS and NGSS Standards
- Invention – Learning through the lens of invention and innovation, while exploring the lives of visionaries whose inventions have changed our world and continue to improve it
- Exploration – Sparking creativity through hands-on projects and experiments
Please review our Lab topics below, then complete the field trip request form.
Request a Lab Field TripLab & Explore
- Includes a 1-hour lab session and 1 hour of facilitated museum experience with educator-guided activities and experiments.
- Wednesday-Sunday from 10:00 am – 12:00 pm
- 80 students maximum, 20 minimum
- $15 per student – deposit required
- Grades K-5th
Choose from any of the following lab topics:
- The Hidden World of Insects (K – 1st): From playful pollinators to creepy crawlers, discover the life cycles and anatomies of our planet’s team of wonderful workers. You can learn all about these creatures and their stories up close with fun crafts and interactive activities!
- Magnificent Matter (3rd – 5th): When studying matter, things can get a little overwhelming – it’s everything! Matter is anything that physically takes up space, from the air you breathe to the water you drink. Narrow the exploration down with Cade’s Magnificent Matter, where students can learn more about the three classic states of matter, and discover the science behind the stuff that makes up our world!
- Optics: Exploring the Seen and Unseen (3rd – 5th): How does light travel? How do mirrors work? How do our brains help us see the world around us? Discover light’s illusive properties, the secrets hidden in simple white light, how light can bend our perceptions of reality, and much more!
- Force, Motion, Inertia: A Crash Course in Physics (2nd – 5th): The findings of this particular scientist carry a heavy weight! Students will explore the life and research of Sir Isaac Newton, the scientist who uncovered and explained the principles of physics that dictate our universe today. Get moving with hands-on investigations of Newton’s three Laws of Motion.
- Shedding Light on Electrical Circuits (3rd – 5th): What happens when you flip on a light switch? In this field trip, learn how to build circuits using everyday materials and connect with the key inventor who played a critical role in discovering the electrical current we all use today!
- Code at the Cade: Indi the Robot (K – 2nd): Begin your journey of learning the language of computers! With the Indi Robot, create and run codes using simple color tiles. Indi will help break down basic coding concepts, such as sequencing and algorithms. Join us to plug in to the world of computer coding today!
These topics are designed to correlate with CPALMS and NGSS standards for each grade level.
Questions about field trips?
Reach out to us at fieldtrips@cademuseum.org or give us a call at (352) 371-8001, ext. 1108