Join us at the Houston Museum of Natural Science one Wednesday each month to explore science, nature, and history in interactive science labs which feature specimens, artifacts, and laboratory equipment. Classes vary in topics depending on ages, but include wildlife, biology, and time labs. The older class will also participate in dissection labs. All classes meet at 11am and last for an hour.

See the 2023-24 Class Descriptions 

You can join us at any point in the school year! After initial registration you will need to sign up each month separately. This can be done on the calendar.

Deseret Homeschoolers has arranged with the Houston Museum of Natural Science to offer classes once a month in Houston.  

Here's what you need to know:

• Classes will be divided into three different age levels: K-2nd, 3rd-5th, 6th and up.
• All classes take place monthly, on Wednesdays at 11am and last for one hour.
• There will be 9 classes over the school year:  One each month from Sept-May.
• Prices for the 2024-2025 school year are as follows:
  •  Grades K-2: $100/student 
  • Grades 3-5: $100/student 
  • Grades 6+: $100/student
• These prices include all 9 classes and must be paid at sign-up.
• The grade ranges we have provided are an estimate.  Parents can choose the class track that will be the best fit for their child, but please understand the teacher will use vocabulary and teaching materials appropriate to the grade range we have listed.

Updated rules regarding family entrance fees for the HMNS main exhibitions on class days: 

• Registered children - free 
• Parents/adults bringing registered children - free (one free registered adult per registered child) 
• Children ages 3 & under - free 
• Unregistered siblings ages 4&up - require $4 discount museum ticket 
• Additional adults - require $4 discount museum ticket  

• September 13 - Magnets
• October 4 - Layers of the Atmosphere
• November 8 - Misunderstood Sharks
• December 13 - Radical Rainforests
• January 10 - Industrial Revolution
• February 7 - Going Global!
• March 20 - Slow and Steady 
• April 10 - Our Place in Space
• May 8 - Filter Feeders

• September 13 - Environmental Indicators
  
• October 4 - History of Espionage
  
• November 8 - Light
  
• December 13 - Civil War Science
  
• January 10 - Shape Science
  
• February 7 - Extreme Survivors
  
• March 20 - Art over the Ages
  
• April 10 - Homebodies
  
• May 8 - Smaller than a Planet

• September 13 - Heart* dissection
  
• October 4 - Leaping Lizards* dissection
  
• November 8 - Race for Space
  
• December 13 - Polymers
  
• January 10 - Mendelian Genetics
  
• February 7 - Total Eclipse of the Sun
  
• March 20 - Blue Crab* dissection
  
• April 10 - Falling Fast
  
• May 8 - Pressure