Homeschool
Homeschool Opportunities
The exhibits in the Virginia Living Museum were designed to correlate with and reinforce Virginia’s Standards of Learning for Science. While taking a tour of the geographic regions of Virginia, families can observe:
- Live animals and plants in their natural habitats
- Plant and animal life cycles, food chains and food webs
- Animal survival adaptations for finding food and shelter, rearing young, avoiding predators, defensive measures
- Animal migration, camouflage and hibernation
- Endangered and threatened species
- Vertebrates and invertebrates
- The importance of conserving Virginia’s animal, plant and mineral resources
- Pond, forest, stream, Chesapeake Bay, cypress swamp, mountain cove, cave and more habitats
- Virginia’s prehistoric past: rocks, minerals, fossils
- Phases of the moon, reasons for the seasons, earth’s revolution and rotation, planets in our solar system
To assist homeschool families, the Museum offers FREE grade-level-targeted guides to its living exhibits to help children focus during their visit. All questions are correlated to Virginia SOLs and national science standards.
Homeschool Days- 2021
The Virginia Living Museum offers homeschool programs for all ages (Pre-K through 12) with monthly 45 minute programs. Each program will be limited to eight family groups so everyone attending must register at once. Class price includes Museum admission.
NOTE: As classes fill due to limited COVID-19 capacity, additional times and dates will be added to accommodate all of our homeschool families. Please register early if you intend to join in on the fun!
The Homeschool Days schedule for 2021 are as follows:
Wednesday, March 3 FLOWER POWER More Information Here
- 10am (18 registrants/ 5 family groups)
- 12noon (14 registrants/ 1 family group remain open)
- 2pm
Wednesday, March 17 REASONS OF THE SEASONS More Information Here
- 10am FULL
- 12noon (11 registrants)
Wednesday, April 14 BEARS FOR BEGINNERS More Information Here
- 10am (18 registrants remain)
- 12noon (18 registrants remain)
- 2pm (18 registrants remain)
Wednesday, April 21 OASIS IN SPACE More Information Here
- 10am (17 of 18 registrants sold/ 1 remains)
- 12noon (18 registrants remain)
Wednesday, May 5, HOOT HOOT HOORAY! More Information Here
- 10am (11 registrants/ 5 family groups still remain)
- 12noon (8 registrants/ 1 family group still remain)
- 2pm (18 registrants remain)
Wednesday, May 19, STACEY STORM TRACKER More Information Here
- 10am (18 registrants/ 3 family groups)
- 12noon
Exhibit Guides
Please note: Only Blank Guides are available online. Answer keys are available at the Museum’s front desk.
Project Feeder Watch
Homeschool PacketDiscovery Boxes
Rental Duration |
Pickup/Return |
Cost |
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7-day Rental | Pickup and Return at the VLM | $100 |
3-day Rental | Pickup and Return at the VLM | $65 |