Virtual
Field Trips
Virtual Programs
Mondays – Thursdays
10 or 11:30 a.m., 12:30 or 1:30 p.m.
(maximum one program per time slot)
Grades: preK – 12 | $140 per class | Online
Virtual Field Trips deliver Garden learning to your classroom through an online meeting platform of your choice. Each program includes a kit of materials, and a 45-to 60-minute investigation of NGSS-related phenomena led by a Garden educator.
Field Trip workshops must be booked a minimum of three weeks in advance; full payment is due at time of scheduling. Select workshop topic upon checkout. Once your program is booked, a Garden educator will reach out to arrange delivery of materials and online meeting connection.
To ensure the quality of the experience, schools may not combine multiple classrooms into one program.
If you would like to bring your students to the Garden, enter your unique school code supplied to your school or district.
If you do not have your code, please locate it here, then click on your school’s link. If your school is not on the list, contact us .
Questions? Please contact the Registrar's Office or phone (847) 835-6801.
Winter Registration
December 2, 2024 – March 21, 2025
(no programs December 23, 2024 – January 3, 2025; January 20 or February 17, 2025)
Winter Virtual Program Offerings
45-to 60-minutes each
Discovering Plants
Grades K – 1
How do the parts of a plant help it get the things it needs to grow? And what happens when a plant doesn’t get what it needs? Dig deeper into plant structures and functions and pot your very own plant
NGSS: K-LS1-1, K-ESS3-1, 1-LS1-1
Flower Lab
Grades 2 – 3
What is the reason for a flower, and how does it do its job? Become scientists through a guided dissection of a real flower to look for patterns in form and function and to hypothesize about how pollination works.
NGSS: 2-LS2-2; 3-LS1-1; 4-LS1-1
Carnivorous Plants
Grades 3 – 5
What's going on with these plants that eat bugs? We will virtually introduce you to sundews, pitcher plants, and Venus flytraps and guide you through an experiment using non-carnivorous plants to understand what plants need and why carnivorous plants have adaptations to trap insects.
NGSS: 4-LS1-1; 5-LS2-1; MS-LS1-4
DIY Hydroponics
Grades 6 – 12
Can you make a system to grow plants in water? Take a video tour of the Windy City Harvest’s aquaponics system, learn the basics of growing plants in water, and then work with a Garden educator to design a small system hydroponics system in your classroom.
NGSS: MS-LS2-4; MS-ETS1-1, 2, 3; HS-ETS1-1,2,3
