Educational Resources

The Virginia Living Museum is committed to connecting you to nature through our educational experiences that promote conservation. Below are some video activities to help extend your learning at home. Just click on the title and it will take you to a video from  the Virginia Living Museum YouTube Channel.

Special thanks to Bayport for sponsoring our virtual education efforts.

Family Fun!

Outdoor Adventure

Science Corner

Living Green – Sustainability

Awesome Animal Ambassadors

Weird & Wild

Other Animal Videos

Age Specific Activities!

Pre-Kindergarten

Let’s learn together about what an observation is and how to explore the world around us using our 5 senses.

Kindergarten and 1st Grade

Test the strength of different shapes and try to build a strong structure!

2nd and 3rd Grade

Learn about weather and the water cycle. Create your own cloud in a jar.

4th & 5th Grade

Explore the six simple machines and see how they play a role in your daily life. Construct your own Rube Goldberg machine with items you have at home.

AZA Children’s Picture Books!

These books were developed as part of AZA SAFE (Saving Animals From Extinction) in which the entire AZA-accredited zoo and aquarium community is focusing its conservation science, its wildlife expertise and its 180 million visitors on saving species in the wild.

Thanks to our Corporate Sponsors who annually make it possible to continue our mission of education, conservation and sustainability.

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Heads Up!

The Virginia Living Museum staff will begin setting up for an after hours event around 3PM on the main floor.

This should not interfere with your experience and we will not be closing early.

 

Wild Explorations

Heads Up! The Changing Exhibit Gallery, where our Wild Explorations exhibit lives, will close at 3PM today in preparation for an after hours event!