COSI offers science education resources that strongly support Ohio Academic Content Standards for Life Science, Earth & Space Science, Physical Science, and Science & Technology. Most COSI resources also support Ohio Inquiry Science Standards. Please ask a COSI Faculty Member or email the Student Programs Team for the best COSI resources to support your specific curriculum.
Including Simple Food Chains, Basic Functions of Organisms, Converting Solar Energy to Chemical Energy, Structure & Function of DNA.
Overnight Field Trip | Overnight experience for Grades 3-6
Life Science 3-5B, 3-5C, 6-8A
Rat Basketball | Live Show, COSI Level 1 (Atrium)
Life Science: K.4, 2.4, 3.2, 3.3, 7.8
Life & Labs in Life | Permanent Exhibition, COSI Level 2
Life Science: 2.3, 3.1,6.2, 6.7, 7.1, 7.8, 8.4, 10.23, 10.24, 10.25, 12.12
Big Science Park | Permanent Exhibition, COSI Level 1 - Outdoors (Open Seasonally)
Life Science: 2.1, 2.7, 2.9, 4.2, 4.3
Animal Tales | Preschool Outreach Program
Life Science: EL 1, 2
What’s Wild? | COSI On Wheels Program for Grades K-6
Life Science: K-2A, K-2B, K-2C, 3-5A, 3-5B, 3-5C
Fight Germs, Stay Healthy | Field Trip Workshop for Grades 1–3
Also available as a traveling workshop in central Ohio.
Life Science: 1.5, 2.2
Gross Science: Inner Workings of the Human Body | Field Trip Workshop for Grades 4–6
Also available as a traveling workshop in central Ohio.
Life Science: 6.1
Sugar: Friend or Foe | Field Trip Workshop for Grades 5–8
Also available as a traveling workshop in central Ohio.
Life Science: 5.1-4, 7.7
Cow Eye Dissection | Field Trip Workshop for Grades 6–8
Life Science 6.2, 6.7, 7.1
Surgical Suite Total Knee Replacement | Videoconference Program for Grades 6–12
Life Science: 6.2, 10.27
DNA: The Foundation for YOU | Field Trip Workshop for Grades 9–12
Also available as a traveling workshop in central Ohio.
Life Science: 10.5-7, 12.1, 12.4-6
In-Depth: Autopsy | Videoconference Program for Grades 10–12
Life Science 10.27, 11.1
Earth & Space Science
Including Weather, Astronomy, and Processes That Shape the Earth.
Weather LIVE! | 25-Minute Live Show, COSI Level 1
Earth and Space Sciences: 2.4, 2.5, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4, 7.5, 7.6, 7.9
Ocean | Permanent Exhibition, COSI Level 1
Earth and Space Sciences: 2.4, 2.5, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4, 7.1, 7.3
Space | Permanent Exhibition, COSI Level 1
Earth & Space Science: K.1, 2.1, 2.2, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 5.4, 8.1, 8.4, 8.5, 8.8
Cycle of Seasons | Preschool Outreach Program
Earth & Space Science: EL 4, 6, 7
Current Conditions | COSI On Wheels Program for Grades K–6
Earth & Space Science: K-2C, 3-5D
Stream Morphology | Field Trip Workshop for Grades 3–5
Earth & Space Science: 3.3, 3.5, 4.8-10, 5.6
Wild Weather | Workshop & Live Show Combo for Grades 4–8
Earth & Space Science: 4.1-4, 7.5, 7.9
Weather Watch | Videoconference Program for Grades 4–7
Earth & Space Science: 4.1-6, 7.5-7, 7.9
Changing Earth’s Surface | Field Trip Workshop for Grades 6–8
Earth & Space Science: 8.13
Astronomy | Workshop & Live Show Combo for Grades 8–12
Earth & Space Science: 8.1-2, 8.5-8, 9.2-3
Processes That Change the Earth | Field Trip Workshop for Grades 9–10
Earth & Space Science: 9.5-7
Including Force & Motion, Chemical & Physical Change, and Electricity.
Overnight Field Trip | Overnight experience for Grades 3-6
Physical Science 3-5 E
Rat Basketball | Live Show, COSI Level 1 (Atrium)
Physical Science: K.2, K.3, 1.1, 4.3
Gadgets Cafe | Facilitated Hands-On Experience, COSI Level 2
Physical Science: K.2, K.3, 1.6, 1.7, 1.8, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4, 5.2, 5.3, 6.1, 6.2, 9.8
Chemistry LIVE! | 25-Minute Live Show, COSI Level 2
Physical Science: 4.1, 4.2, 4.4, 6.2, 6.3, 6.4
Gadgets LIVE! | 25-Minute Live Show, COSI Level 2
Physical Science: 3.4, 4.1, 4.2, 6.4, 7.2, 8.3
High-Wire Unicycle | Permanent Experience, COSI Level M
Physical Science: 3.3, 3.4, 8.3, 9.22, 9.25
Gadgets | Permanent Exhibition, COSI Level 2
Physical Science: K.4, K.5, 1.5, 1.7, 2.3, 3.3, 3.4, 5.3, 5.4, 7.2, 7.5, 8.3
Big Science Park | Permanent Exhibition, COSI Level 1 - Outdoors (Open Seasonally)
Physical Science: K.4, K.5, 1.6, 2.1, 2.2, 3.3, 3.4, 9.22, 9.25
Ocean | Permanent Exhibition, COSI Level 1
Physical Science: K.3, K.4, K.5, 1.2, 1.3, 1.6, 2.2, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 8.3, 9.23, 9.24
Space | Permanent Exhibition, COSI Level 1
Physical Science: K.4, K.5, 1.6, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 8.3, 9.3, 9.23, 9.24, 12.1
Let’s Get Movin’ | Preschool Outreach Program
Physical Science: EL 4, 5
Investigating Energy | COSI On Wheels Program for Grades K–6
Physical Science: K-2C, 3-5C, 3-5D, 3-5E, 3-5F
It’s Simply Chemistry | COSI On Wheels Program for Grades K–6
Physical Science: K-2A, 3-5A, 3-5B, 3-5D
Launch Into Space | COSI On Wheels Program for Grades K–6
Physical Science: K-2A, 3-5A, 3-5B, 3-5C
Magnets Are Fun | Field Trip Workshop for Grades 1–3
Also available as a traveling workshop in central Ohio.
Physical Science: K 1-5, 1.1, 1.3, 1.5-7, 3.1-4, 4.5, 5.3-4
Science In Motion | Field Trip Workshop & Live Show Combo for Grades 1–3
Physical Science: 3.1-4
A Visit from George Washington Carver | Field Trip Workshop for Grades 1–6
Also available as a traveling workshop in central Ohio.
Physical Science: 1.3, 1.4, 4.1, 4.3, 6.1, 6.3, 6.4
Pumpkin Patch Science | Workshop & Live Show Combo for Grades 4–6
Physical Science: 4.1-2, 4.4, 6.2-4
Gadget Works: Force & Motion | Videoconference Program for Grades 2–6
Physical Science: 3.2-4
Cooking with Chemistry | Field Trip Workshop for Grades 4–8
Physical Sciences, 7.2, 8.1-2, 8.4-5
Weather Watch | Videoconference Program for Grades 4–7
Physical Science: 4.1-3, 5.1-3, 6.2-3, 7.1
Crazy Coasters | Field Trip Workshop for Grades 6–8
Also available as a traveling workshop in central Ohio.
Physical Science: 7.2, 8.1, 8.2, 8.4-5
Catapults, Trebuchets, and Physics—Oh My | Field Trip Workshop, Grades 9–12
Physical Science: 9.21, 9.22, 9.24, 9.25, 12.5
WOSU@COSI | Permanent Exhibition, COSI Level 1
Technology: Nature of Technology: A.6.4, B.6.1; Technology for Productivity Applications: C.6.2
Progress | Permanent Exhibition, COSI Level 2
Science & Tech: 2.1, 2.2, 3.1, 3.3, 4.1, 4.2, 5.1, 6.1
Also supports Social Studies: History: K.2, 1.5b, 2.5, 2.6a, 3.3a, 3.3g; Social Studies: Geography: 3.8
Garbology | Field Trip Workshop, Grades 4–8
Also available as a traveling workshop in central Ohio.
Science & Technology: 5.1-3, 6.2
In Depth: Autopsy | Videoconference Program for Grades 10–12
Science and Technology: 9.1, 12.1-2
Gadget Works: Simple Machines & Gadget Works: Force & Motion | Videoconference Programs for Grades 2-6
Science and Technology: 2.4, 3.4, 4.3
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