Scientists in Action
Join the Denver Museum of Nature & Science's FREE monthly virtual field trip with Scientists in Action! Using Zoom webinar format, we'll transport your students to labs, fields and behind-the-scenes at the Museum. Each month features a new scientist and an area of science they study. Student questions help guide the program, allowing students to engage and see their curiosity honored as they chat with scientists of all backgrounds. Anyone can be a scientist and it just might start with one of our virtual programs - register your class today!
Dates: Different each month, though typically on a Thursday
Times: We offer three, 45-minute sessions at 9 a.m., 10 a.m., and 11 a.m. Mountain Time
Cost: Scientists in Action are FREE, always!
Age: All ages welcome!
Format: Zoom webinar
We have concluded our 2024-2025 school year programming. Tune in again this Fall for more Scientists in Action or watch our past programs below!
Scientists in Action: Brilliant Bats
Date: Thursday, October 30, 2025
Time: 9 a.m., 10 a.m., and 11 a.m. Mountain Time
From vampires to witchcraft, bats sometimes get a bad rap. But is their spooky reputation deserved? Register your class to chat about bat anatomy and physiology with Andie Carrillo, Zoology Preparator for the Denver Museum of Nature & Science, who works with the order Chiroptera... inside and out. Why are bats important to their ecosystems? How do we study bats and other animals at the Museum? Hang around (or upside down) and you just might have your mind changed by these incredible flying mammals. Register your class today for this behind-the-scenes virtual field trip!
Scientists in Action: T-rex to Turkey
Date: Thursday, November 20, 2025
Time: 9 a.m., 10 a.m., and 11 a.m. Mountain Time
…did you know that every time you enjoy a meal of poultry you are actually eating some delicious dinosaur? That’s right - every bird alive today descended from a theropod dinosaur like T. rex or Velociraptor. Join this virtual behind-the-scenes field trip as Museum paleontologists and ornithologists explore evolution with fossils, natural history collections, and more. Your questions will guide our exploration and have you never looking at a chicken nugget the same way again!
Scientists in Action: Lucy in the Sky with Asteroids
Date: Thursday, December 11, 2025
Time: 9 a.m., 10 a.m., and 11 a.m. Mountain Time
Lucy, a NASA spacecraft named for the famed and fossilized human ancestor, is on a mission to view a never-before-explored population of small bodies, Jupiter’s Trojan asteroids. Scientists think these asteroids are likely “fossils” left over from the formation of our solar system over 4 billion years ago. Four years into its 12-year-long voyage, Lucy has successfully passed through the main asteroid belt and is on track to encounter its first Trojan asteroid in August of 2027. What secrets do these celestial fragments hold? What is the birth story of our solar system? And what has Lucy been up to along its journey thus far? Join us and the scientists hoping to answer these very questions and more. Register today for this stellar virtual program!
Watch some of our past Scientists in Action broadcasts:
Want to watch more Scientists in Action programs? You can find a more comprehensive list on our Museum Youtube channel as well as pre-2020 videos in our archive!