Field Trips

Now Booking for 2025 - 2026 Field Trips!

All the resources you need to plan for a successful field trip to The Tech Interactive. 

Learn about add-on experiences

Short on time? Our experiences have been reformatted to 60 minutes or less!

Experiences

The Tech Interactive has many options to choose from when it comes to building a custom field trip for your students. With exhibits, programs, and films for all ages, we’re sure to have something for everyone in your group!

  • Exhibits

    53,000 square feet of interactive experiences sure to delight and engage innovators of all ages.

    Explore Exhibits

  • Goosechase

    Are you looking to help guide your students through The Tech and give them a challenge? Try our new exhibit exploration guide through the free Goosechase app!

    Goosechase

  • Field Trip Add-Ons

    60 minutes

    Hands-on and minds-on facilitated sessions that offer deeper learning experiences to reinforce scientific concepts, help students develop 21st century skills and become the problem solvers of tomorrow. 

    Field Trip Add-ons

  • Educational IMAX Films

    20-25 minutes and 40-45 minutes

    From the microscopic to the cosmic, IMAX films offer thrilling adventures in new worlds! 

    Field Trip Add-Ons

  • BioTinkering Lab

    In this evolving workspace, you can try creative biodesign activities, explore genetics with scientists from Stanford, participate in community projects, and experiment with new biotechnology. Use real lab tools to grow objects with living things, analyze DNA, design your own biomaterials and more.

    Explore the Lab

  • The Tech Studio

    Everyone’s a maker in this collaborative space! Explore your problem-solving potential with guided experiences in STEAM: science, technology, engineering, arts and math.

    See Our Activities

  

Field Trip Pricing 2025-2026

**Please note that field trip pricing for the 2025-2026 school year has changed. 

School field trips available Sept. 4, 2025 - June 5, 2026. Summer 2025 field trips available June 10, 2025 - Aug. 8, 2025. 

Title I Schools*

Admission: $5 per student

Hands-on Lab + Admission Combo: $10 per student; minimum of 20 and maximum of 32 students required. Available Sept. 4, 2025 - June 5, 2026

IMAX + Admission combo: $10 per student, $6 per chaperone

Hands-on Lab + IMAX + Admission Combo: $15 per student



 

Non-Title I Schools

Admission: $12 per student

Hands-on Lab + Admission Combo: $18 per student; minimum of 20 and maximum of 32 students required. Available Sept. 4, 2025 - June 5, 2026

IMAX + Admission Combo: $17 per student, $6 per chaperone

Hands-on Lab + IMAX + Admission Combo: $25 per student

Summer Educational Programs

Admission: $12 per child*

IMAX + Admission Combo: $17 per student, $6 per chaperone

Hands-on Lab: N/A

*If cost is a barrier, there may be support available. Reach out for more details.

Important Details

* If 40% or more of the students in your program meet the federal guidelines for free or reduced-price lunch, you are eligible for this discount.

  • Payment is due three (3) weeks after your reservation is confirmed
  • Please ensure your student counts are accurate. No refunds will be issued for unused general admission and IMAX tickets. 
  • Chaperones within the required adult to child ratio will be provided free admission. Please see our Field Trip Planning page for more information on chaperone requirements.