The Museum's education team draws from their diverse backgrounds in education and research as they share the Museum's resources with visitors and through outreach efforts. For schools across the state, they distribute instructional materials and present hands on, interactive educational programs and teacher training workshops.    more »

















They also contribute professionally to museum publications and fill hundreds of requests for literature and information.
             The Museum is a living classroom, offering a variety of programs from classification to food chains to fossils. Museum programs include hands-on activities, observation of live and mounted specimens, and/or video presentations. Hands-on presentations are correlated to the state science curriculum objectives and are both content and grade appropriate.
             Program topics available during a Museum visit include birds, reptiles, fish, amphibians, plants, mammals, invertebrates, fossils and rocks. Emphasis areas include classification, ecology, symbiosis, food chains/webs, adaptations, habitats, Mississippi Endangered Species, and aquatic ecosystems.