Immersive Programs

Immersive programs are live or pre-recorded virtual programs that expose students to museum resources from the comfort of your classroom. These educational opportunities are perfect for bringing additional content to your classroom when traveling to a museum is not possible.

Live Immersive programs Partners

Hands On! Discovery Center offers a variety of immersive programming. In partnership with the Gray Fossil Site and Museum, Hands On! immersive programming are perfect for students and teachers interested in archeology and earth science.

Select “Learn More” below to connect with a representative from Hands On! to acquire more information on current programs and availability.

The Tennessee State Museum now offers free, virtual field trips covering topics such as First Peoples, Life on the Tennessee Frontier, Civil War Medicine, and Tennessee at the Turn of the Century. In these virtual lessons, students will work through a series of questions to analyze key artifacts as primary sources and then determine what the artifact is and how it was used.

Virtual field trips are offered on Mondays only, with the earliest availability at 8:30 AM Central Time and the latest at 3:30 PM Central Time.

Prerecorded Immersive Programming Library

Over the course of the Tennessee Rural Impact Project, Discovery Center, Hands On!, and Museum of Science and History have developed pre-recorded immersive programs showcasing the unique assets of their museums. These videos are available here and can be used at any time to supplement your curriculum.

Paleo Exhibit Hall Tour

Take a journey through the Paleo Hall at Hands On! Discovery Center with Keith to explore and learn about some of the fossils that have been recovered from the Gray Fossil Site.

Country Store

Find all of the items on your shopping list in the Country Store and learn more about life in early Tennessee at the Pink Palace, part of the Museum of Science and History (MoSH) in Memphis.

The Journey of a Fossil

Learn more about how fossils are formed and collected as well as the ancient animals that used to call Tennessee home with John and Keith from Hands On! Discovery Center

Finding Fossils

Take a tour of the Gray Fossil Site in Johnson City, Tennessee. (This video is a segment from the longer video, “The Journey of a Fossil,” that focuses just on the fossil dig site.)

Indigenous Connections to the Wetlands

Take a stroll through the Murfree Spring Wetlands with Taylor to learn more about the unique environment and some of the Native American tribes that lived in Tennessee in the early 1700s