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Washington DC: Comprehensive Science Investigation

Washington, DC Experience Science Around Every Corner

Our nation’s capital contains some of the world’s most-renowned science museums and exhibits. Students walk in the footsteps of famous Americans, follow the clues of space and espionage and relive historical events that shaped history and our current government policies

DC: CSI: Comprehensive Science Investigation Tour

Plan a trail of clues for your students around the nation's capital which includes space, espionage and even the world down under.

 

* This is a sample itinerary as each tour is customized depending on length, destination and preferences. Our Theme Tours require a full group. Please contact us for more information and a customized quote.

Day 1 Agenda

  • Stephen F. Udvar-Hazy Centermore
  • Marian Koshland Science Museummore
  • World War II Memorialmore
  • FDR Memorialmore

tl_files/images/page-images/_wikiphotos/300px-StevenFUdvarHazy.jpgThe Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center is the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum (NASM)'s annex at Washington Dulles International Airport in the Chantilly area of Fairfax County, Virginia, United States.

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tl_files/images/page-images/_wikiphotos/300px-Keck_Center_of_the_National_Academies.JPGThe Marian Koshland Science Museum of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences (NAS) features exhibits that present modern science and scientific issues in an accessible way, geared for the general public.

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tl_files/images/page-images/_wikiphotos/280px-Wwiimemorial.jpgThe U.S. National World War II Memorial is a National Memorial dedicated to Americans who served in the armed forces and as civilians during World War II.

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tl_files/images/page-images/_wikiphotos/250px-FDR_memorial.jpgThe Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial is a presidential memorial dedicated to the memory of U.S. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt and to the era he represents.

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Day 2 Agenda

  • White Housemore
  • Washington Monumentmore
  • Capitol Hill (Photo stop)more
  • Albert Einstein Planetariummore
  • Goddard Space Flight Visitor Centermore
  • Lincoln Memorialmore
  • Vietnam Veterans Memorialmore
  • Korean War Memorialmore
  • Einstein Statuemore

tl_files/images/page-images/_wikiphotos/220px-WhiteHouseSouthFacade.JPGThe White House is the official residence and principal workplace of the President of the United States.

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tl_files/images/page-images/_wikiphotos/250px-Washington_Monument_Dusk_Jan_2006.jpgThe Washington Monument is an obelisk on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., built to commemorate the first U.S. president, General George Washington.

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tl_files/images/page-images/_wikiphotos/250px-Aerial_view_of_the_Capitol_Hill.jpgCapitol Hill, aside from being a metonym for the United States Congress, is the largest historic residential neighborhood in Washington D.C., stretching easterly in front of the United States Capitol along wide avenues.

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tl_files/images/page-images/_wikiphotos/Albert_Einstein_Planetarium.jpgThe Albert Einstein Planetarium is located in the National Air and Space Museum, and presents movies to visitors in high definition on its Sky Vision Dual Projection Digital Dome System.

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tl_files/images/page-images/_wikiphotos/220px-Goddard_aerial.gifThe Goddard Visitor Center is open to the public daily, free of charge, and features displays of spacecraft and technologies developed there.

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tl_files/images/page-images/_wikiphotos/325px-Aerial_view_of_Lincoln_Memorial_-_east_side_EDIT.jpegThe Lincoln Memorial is an American memorial built to honor the 16th President of the United States, Abraham Lincoln.

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tl_files/images/page-images/_wikiphotos/280px-TouchWall.jpgThe Vietnam Veterans Memorial is a national memorial in Washington, D.C.

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tl_files/images/page-images/_wikiphotos/250px-Aerial_view_of_Korean_War_Veterans_Memorial.jpgThe Korean War Veterans Memorial is located in Washington, D.C.'s West Potomac Park, southeast of the Lincoln Memorial and just south of the Reflecting Pool on the National Mall.

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tl_files/images/page-images/_wikiphotos/250px-Einstein_Memorial.jpgThe Albert Einstein Memorial is a monumental bronze statue depicting Albert Einstein seated with manuscript papers in hand.

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Tomb of the Unknown Soldier

Day 3 Agenda

  • Bureau of Printing & Engravingmore
  • National Geographic Societymore
  • World War II Memorialmore
  • Smithsonian Complex:
    • Natural History Museummore
    • National Air & Space Museummore
    • National Gallery of Artmore
    • American History Museummore
    • IMAX Theatremore
    • Botanical Gardensmore
  •  Iwo Jima Memorialmore
  • Jefferson Memorialmore
  • Lincoln Memorialmore
  • Kennedy Centermore
  • Return to hotel

tl_files/images/page-images/_wikiphotos/140px-US-BureauOfEngravingAndPrinting-Seal.svg.pngThe Bureau of Engraving and Printing (BEP) is a government agency within the United States Department of the Treasury that designs and produces a variety of security products for the United States government, most notable of which is paper currency for the Federal Reserve.

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tl_files/images/page-images/_wikiphotos/220px-National_Geographic_Society_Administration_Building.JPGThe National Geographic Society (NGS), headquartered in Washington, D.C. in the United States, is one of the largest non-profit scientific and educational institutions in the world.

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tl_files/images/page-images/_wikiphotos/280px-Wwiimemorial.jpgThe U.S. National World War II Memorial is a National Memorial dedicated to Americans who served in the armed forces and as civilians during World War II.

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tl_files/images/page-images/_wikiphotos/250px-National_Museum_of_Natural_History,_Washington.jpgThe National Museum of Natural History is a natural history museum administered by the Smithsonian Institution, located on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., United States.

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tl_files/images/page-images/_wikiphotos/250px-Smithsonian_Air_and_Space_Museum.jpgThe National Air and Space Museum (NASM) of the Smithsonian Institution holds the largest collection of historic aircraft and spacecraft in the world in 161,145 square feet (14,970.9 m2) of exhibition floor space.

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tl_files/images/page-images/_wikiphotos/250px-National_Gallery_of_Art_-_West_Building.JPGThe National Gallery of Art and its Sculpture Garden is a national art museum in Washington, D.C., located on the National Mall between 3rd and 9th Streets at Constitution Avenue NW.

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tl_files/images/page-images/_wikiphotos/250px-Aerial_view_of_National_Museum_of_American_History.jpgThe National Museum of American History: Kenneth E. Behring Center collects, preserves and displays the heritage of the United States in the areas of social, political, cultural, scientific and military history.

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tl_files/images/page-images/_wikiphotos/lockheed-martin-imax-theater.jpgThe Lockheed Martin IMAX Theater is the flagship facility of Smithsonian Theaters, and is located on the first floor of the National Air and Space Museum's National Mall Campus.

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tl_files/images/page-images/_wikiphotos/272px-Washington_1874_us_botanic_garden.jpgThe United States Botanic Garden (USBG) is a botanic garden on the grounds of the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C., near Garfield Circle.

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tl_files/images/page-images/_wikiphotos/300px-USMC_War_Memorial_Sunset_Parade_2008-07-08-2.jpgThe Marine Corps War Memorial (also called the Iwo Jima Memorial) is a military memorial statue outside the walls of the Arlington National Cemetery and next to the Netherlands Carillon, in Arlington, Virginia, in the United States.

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tl_files/images/page-images/_wikiphotos/250px-Jefferson_Memorial_At_Dusk_1.jpgThe Thomas Jefferson Memorial is a presidential memorial in Washington, D.C. that is dedicated to Thomas Jefferson, an American Founding Father and the third President of the United States.

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tl_files/images/page-images/_wikiphotos/325px-Aerial_view_of_Lincoln_Memorial_-_east_side_EDIT.jpegThe Lincoln Memorial is an American memorial built to honor the 16th President of the United States, Abraham Lincoln.

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tl_files/images/page-images/_wikiphotos/220px-Kennedy_Center_at_Sunset.jpgThe John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts (on the building itself called the John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts, and commonly referred to as the Kennedy Center) is a performing arts center located on the Potomac River, adjacent to the Watergate complex in Washington, D.C.

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Korean War Memorial

Day 4 Agenda

  • Maryland Science Center - Baltimoremore
  • Department of Energy Appointment
  • FDR Memorialmore

tl_files/images/page-images/_wikiphotos/400px-Mdsci.jpgThe Maryland Science Center, located in Baltimore's Inner Harbor, opened to the public in 1976.

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tl_files/images/page-images/_wikiphotos/250px-FDR_memorial.jpgThe Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial is a presidential memorial dedicated to the memory of U.S. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt and to the era he represents.

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What's Included

Every School Tours of America Tour Includes...

  • All transportation
  • Quality hotels such as Marriott, Hilton, Sheraton
  • All meals (except en route)
  • Licensed guides
  • All admissions & fees (baggage fees may be charged by airline)
  • Nighttime professional, bonded security guards
  • Medical, accident, illness insurance
  • Personal fundraising/service website for every student

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