Library Programs
Partner with your local library to host an interactive invertebrate program featuring live animals, STEM activities, and nature-themed story time for all ages.
Community Outreach
We bring the wonder of invertebrates directly to your community through engaging, accessible programs for all ages and backgrounds.
Science for Everyone, Everywhere
Butterfly Pavilion believes science education should be accessible to everyone. Our community outreach programs remove barriers to learning by bringing invertebrate education directly to schools, libraries, community centers, and underserved neighborhoods across Colorado.
No bus? No problem. Our outreach educators bring, hands-on STEM activities, and engaging presentations straight to your school or community site, inspiring curiosity and helping participants build a deeper connection to the natural world—no field trip required.
Our Outreach Programs
From libraries to community centers, we bring the excitement of invertebrate science to your doorstep.
Youth Outreach Program Options
3rd Grade–Adult
Discover the world of bug-eating, where culinary traditions meet sustainable practices which can reshape the future—plus, get the chance to try a bug yourself!
PreK–Adult
Take a journey through the diverse world of invertebrates, showcasing unique species with amazing adaptations and their vital roles in ecosystems.
PreK–3rd Grade
By reading beloved stories and encountering live animals, children and families come to appreciate various invertebrates as they take on a whole new dimension as literary characters.
PreK–1st Grade
Dive into an interactive role-play experience of a butterfly’s life cycle, where students will discover the wonders of nature’s transformation firsthand.
Age 3–1st Grade
Join us for a fun and interactive class where students can discover the amazing bugs in their own backyards, learn about their importance and bring the adventure to life with music, dramatic play.
K–5th Grade
This outreach program class is hosted by both educators at Butterfly Pavilion as well as Colorado Ballet. Through movement explorations students will explore shapes, size, speed, flow, energy, and levels. At the end of class students will get to perform dances that they created based on the information they learned that day.
*Pricing difference* – This program costs $300 and you will be paying mileage for both the Butterfly Pavilion and Colorado Ballet educator.
1st–5th Grade
Look beyond honeybees to investigate the diverse array of invertebrate pollinators and their importance.
Students learn about the habitats of invertebrates and explore how they find those resources in different habitats. Through engagement with tactile materials, visual imagery, sound, and movement, this class creates a learning environment that will be fun and effective for learners with multiple learning styles.
This class will be preceded by an in-depth conversation with the group teacher or leader before the class day to determine how to best adapt the class for their students. This class is designed to be accessible for people with a variety of disabilities. The class can be adapted to the unique needs of the group through selection of modules.
Program length: 20–45 minutes | Capacity: 15 students
Library Outreach Program Options
Adult Program Options
Colorado Pollinators
Fly alongside Colorado’s pollinators! This session explores the roles of bees, butterflies, beetles, moths, and other crucial insects in our local ecosystem. Learn why these pollinators are the superheroes behind Colorado’s natural beauty and how you can help protect them.
Bug Safari
Enter the fascinating realm of invertebrates with Butterfly Pavilion! Meet our buggy ambassadors, see beautiful specimens, and learn how these boneless creatures aren’t just creepy crawlies – they’re the key to nearly every aspect of our lives!
Beautiful Butterflies
Discover a rainbow of color as you meet face-to-face with tropical butterfly specimens from around the world, and learn about the intriguing behaviors and complex life cycles of our fascinating fluttery friends.
Weird, Wild, & Wacky
Embark on a captivating exploration into the often-overlooked invertebrate world, where you’ll discover the strangest adaptations and most surprising behaviors of nature’s spineless wonders.
Web World
Spiders are found in great numbers all over the world, including in our houses! In this fun and interactive program, we’ll meet several spider friends and explore what makes them some of the most successful animals ever.
Scholarship Options
Butterfly Pavilion, with support from Xcel Energy, offers scholarships to Title 1 schools or groups where 35% or more of students qualify for the Federal Free and Reduced Lunch (FRL) program, as funding allows:
- 75% or more students: Up to 25% scholarship
- 50% or more students: Up to 15% scholarship
- 35% or more students: Up to 10% scholarship
Upon indicating that your group is requesting a scholarship on your program request form, Butterfly Pavilion will attempt to verify your eligibility using Title 1 lists. If we are unable to verify your eligibility, we will contact you for additional documentation. Acceptable forms of documentation may include a letter on your organization’s official letterhead stating that you serve a majority financial need population or other proof of FRL percentage.
