DAY ONE

* Arrive in Dallas and check into an official Dallas Student Friendly Hotel. Discover some of Dallas’s best adventure and dinner options.

* Step back in time and experience spectacular horsemanship, breathtaking swordplay, falconry, sorcery, and romance while feasting on a four-course meal at Medieval Times Dinner & Tournament. Cheer the knights of the realm to victory as they fight to the finish! Live the Legend and see why tens of thousands of students pick this favorite venue yearly. Small group performance opportunities are available. Allow for 2 hours.

* Or visit Another Round Dallas for a game of mini-golf, duffle board, or even pickleball court. This location is great for big groups looking for a fun, interactive outing. They offer local favorite bites. Allow for 2 to 3 hours.

* Take your visit to new heights at the Reunion Tower GeO-Deck. With 360• views from hundreds of feet in the air among the Dallas skyline. Enjoy a look into the history, events, and people that made the city what it is. Powerful telescopes, high-definition zoom cameras, and interactive digital displays bring the views to life, taking you places the naked eye never could. Group performance opportunities are available for choirs and school bands. Allow for 45 minutes.

DAY TWO

* Enjoy breakfast at your hotel and prepare to start the Dallas touring experience.

* Begin the day with a fact-filled walkSTEM Tour. walkSTEM s designed to stimulate inquiry and spark curiosity and reveals the wonders of mathematics embedded in our everyday environments. Choose between a docent-led tour through the Otocast app, a selfguided tour with maps and handouts, or web-based video walks. walkSTEM was developed in partnership with the National Museum of Mathematics’ Founder, Dr. Glen Whitney. Allow for 1 to 2 hours.

* Visit the Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza and learn about the social and political landscape of the early 1960s. The Museum chronicles President Kennedy’s assassination and its aftermath and reflects upon his lasting impact on our country and the world. Allow for 1 to 2 hours.

* Break for lunch at one of our student-friendly restaurants. Enjoy one of the city’s iconic spots Campisi’s Downtown Dallas, with award-winning pizzas. This restaurant can easily accommodate student groups. Visit the House of Blues, where food, music, and art intersect, or HERO at Victory Park, where you can have a menu full of mouth-watering American classics. Allow for 1 to 2 hours.

* Discover the Perot Museum of Nature and Science, which offers dynamic experiences to stimulate curiosity in visitors of all ages. With 180,000 square feet of space, the revolutionary Perot Museum extends beyond the typical “museum” perception. The extraordinary building and outdoor space serve as a living science lesson, offering provocative illustrations of engineering, technology, and conservation. Performance opportunities and educational classes are available. Allow for 1 to 3 hours.

* Tee off the night at Topgolf Dallas. Whether it’s driving range fun, a batting cage battle, or a mini golf competition, Topgolf has something for all interests and skill levels. Dinner options are available. Allow for 1 to 3 hours.

DAY THREE

* Start your morning at the Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum. The Museum is dedicated to teaching the history of the Holocaust and advancing human rights to combat prejudice, hatred, and indifference. Allow for 1 to 3 hours.

* Head to Klyde Warren Park and enjoy lunch at one of the several food trucks offering cuisines of all kinds. Enjoy a picnic lunch on the open lawn surrounded by downtown Dallas. If you have a few minutes to spare, check out a book or game at the lending library.

* Take a tour of the Southern Methodist University campus, which features Collegiate Georgian architecture, the latest in environmental design, treelined walks with colorful flowers, and outdoor art that make for pleasant surprises around every turn. Afterward, speak to a professor about specific areas of study. Allow for 1 to 2 hours.

* Complete the campus visit with a walk over to the George W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum for a tour and have your picture taken in the Oval Office. The state-of-the-art facility hosts the permanent exhibit, a 9/11 memorial, an auditorium, a presidential records research center, and multiple classrooms. Arrange for a special Situation Room Experience and make your own presidential decision. Allow for 1 to 2 hours.

* Spend the evening at the Galleria Dallas Ice Skating Center where they have an indoor ice-skating rink and Luciano’s Pizza offer special group rate menus. Allow for 2 to 3 hours.

DAY FOUR

* Minutes from downtown is the Dallas Arboretum & Botanical Garden which features 66 acres of lush gardens that offer vibrant color all year long. Home of Dallas Blooms, the Southwest’s largest outdoor floral festival, the Arboretum provides a tranquil oasis where visitors are surrounded by the beauty of all four seasons. Public performance opportunities are available. While there, make sure to visit the Rory Meyers Children’s Adventure Garden. Over 150 interactive exhibits are in place, including a nature trail, adventure bridge, 30-foot tree snag, canopy walk, indoor Exploration Center, fascinating plant labs, CSI mysteries, and a state-of-the-art OmniGlobe. Stay for a picnic lunch in the gardens. Allow for 2 to 4 hours

* Venture to the nation’s largest arts district. The Dallas Museum of Art has over 22,000 works of art from around the world and throughout time, spanning 5,000 years of human creativity. The Crow Collection of Asian Art is a permanent set of galleries dedicated to the arts and cultures of China, Japan, India, and Southeast Asia. General admission is free to both museums. The Nasher Sculpture Center is one of the few institutions in the world devoted to the exhibition, study, and preservation of modern and contemporary sculpture. On display in the galleries and garden are rotating exhibitions of works from the Nasher Collection as well as special exhibitions from other museums and private collections. Allow for 2 to 3 hours.

* Tee off the night at Topgolf Dallas. Whether it’s driving range fun, a batting cage battle, or a mini golf competition, Topgolf has something for all interests and skill levels. Dinner options are available. Allow for 1 to 3 hours.

DAY FIVE

* Have breakfast at the hotel and depart for home.

DESCRIPTION OF STEM PROGRAMS

* walkSTEM is great for all who are up for imagining their environments in a fun and different way! Your students will notice things they may have passed by many times, appreciate the unexpected connections between art, architecture, math, science, engineering, and technology, and flex those problem-solving muscles. The program is perfect for students of all ages. walkSTEM tours available included the Dallas Arts District, NorthPark Center, the Dallas Arboretum, and more. Experiences offer live docent-led tours through the Otocast app, selfguided tours with signage with maps and handouts, and web-based video walks. walkSTEM was developed in partnership with the National Museum of Mathematics’ Founder Dr. Glen Whitney. >> talkstem.org/walkstem/

* The Perot Museum of Nature and Science provides a variety of classroom-style programs with STEM content. Choose between three lab-based programs: Physical Science, the physical world through the subjects of physics, chemistry, and engineering; Life Science, the diversity of life on Earth through topics such as adaptations, life cycles, DNA, and dissections; or Earth and Space Science, an examination of numerous fields of study that focuses on weather, fossils, plate tectonics, rocks, minerals, and soils. Afterward, the students will be able to experience what they have learned in the 11 permanent exhibit halls. >> perotmuseum.org/educators/field-trips

* Southern Methodist University College Prep provides the skills your students need to get into the school of their choice and to thrive once they are there. From strategies for mastering standardized tests, to STEAM programming focusing on leading-edge technologies to hands-on projects that encourage critical thinking, creativity, and collaboration — SMU’s courses are designed to support ambitious middle and high school students in achieving their educational goals. Workshops are facilitated by experienced instructors and experts in the field, who share real-life problem-solving skills and guide your students learning through group activities and one-on-one interactions. >> smu.edu/LifelongLearning/CollegePrep

* The George W. Bush Presidential Library provides a unique education opportunity for high school and college students. Situation Room Experiences are technically integrated role-playing crisis simulations. In these high-intensity, collaborative decision-making scenarios, information moves quickly, and every individual choice has consequences. Because participant input shapes the experience, no simulation is ever the same. High School and University programs are available for students ages 16-60+ years. The Leadership Challenge provides high-level executive event experiences. >> georgewbushlibrary.smu.edu/News-and-Events/News/2018-SitRoom

* In April 2024, the VEX Robotics Competition will be hosted in Dallas. As a part of the competition, teams of students are tasked with designing and building a robot to play against other teams in a game-based engineering challenge. Classroom STEM concepts are put to the test as students learn lifelong skills in teamwork, leadership, communications, and more. The REC Foundation’s VEX Robotics World Championship, recognized by the Guinness Book of World Records as the largest robotics competition in the world, is a week-long event celebrating hands-on STEM learning. >> roboticseducation.org/vex-robotics-competition/