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Robotics Showcase
Check out a variety of cool, fun and wacky robots created by local students — and even see them in action!
These budding inventors and engineers will demonstrate how their creations work and talk about the challenges they faced while constructing them.
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starting 09/11/2019
Afterschool Adventures (for K-2) — Fall Session Begins
3:30 PM
Explore science and nature using hands-on experiences and real experiments. We will hypothesize, test, observe, and use our creativity. Explore a different theme each week!…
Audience: Children, Afterschool Programs
Location: Classroom
Cost: $150 (members), $165 (non-members)
This Event is Full
View Event DetailsMontshire Makers: Amplify It!
6:00 PM
Anything can be an instrument with a contact mic! Learn how to amplify and record sounds with contact mics and an iPad. Back at the Makers studio, use Garage Band to layer…
Audience: Preteens and Teens, Montshire Makers
Location: Classroom
Advance: $8 (members), $10 (non-members)
Door: $12 (members), $15 (non-members)
View Event DetailsArchaeology Day
10:30 AM
Dig into science and history!
Audience: Families, Adults
Cost: Free with Museum Admission
View Event DetailsBuilding and Engineering
11:00 AM
Build, problem solve, and test your own contraptions – from parachutes to gliders, string telephones to aluminum boats. Build a different project each time – a family…
Audience: Families, Children
Cost: Free with Museum Admission
View Event DetailsLab Coat Investigations
3:00 PM
Each Lab Coat Investigation explores a different topic—from making batteries to using microscopes, extracting DNA to modeling glaciers. For adults and kids 9 and up at the…
Audience: Families, Children, Preteens and Teens
Cost: Free with Museum Admission
View Event DetailsSoil Health & Edible Landscapes
1:00 PM
Can we as gardeners and land managers help to slow water down, deepen watersheds, increase biological soil health and create conditions for thriving ecosystems, all while…
Audience: Adults, Hanover Garden Club
Location: Community Room
Cost: Free
View Event DetailsExperiment!
11:00 AM
Try your hand at experimenting with anything from electricity to chemistry, magnetism to colors. Experiment with a different topic each time - a family activity for all ages at…
Audience: Families, Children
Cost: Free with Museum Admission
View Event DetailsLife Sciences Explorations
3:00 PM
Use scientific tools to examine anything from skulls to seeds, anatomy to animal tracking. Explore a different topic each time - a family activity for all ages.
Audience: Families, Children
Cost: Free with Museum Admission
View Event DetailsBuilding and Engineering
11:00 AM
Build, problem solve, and test your own contraptions – from parachutes to gliders, string telephones to aluminum boats. Build a different project each time – a family…
Audience: Families, Children
Cost: Free with Museum Admission
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