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Program(s) for starting 02/01/2021
Science Story Time: Ice Challenge
10:30 AM
Explore the world of ice fishing in One Frozen Lake by Deborah Jo Larson, then try to extract your own fish from a block of ice.
Audience: Children, Families, Science Story TIme
Cost: Free with Museum Admission
View Event DetailsSolar-Powered Critters (inspired by 2040)
10:00 AM
Motivated by his 4-year-old daughter and concern for the planet she will inherit, filmmaker Damon Gameau’s 2040 shares his global journey to meet the innovators and change…
Audience: Families, Virtual Family Science Workshops, Virtual Workshop Series
Cost: Free
This Event is for Members Only
This Event is Full
View Event DetailsCreative Costumes (Virtual Family Science Workshop)
10:00 AM
Create a fantastical hat, a crazy mask or cool costume with upcycled materials like cardboard, wrapping paper, ribbons and bows. Imagination, engineering and sustainability meet…
Audience: Children, Families, Virtual Family Science Workshops, Virtual Workshop Series
Location: Via Zoom; details to follow after registration
Cost: $20 (members), $25 (non-members)
Event Notes: Program is canceled
View Event DetailsSalty Science (Virtual Family Science Workshop)
1:00 PM
Open those kitchen cabinets and grab some supplies for some family kitchen science. Together we’ll explore dissolving, density and evaporation with classic experiments from…
Audience: Virtual Family Science Workshops, Virtual Workshop Series
Location: Via Zoom; details to follow after registration
Cost: 20 (members), 25 (non-members)
Pre-Registration Required
View Event DetailsRollways (Virtual Family Science Workshop)
1:00 PM
Spend the afternoon creating your own marble obstacle course and ball run in a race to be the last ball to drop! Full of problem solving, creativity, and hilarity as you may…
Audience: Children, Families, Virtual Family Science Workshops, Virtual Workshop Series
Location: Via Zoom; details to follow after registration
Cost: $20 (members), $25 (non-members)
Event Notes: Program is canceled
View Event DetailsPop-up Cards and Creations (Virtual Family Science Workshop)
1:00 PM
Discover how to turn a flat piece of paper into a pop-up masterpiece. Learn several techniques for creating 3-dimensional shapes and structures, and use your creativity to…
Audience: Children, Families, Virtual Family Science Workshops, Virtual Workshop Series
Location: Via Zoom; details to follow after registration
Cost: $20 (members), $25 (non-members)
Pre-Registration Required
View Event DetailsSink or Swim (Virtual Family Science Workshop)
10:00 AM
Experiment with density and buoyancy in this virtual workshop as we predict and test what will sink or float. As an engineering challenge, we will design boats and maybe even a…
Audience: Children, Families, Virtual Family Science Workshops, Virtual Workshop Series
Location: Via Zoom; details to follow after registration
Cost: $20 (members), $25 (non-members)
Pre-Registration Required
View Event DetailsAnimals Up Close: Crawdads
4:00 PM
Meet the most secretive resident of our large fish tanks. Get an up close look at our crawdad — both in the water and out — as we count claws, look for gills, and see what…
Audience: Children, Families, Animals Up Close
Location: Via Zoom
Cost: Free
This Event is for Members Only
Pre-Registration Required
View Event DetailsAirplay: Virtual Workshop, Session 1 (for ages 4-5 with a caregiver)
9:00 AM
It floats, it falls, it flies, it glides! We’ll build and experiment with them all as we make everything from parachutes to rockets to helicopters, to test and play with again…
Audience: Children, Programs for Preschoolers, Virtual Workshop Series
Location: Via Zoom; details to follow after registration
Cost: $110 (members), $135 (non-members)
This Event is Full
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