Space Model Mania
5th – 8th Grades
Date: Monday, June 26, 2023
Time: 1 – 4 p.m.
Location: Longway Planetarium
Grades: 5th - 8th
Cost: $15
Come try your hand at designing a new solar system! Utilizing the fascinating features of space, can you create a solar system that will remain stable for millennia?
Have a Heart (and Lungs)
5th – 8th Grades
Date: Thursday, July 13, 2023
Time: 1 – 4 p.m.
Location: Sloan Museum of Discovery
Grades: 5th - 8th
Cost: $17
Explore the circulatory and respiratory systems while dissecting a heart and lungs.
Chain Reaction
5th – 8th Grades
Date: Monday, July 17, 2023
Time: 1 – 4 p.m.
Location: Sloan Museum of Discovery
Grades: 5th - 8th
Cost: $15
Work together to create a Rube Goldberg type creation using every day materials. Explore cause and effect while engineering and designing a way to move your marble through this obstacle course.
Jewelry Making
5th – 8th Grades
Date: Monday, July 31, 2023
Time: 9 a.m. - Noon
Location: Longway Planetarium
Grades: 5th - 8th
Cost: $17
Learn basic techniques for jewelry making while creating your own unique pieces to take home. Choose from a variety of projects to try including bead stringing, earring making, and basic bead weaving.
Stitch and Sew
5th – 8th Grades
Date: Thursday, August 3, 2023
Time: 9 a.m. - Noon
Location: Sloan Museum of Discovery
Grades: 5th - 8th
Cost: $15
Have you always wanted to learn to sew but are not sure where to start? Learn how to hand stich, mend a rib, and add a button. Work on a sewing machine to create your own bag to take home!
Maker Camp
5th – 8th Grades
Date: August 7 - 9, 2023 | Mon - Wed
Time: 1 - 4 p.m.
Location: Sloan Museum of Discovery | Discovery Lab
Grades: 5th - 8th
Cost: $70
Open-ended engineering challenges and creative projects with plenty of time to work on self-guided projects.
Craft Stick Creations: Build a hydraulic press, robotic hand, and grabber.
Marker Robots: Use a craft motor, battery, hot glue stick, and every day items to create a moving, scribbling work of art.
Cardboard Automata: These kinetic sculptures blend engineering with art! Use cardboard, wire, and foam to build a system of cams and cam followers that put your artwork into motion.