DON'T MISS OUR YOUNG INVENTORS' SHOWCASE!

DON'T MISS OUR YOUNG INVENTORS' SHOWCASE!

During the 24th Annual Young Inventors' Showcase on May 19, the finalists' inventions will be showcased and judged for their ingenuity and merit. Come check it out! | Read more...

JOIN OUR INSTRUCTABLES: MADE IN YOUR MIND EXHIBIT DEBUT!

JOIN OUR INSTRUCTABLES: MADE IN YOUR MIND EXHIBIT DEBUT!

Take innovation to the next level with our new DIY exhibit inspired by Instructables website! Put your problem-
solving skills to the test at this new hands-on, do-it-yourself exhibit debuting May 26. | Read more...

PUT YOUR PAWS TOGETHER FOR OUR FUTUREVET CLINIC!

PUT YOUR PAWS TOGETHER FOR OUR FUTUREVET CLINIC!

Get a head start on becoming a vet and have a tail wagging good time!  Join our FutureVet® clinic on Saturday
May 26 from 11 a.m. - Noon
to learn the truths, tricks and "tails" of pet ownership. | Read more...

PUT YOUR BALANCE TO THE TEST!

PUT YOUR BALANCE TO THE TEST!

From teetering toddlers to tight-rope walkers, balance is something we use in our everyday lives. Get in the act of balancing at the Balancing Act exhibit!  | Read more...

DON'T FRY THIS MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND!

DON'T FRY THIS MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND!

It's your right to fun! We're kicking off our 2012 Summer of Fun celebrating "Don't Fry Day" on
Fry-day, May 25.
Plus, free admission to active military families Memorial Day Weekend, May 25. | Read more...

JOURNEY TO THE LAND OF GULLAH!

JOURNEY TO THE LAND OF GULLAH!

Revisit a piece of American culture through its retelling of the story of the Gullah at our brand new exhibit,
Cum Yah Gullah! | Read more...

CREATE WAVES OF EXCITEMENT!

CREATE WAVES OF EXCITEMENT!

The more you play at FlowWorks, the faster this 18 foot tall Cauldron fills up with water. Once it's full, water comes crashing down, creating buckets of fun this Spring and Summer! | Read more...

GO ON AN OUT OF THIS WORLD ADVENTURE!

GO ON AN OUT OF THIS WORLD ADVENTURE!

The chase is on! Join forces with the CyberSquad in an original math adventure quest to save the Cyberworld
and defeat the hacker at Cyberchase! | Read more...

EXPERIENCE NATURE!

EXPERIENCE NATURE!

Participate in diverse hands-on activities such as stream bed creation, insect collecting, leaf rubbings, footprint identification, and more at EcoStation! | Read more...

BE ANYTHING YOU WANT TO BE!

BE ANYTHING YOU WANT TO BE!

Head to Kidtropolis, USA during where we do things the kid way! Use your Kid Card to spend money and have experiences throughout the city, just like real life. | Read more...

STEP INTO A WORKSHOP OF GADGETS AND GIZMOS!

STEP INTO A WORKSHOP OF GADGETS AND GIZMOS!

Get your imagination cranking at Invention Convention where YOU create, concoct and construct contraptions  to become an inventor! | Read more...

CHALLENGE YOURSELF!

CHALLENGE YOURSELF!

Let your inner strength shine through at Power Challenge where you'll have a blast making your way through the obstacle course! | Read more...

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Stop by and indulge in some of nature’s most beautiful inventions in our EcoStation exhibit during the Wild About Wildflowers event. Read More
 
Alexander Art Academy:  Make a bouquet of watercolor flowers to say "goodbye" to those April showers and "hello" to those May flowers.
 
EcoStation:  Discover the beauty of butterflies making a take-home field guide and butterfly lifecycle bracelet and learn how ecologists perform population counts.
 
ExxonMobil Math Cart:  Slide, flip, rotate, join and separate shapes to create different flowers using pattern blocks.
 
Inventors' Workshop:  Grow your creativity garden by inventing your own artistic wildflowers from cut water bottles and a variety of found materials.
 
Junktion:  Get wild about wildflowers.  Make handprint lillies using the outline of your hand, use pop-up techniques to make a pop-up flower card and design a crown of flowers.
 
Power Science Lab:  Guess which foods are the fattiest using balls of "fat"and  run "blood" through simulated clogged and unclogged arteries to test which one works best.
 
Science Station:  Go bubbly and explore the colors and properties of bubbles, make cube and pyramid shaped bubbles and check out how bouncy bubbles can get when experimenting with different solutions.

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What keeps a top spinning and why don't they topple over? Mr. O explains why science is the tops plus, learn how to make your own drawing top!

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