Learn about buoyancy by experimenting with fruits, vegetables and more. Appropriate for kids ages 8 and up and their caregivers. Space is limited; registration is required for each participant. Please visit our online calendar to register.
Cool off this summer with some very cold science. Discover what extremely cold temperatures can do to everyday objects, and make your own ice cream. This program will be held at the Brighton Armory, adjacent to Anythink Brighton. Appropriate for students in grades K-5. No registration necessary.
Spend an hour with magician Connie Elstun to learn the science of magic and the magic of science. Learn about Nikola Tesla and participate in a Tesla/Edison competition developed by Connie for NASA and its Orion educational launch. This program will be held at the Brighton Armory, adjacent to Anythink Brighton. Appropriate for students in grades K-5. No registration necessary.
Try some fun new apps on our iPads. Recommended for kids ages 8 and up and their parents. Space is limited; registration is required for each participant.
Using a variety of materials, make a slingshot that really works. Recommended for kids ages 8 and up and their caregivers. Space is limited; registration is required for each participant.
Depending on your age, the Apollo Program either belongs to history or memory. It’s been 47 years since the first human beings walked on the moon, and time, with its abiding patience, has eroded the impact of this monumental achievement. But great films act like wormholes through the fabric of time. Films collapse the distance between past and present and liberate history from the history books. The Apollo Program has been the subject of dozens of films, but two in particular stand above the rest.
Learn all about the moon’s phases and craters by doing fun, and even tasty, activities. Appropriate for tweens ages 9-12. Space is limited; registration is recommended.
Put yourself in an astronaut’s boots and discover how to do everyday things in the microgravity environment of the International Space Station. Recommended for kids ages 8 and up and their parents. Space is limited; registration is required for each participant.
Design your own paper rocket and launch it with a straw. Compare how different angles of the straw affect the distance the rocket travels. Recommended for kids ages 8 and up and their parents. Space is limited; registration is required for each participant.
Time travel. Extraterrestrial civilizations. Artificial wormholes crisscrossing the galaxy like a celestial highway system. These are the types of ideas science fiction has made famous. However, most of the science in science fiction isn’t very...scientific. And that’s okay. Science fiction is, after all, fiction; it has no obligation to accurately depict scientific concepts.
