Styrofoam
Safari
Grades K-3 – Saturday, January 10
Learn about the uses of Styrofoam and the need to
recycle. Make a snowman that won’t melt and
other creatures out of Styrofoam! Perform Hot Ice
experiments and watch
Styrofoam vanish before your eyes. Create building
blocks out of Styrofoam trays to construct Styrofoam
structures. Register
Online!
Robot Mission: LEGO® Mindstorms®
Grades 4-7 – Saturday, January 10
Investigate the history of robotics and how we use robots
to explore space, including on-going Mars missions.
Experiment with Mars Rovers to complete tasks on the
Red Planet’s surface. Use LEGO® Mindstorms® to
navigate an obstacle course that you and your team create. Register
Online!
Go Green - Junior!
Grades K-3 – Saturday, January 24
Join the Go Green Brigade when you learn what you can
do to help the planet and be kind to Mother Earth! Take
a heart-pounding adventure through the Grand Canyon
with a team of water conservationists on a mission to
restore the Colorado River with the 3D IMAX film Grand
Canyon Adventure! Make edible soil and become a hydrogeologist.
Save the Earth in the Recycle Relay Race. Create your
own toys out of recycled items and make a lava lamp
out of a bottle! Register
Online!
Go Green!
Grades 4-7 – Saturday, January 24
Who said it’s not easy being green? Learn what
you can do to help the planet and be kind to Mother
Earth! Take a heart-pounding adventure through the Grand
Canyon with a team of water conservationists on a mission
to restore the Colorado River with the 3D IMAX film
Grand Canyon Adventure! Create a Biosphere and become
a hydrogeologist. Discover how you can reduce, reuse
and recycle to save the planet and participate in a
Recycle Relay Race. Use your “go green” skills
to create a lava lamp out of a bottle! Register
Online!
To the Moon!
Grades K-3 – Saturday, February 7
Create a space helmet and astronaut airpack for your
lunar adventure. Build a shoebox shuttle to take you
to the moon. Play moon volleyball and train to work
in space like an astronaut. Make your own astronaut
meal and lunar rock candy. Construct a moonlight catcher
and make “moon prints.” Register
Online!
Mission Control
Grades 4-7 – Saturday, February 7
 Join Mission Control when you perform a simulated shuttle
mission! Create a mission patch, explore the past, present
and future of space exploration and learn the difference
between a rocket and a plane. Experiment with different
types of rockets and build your own shuttle glider. Register
Online!
Egg-straordinary Inventions-Junior!
Grades K-3 – Saturday, February 21
 Become an eggstraordinary inventor when you put your
creativity and (egg cartons) to the test! Use foam egg
cartons to build a protection pod for an astronaut landing
and construct critters and creepy crawlers. Learn how
to fold different types of planes using paper and create
egg carton art! Make ice cream using liquid nitrogen
for a cool treat and experience an IMAX film in the
giant-screen IMAX theater. Register
Online! Egg-straordinary Inventions!
Grades 4-7 – Saturday, February 21
Challenge your brain and make some eggstraordinary inventions!
Create egg carton models for Mars colonization and travel
to Mars in the exhibit Space Quest! Protect your egg-stronaut
for a moon landing using limited materials. Test your
creation when you compete in an egg drop contest! Make
ice cream using liquid nitrogen for a cool treat and
experience an IMAX film in the giant-screen IMAX theater.Register
Online!
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Experience the world of stop-motion animation with the new IMAX film
The Light Before Christmas! Make animated flip books and develop story boards.
Work in a team to create backdrops, characters, and props. Use digital cameras
and computer software to shoot and produce your own stop-motion animated movie.
Have a popcorn party to watch your movie premiere and take a copy of your finished
movie home on a DVD to share with family and friends. 
