Upcoming Events

3…2…1…Blast off! In teams, Juniors and Cadettes will receive a budget and learn how to balance it and write checks. They will use their budget to purchase materials for their rocket design, which they will then launch to test. We will use the Engineering Design Process to plan, build, evaluate, and redesign rockets for optimal launch. Fee includes planetarium show and Museum patch. (For: Troops, Individuals w/Adult, no Tagalongs.)

Looking for a great way to spend a day off from school? Join the Discovery Museum for some of the coolest mad science around! We’ll experiment with a variety of STEM topics including chemistry,  physics, and robotics. Open to students in grades K-6, programs run from 9:00am-3:30pm with extended day options that run from 8:30am-9:00am and 3:30pm-5:30pm. Sales close February 12, 2020 at 11:55pm. No late registrations will be accepted. For more information, call 203-372-3521.

Calling all young astronomers! Spend the morning at the Museum under the starry dome of our Planetarium, and learn about the planets and stars. Observe some real astronauts in space and help them with their microgravity experiments about the space shuttle. We’ll learn about space destinations and prepare for our own turn to blast off to the Moon! Museum Patch included. (For: Troops, Individuals w/ Adult; No Tagalongs) For more information, email tropp@discoverymuseum.org.

When you look up in the night sky, what do you see? There’s an entire animal kingdom playing in the stars! Come learn how to play connect the dots with the stars to find all kinds of creatures in the sky! Make your own constellation to take home and see the night sky in our planetarium. Museum patch included. (For: Troops, individuals with Adult, no tagalongs) For more information, email tropp@discoverymuseum.org.

Drones, robots, and circuits, oh my! Join the Discovery Museum for a day of robots, from the circuits that make them tick to the different ways we can control them. Learn about remote operation, sensors, and more! Open to students in grades K-6, programs run from 9:00am-3:30pm with extended day options that run from 8:30am-9:00am and 3:30pm-5:30pm. Pre-registration is required. For more information, contact tropp@discoverymuseum.org.

What makes us each unique? What are some of the features we all share? We’ll learn about the systems that power our bodies, how we understand the world around us, and how we are all special even as we are all alike. Once we’ve learned about our body systems, we’ll celebrate the ways that we are all amazingly us!   Open to students in grades K-6, programs run from 9:00am-3:30pm with extended day options that run from 8:30am-9:00am and 3:30pm-5:30pm. Pre-registration…