Event Calendar

PSS Fall Theme: When Things Get Moving

Our most popular and interactive space is getting a make over! In this year’s fall session we will look at the new and updated exhibit components and the science that not only makes them fun but also educational. During each session we will read a book, explore a hands on activity and sing/dance to a fun song.

October 3 Things that Fall: Shooting a basketball into a hoop and launching a rocket toward the moon both use the same type of motion. Learn how objects move along a curved path under the influence of gravity.

October 10 Things that Swing: Pendulums have been used to keep track of time as well as prove the rotation of the Earth. Learn how the back and forth motion of a swing is based on a pendulum.

October 17 Things that Travel: SCI’s Ball Wall is not only fun and engaging, but it allows for trial and error in trying to understand how objects move based on different types of forces. Experiment with ways to move objects through different paths using various mechanical forces.

October 24  Things that Push: Even though we can’t see air, we can definitely feel the effects of it. Explore the ways the air pressure can cause things to get moving.

October 31 Things that Spin: Spinning and rotating objects are affected by special forces that make them act in very unique ways. Learn about how the sun keeps the Earth rotating around it and merry-go-rounds make you feel like you are going to fly outward.

Workshops are held for children, ages 3–5 years old with a caring adult, from 9:15–10:15 AM on Thursdays in October.

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Our youngest visitors can bring their imaginations as an SCI Programs Team member reads under the starry skies.

Help guide a breathtaking journey through our solar system, exploring the unique features, mysteries, and wonders of its most important celestial bodies.

From things that glow to things that explode, this program is a real blast!

Experience one of the most mysterious — and misunderstood — wonders of the Universe. Narrated by Liam Neeson. Sponsored by NASA. Program and location subject to change.

Locate constellations and planets, and hear myths of the night sky in this live planetarium program. Program and location subject to change.

Have you ever wondered what Snippy the Snapping Turtle eats? Come check out a feeding demonstration of one of SCI’s most ravenous reptiles! The snapping turtle feeding may be too intense for some visitors.

Investigate the clues chemists use with explosive experiments!

Help guide a breathtaking journey through our solar system, exploring the unique features, mysteries, and wonders of its most important celestial bodies.

Go on an adventure though history to learn about the creation of the telescope and the discoveries this invention has helped humanity make! Program and location subject to change.