Kick off a new school year with exciting, hands-on STEM activities such as designing a bee hummer, launching an Alka-Seltzer rocket, and more. Learn about bats from Bat Conservation International and visit Bracken Cave Preserve on a VR headset.

Back to School STEM Extravaganza

Get your own eclipse glasses and learn about the sun through hands-on STEM programming such as building models of the sun, launching rockets, and star shows in the mini planetarium.

Eclipse Party

Nonprofit Girlstart has a mission to offer STEM educational opportunities to youth who might otherwise be discouraged from exploring it, and they do it the fun way by engaging kids with hands-on activities. For Starry Nights, the org opens its unique studio and mini planetarium once a month through most of the year for kids and families to enjoy astronomy together, and this month, an Egyptian theme means activities like deciphering hieroglyphs and exploring engineering by constructing a pyramid. This is the last Starry Night until September, so don’t miss it! – Kat McNevins