Science City’s ScienceWise | Developing Data Literacy

Science City at Union Station 30 W. Pershing, Kansas City

What is data literacy? In this ScienceWise workshop educators will explore strategies using various tools to help students engage in data analysis and data creation so that they can move past staring blankly at graphs on worksheets and move on to becoming real investigators of...

JAM Session + Egg-Drop Challenge (2 parts)

JAM Session + Egg-Drop Challenge (2 parts)
Museum at Prairiefire 5801 W 135th Street, Overland Park

In this two-part class at Museum at Prairiefire, participants will design their own Mars landing vehicle for an egg using provided materials. In Part 1 of this engineering project, students think about the best way to protect an egg as it lands on Earth and...

KU Natural History Museum: Collections Up Close – Botany!

KU Natural History Museum 1345 Jayhawk Blvd., Fourth floor, Jayhawk Walk, Lawrence

Did you know the KU Natural History Museum displays only about 1% of the vast collections they hold? Explore more of their behind-the-scenes specimens and learn how their collections inform research here and around the globe at Collections Up Close! This month they will share...

Free

Postponed – Green Works ECOS Urban Outdoor Nature Discovery | Grades 6, 7, 8

Anita B. Gorman Discovery Center 4750 Troost Avenue, Kansas City

Green Works KC invites students in grades 6-8 to explore nature in the city, take field trips and meet neighborhood leaders and career professionals creating healthy places for people and nature during weekly sessions on Saturdays from mid-September through May. (Does not meet Thanksgiving week,...