Art is about using creativity and imagination to increase the development of STEM’s essential skills. While Kaleidoscope remains temporarily closed, teachers may request free, fun Kaleidoscope art materials for students! Each student’s art sack will include a variety of shapes along with sticker sheets. Some shapes...
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2 events,FUN—Family Ultimate Nature—kits give families a way to explore the wonders of the great outdoors together. Kits include: • A publication with links to videos about owls, night hikes and spiders. • An owl pellet and guide to help you dissect and see what’s inside....
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BIG IDEAS @ScienceStowers is a lecture series exploring how science informs and inspires our communities, designed for science enthusiasts in high school and older. In this online session, Harvard University's Hopi Hoekstra will present "Nature's Palette: The biological significance of color." Learn more about the...
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5 events,FUN—Family Ultimate Nature—kits give families a way to explore the wonders of the great outdoors together. Kits include: • A publication with links to videos about owls, night hikes and spiders. • An owl pellet and guide to help you dissect and see what’s inside....
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Join the Mid-Continent Public Library and a Mad Scientist for this fun-filled show with Halloween characters, witches brew, fog droplets and electrical experiments. Program registration will close 30 minutes prior to the start of the program. Participants will be emailed a Zoom access code 15...
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Floss on over to Challenge Island’s Fort Island Day Camp™ where participants will play and engineer their way through Fort Island hotspot Pirate’s Cove. Tribes will design pirate ships, cannonball rides and lava safety forts in this day camp for ages 5-12. This virtual conference (free to the public) explores global-to-local issues and solutions to water-related issues with leading scientists, engineers and water experts including Global Water Policy Project Founder Sandra Postel, Water.org founder Gary White and oceanographer David Gallo. The conference runs from 7 to 8:15...
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Challenge Island is calling all innovative and inventive kids to an adventure in STEAM and entrepreneurship—with a Halloween twist! Participants will learn the ins and outs of launching a successful business as they design and build their own Haunted House and Grand Opening costumes. Will... |
3 events,Join Green Works in Kansas City for this FREE outdoor discovery program for kids in fourth and fifth grades. Explore nature in the city, discover what makes a healthy neighborhood, meet leaders of neighborhoods and career professionals, creating healthy places for people and nature. The...
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Join Green Works in Kansas City for this FREE outdoor discovery program for sixth through eighth graders. Explore nature in the city, discover what makes a healthy neighborhood, meet leaders of neighborhoods and career professionals, creating healthy places for people and nature. The program uses...
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Join a Mad Scientist as they investigate all things sticky. Students will examine the workings of many types of fasteners such as hook-and-loop tape, tape adhesives, and wet glues. They will rank adhesives strengths, determine the optimal adhesive for a material, and test concepts of...
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In this sports-themed day out, Challenge Island tribes create their own sports stadium and quarterback launcher using simple, everyday items. Participants will learn all about stadiums, then and now, and Kansas City’s favorite quarterback. Come find out if your launcher can hit the target! Ages... |
3 events,Join Green Works in Kansas City for this FREE outdoor discovery program for kids in fourth and fifth grades. Explore nature in the city, discover what makes a healthy neighborhood, meet leaders of neighborhoods and career professionals, creating healthy places for people and nature. The...
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Join Green Works in Kansas City for this FREE outdoor discovery program for sixth through eighth graders. Explore nature in the city, discover what makes a healthy neighborhood, meet leaders of neighborhoods and career professionals, creating healthy places for people and nature. The program uses...
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3…2…1 Blastoff! Get ready to soar through the universe while taking on a galaxy of cosmically cool challenges—from space stations to rockets to aliens in this Challenge Island program for ages 5-12. |
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Explore the crazy chemistry of acids, bases and pH factors with Mad Science. Bring a mystery liquid to a perfect pH balance, and end with a stopper-popper reaction! Program registration will close 30 minutes prior to the start of the program. Participants will be emailed...
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4 events,Join Green Works in Kansas City for this FREE outdoor discovery program for kids in fourth and fifth grades. Explore nature in the city, discover what makes a healthy neighborhood, meet leaders of neighborhoods and career professionals, creating healthy places for people and nature. The...
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"Willie and the Salad Bonanza" is a contest open to elementary, middle and high school teams, along with other K-12 community organizations such as 4-H, scouts, FFA or other teams, interested in the scientific principles surrounding plant growth. Teams of four individuals compete to see... |
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In this Mad Science virtual program students will explore the physics of optical illusions and how our eyes can trick our brains. They will discover how to manipulate mirrors, explore the world with inverted vision, and see classic illusions firsthand. Program registration will close 30...
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Teachers and high school students are invited to a series of live virtual events to learn about a variety of career paths from those who have risen to the top of their fields. Students will have direct access to leaders of local industry and hear... |
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4 events,Join Green Works in Kansas City for this FREE outdoor discovery program for kids in fourth and fifth grades. Explore nature in the city, discover what makes a healthy neighborhood, meet leaders of neighborhoods and career professionals, creating healthy places for people and nature. The...
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Join the KU Natural History Museum for Pop Up Science online! Jump onto the museum's Facebook page to join Eleanor as she explores weather and shows you how to make your own “weather wise” homemade weather instruments. Find even more fun hands-on science activities to...
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Mad Science presents chemical reactions that will intrigue even the youngest of scientists. Program registration will close 30 minutes prior to the start of the program. Participants will be emailed a Zoom access code 15 minutes before the start of the program, so please include...
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Discover the amazing world of chemistry when Mad Science defies gravity with didgeridoo tubes, foaming hands, and steaming chemical reactions in this Mid-Continent Public Library online program for ages 7 and up. Registration will close 30 minutes prior to the start of the program. Participants...
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With ScratchJr, young children can program their own interactive stories and games. In the process, they learn to solve problems, design projects and express themselves creatively on the computer. Join this virtual event for ages 5-7 to get started! Enroll here. |