Science Bonanza

Using 3D graphing skills, we will create a puzzle cube you can take home. TinkerCAD coding will be used to design the puzzles.

Hands on workshop where participants get the opportunity to safely see and feel electricity in action.

You may have heard about microbes before, but did you know that they are in your gut? Wonder what they are doing and who they are? This workshop will not only teach you about gut microbes but also how scientists study them!

Learn how to build systems to grow plants without soil.

Calling all inventors! If you like challenges and building things, this activity is for you. In this workshop, you will solve problems and design solutions using random materials to create your very own original invention. Explore the steps of the Invention Process and create a totally unique device that will help others in some way. Bring your imagination and your creativity and ignite the spark of innovation in all of us.

The MakeBlock mBot is a ready to go multi-modality robotics platform accessible for young coders of many ages. We will spend the hour playing "teleop" (iPad controlled) games and tackling "autonomous" (coded) challenges.

In this brilliant workshop you will learn to make a unique greeting card that uses a simple circuit to light a single LED bulb. Sign up to discover your “electrifying” creativity!

We will learn what happens to trash as it is transported by water to the ocean. Students will experience how scientists measure plastic particles in the environment from sampling to identification, how these particles affect organisms, and ways we can prevent plastic pollution.

WiggleBots are fun little robots made with an off-balance motor and scraps of reused or recycled junk. Making a wiggleBot involves a little bit of science to get the motor to work and a lot of creativity to imagine and build the most fantastic wiggleBot that can wiggle and skitter across the floor.

Have you ever wanted to figure out what wild mammals are wandering through your backyard and neighborhood? Then join the Harris Center's "Wildlife Detective" workshop and see what you can deduce from the things these wild animals leave behind. From tracks and feeding evidence to scat (that's animal poop) and skulls and bones, come practice your wild detective skills.