Create and Explore Together
Get the extra attention and insight you deserve, with Ingenuity workshops.
Family Ingenuity Workshops–Parents and kids ages 3–8 or 5–8
Kids Ingenuity Workshops–Kids ages 8–12
Explore a new theme every month.
February–Animal Adaptations
March–Recycling and Reuse
April–Oceans/Water
May–Solar Energy
February—Animal Adaptations
Family Ingenuity Workshop: Animal Adaptations
Sunday February 21, 10:00-10:50 a.m. or 11:10 a.m.-12:00 noon
Watch how a snake can climb with no hands, a lizard can escape a predator, and how a rabbit can make a fast get away.
Parents and kids ages 3–8
$34 for first adult and child ($25 for members); $11 for each additional person
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Kids Ingenuity Workshop: Animal Inspirations
Sunday February 7 or 21, 1:30–3:00 p.m.
Get up close with a few of our Animal Discovery Room critters and investigate how they move. Use this inspiration to design a mechanism for motion in your own robot.
Ages 8–12
$18 each ($16 for members)
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March—Recycling
Family Ingenuity Workshop: Got Stuff, Will Use
Sunday, March 14 Cancelled
Art and science come together in this fun, hands-on workshop designed especially for families. Make your own paper, toys, hand creams, and more, all to take home.
Parents and kids ages 3–8
$34 for first adult and child ($25 for members); $11 for each additional person
Kids Ingenuity Workshop: Recycling
Sunday March 7 or 21, 1:30–3:00 p.m.
Most of the materials that we use can find a new a life when they have fulfilled their original purpose. Instead of trashing that yogurt container or those electronic motors make them into something creative or useful. Along the way take a few things apart and see what is inside them and how they work, then turn the into something new!
Ages 8–12
$18 each ($16 for members)
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April—Water
Family Ingenuity Workshop: Gone Crayfishing
Sunday, April 18, 10:00-10:50 a.m. or 11:10 a.m.-12:00 noon
Discover which animals live in ponds, and see pond animals up close from our Animal Discovery Room. In our outdoor pond, we will catch crayfish with poles and nets.
Parents and kids ages 3–8
$34 for first adult and child ($25 for members); $11 for each additional person
Kids Ingenuity Workshop: Water and Valves
Sunday April 4 or 18, 1:30–3:00 p.m.
Water makes up the majority of our planet's surface but the water we want is not always where we need to use it. Investigate how pumps and valves work and design a valve to take home.
Ages 8–12
$18 each ($16 for members)
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May—Solar Energy
Family Ingenuity Workshop: Cooking with the Sun
Sunday, May 23, 10:00-10:50 a.m. or 11:10 a.m.-12:00 noon
Fun sun-activities include solar cooking, generating electricity with solar cells, and conducting experiments to discover how sunlight can heat water and warm homes
Parents and kids ages 3–8
$34 for first adult and child ($25 for members); $11 for each additional person
Kids Ingenuity Workshop: Solar Energy
Sunday May 2 or 16, 1:30–3:00 p.m.
Compare the ways we generate electrical energy and investigate the ways we can use the energy from the sun to power the things we use everyday. Design, build and tweak a solar powered gadget.
Ages 8–12
$18 each ($16 for members)
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