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September 1, 2022
Family Night: Engineering
September 1, 2022

Invite the entire school community to your site for a math and science celebration!

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September 1, 2022
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August 2, 2022
Super Science Fest: STEM Booth
August 2, 2022

Our Summer Science Festival offers a wide variety of interactive, tabletop activities including science experiments, make-and-take projects, and art creations. Choose from our 6, 9, or 12 activity packages to bring a unique, interactive component to your festival, summer camp, or special event for kids of all ages.

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August 2, 2022
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August 2, 2022
Super Science Fest: STEM & Nature Booth
August 2, 2022

Our Summer Science Festival offers a wide variety of interactive, tabletop activities including science experiments, make-and-take projects, and art creations. Choose from our 6, 9, or 12 activity packages to bring a unique, interactive component to your festival, summer camp, or special event for kids of all ages.

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August 2, 2022
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August 2, 2022
Super Science Fest: Nature Booth
August 2, 2022

Our Summer Science Festival offers a wide variety of interactive, tabletop activities including science experiments, make-and-take projects, and art creations. Choose from our 6, 9, or 12 activity packages to bring a unique, interactive component to your festival, summer camp, or special event for kids of all ages.

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August 2, 2022
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August 1, 2022
Super Science Fest: Custom Booth
August 1, 2022

Our Summer Science Festival offers a wide variety of interactive, tabletop activities including science experiments, make-and-take projects, and art creations. Choose from our 6, 9, or 12 activity packages to bring a unique, interactive component to your festival, summer camp, or special event for kids of all ages.

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August 1, 2022
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May 9, 2022
Family Night: Science & Nature
May 9, 2022

Invite the entire school community to your site for a math and science celebration!

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May 9, 2022
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May 9, 2022
Family Night: Space
May 9, 2022

Invite the entire school community to your site for a math and science celebration!

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May 9, 2022
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May 9, 2022
Family Night: Math
May 9, 2022

Invite the entire school community to your site for a math and science celebration!

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May 9, 2022
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March 15, 2022
Live Animal Experience: Where Does That Snake Live?
March 15, 2022

Practice observation skills to pick up the subtle cues that help us to understand the natural world. After meeting different snakes up close, students will learn to use the scientific method as they attempt to discover one of the snake’s natural habitats. Then we’ll perform an experiment to test the students' hypotheses using live snakes.

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March 15, 2022
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March 15, 2022
Live Animal Experience: What Does the Habitat Need?
March 15, 2022

After meeting and learning about different species of live insects, students will attempt to determine what they need in their habitat to survive. Based on what they’ve learned, they will then construct a habitat for an insect and observe as it gets to know its new home.

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March 15, 2022
Live Animal Experience: Feathered Friends
March 15, 2022
Live Animal Experience: Feathered Friends
March 15, 2022

Young students let their imaginations take flight as we soar through a story about our avian ambassadors. After the story, students enjoy hands-on experiences with our specimens and meet a native Michigan bird.

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March 15, 2022
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March 15, 2022
Live Animal Experience: Radical Reptiles
March 15, 2022

Through a story, visit from live reptiles, and an up close investigations of shells, scales, and specimen preschoolers will discover what makes these often misunderstood animals unique.

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March 15, 2022
Live Animal Experience: Nature’s Nightlife
March 15, 2022
Live Animal Experience: Nature’s Nightlife
March 15, 2022

Find out what happens after the sun goes down in this exciting exploration in to the world of nocturnal animals. Meet different live animals to learn why they choose to work in the dark and how they are adapted for life at night.

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March 15, 2022
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March 15, 2022
Live Animal Experience: Marvelous Mammals
March 15, 2022

Young students will explore the animals just like us! Engage in a story, investigate mammal characteristics, and meet 2 live mammals up close as we discover more about these marvelous mammals!

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March 15, 2022
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March 15, 2022
Live Animal Experience: Life Cycle Strategies
March 15, 2022

Through observations of live animals and scientific journaling, students will compare and contrast the life cycles and adaptations of different organisms. By analyzing animals at different stages of their life cycle, audiences will discover the intimate connections between living things and their habitats.

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March 15, 2022
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March 15, 2022
Classroom Workshop: Human Body
March 15, 2022

Explore the wonders of the human body with this interactive workshop! We'll dive into a few of the body's major systems and organs to see how they all work together as a team to keep us playing, experimenting, and learning.

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March 15, 2022
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March 14, 2022
Live Animal Experience: Furs, Feathers, and Scales
March 14, 2022

Classification made fun! Students will compare, contrast and classify live animals to learn what makes mammals, birds, reptiles, and amphibians different. They will also identify and learn about their adaptations for survival.

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March 14, 2022
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March 14, 2022
Classroom Workshop: Cow Eye Dissection
March 14, 2022

Dissect a real cow eye to investigate the inner workings of eyes! Students will be able to make connections to eye structure through this hands-on exploration.

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March 14, 2022
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August 25, 2021
Classroom Workshop: Crash Landing
August 25, 2021

What goes up must come down in this classic egg drop experiment! Students are given credits to purchase materials to protect their egg from damage in a freefall. Concepts covered in this workshop range from gravity to economics.

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August 25, 2021
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August 25, 2021
Classroom Workshop: The Fun of Flight
August 25, 2021

We’ll push and pull our way to successful flights in this lab! Students will learn about the engineering process as they create a paper rocket and chart how far it flies.

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August 25, 2021
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August 25, 2021
Live Animal Experience: Walking Up a Food Chain
August 25, 2021

Together we will construct a live food chain as your students meet a raptor, reptile, amphibian, arachnid, and an insect. Along the way, we discuss how these animals' lives are connected and learn about the delicate balance that allows them to survive both individually and together as wildlife who share a habitat.

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August 25, 2021
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August 25, 2021
Live Animal Experience: Cold-Blooded Classification
August 25, 2021

Engage in the world of classification as we focus on a particular cold-blooded animal group: Reptiles! By meeting live reptiles, students will explore the adaptations that make them successful and how scientists compare and contrast these particular cold-blooded creatures.

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August 25, 2021
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August 25, 2021
Classroom Workshop: The Water Cycle
August 25, 2021

Look beyond the four stages of the water cycle and get a first-hand look at the many paths of a water molecule. Where does the rain come from and where does it go after it hits the ground?

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August 25, 2021
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August 25, 2021
Classroom Workshop: Roller Coaster In Your Classroom
August 25, 2021

Learn about the physics of energy, force, and motion by designing, building, and testing your own roller coaster.

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August 25, 2021
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August 25, 2021
Classroom Workshop: Preschool Universe
August 25, 2021

Explore the wonders of space with a workshop that is out of this world! We will work on their engineering skills as we build our own paper rockets to launch across the classroom, then we’ll learn how gravity keeps all of our feet on the ground.

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August 25, 2021
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August 24, 2021
Classroom Workshop: Magnificent Magnets
August 24, 2021

Stick with us as we explore the golden rule of magnets, sort through what materials are magnetic or non-magnetic, and even make a magnet float in mid-air.

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August 24, 2021
Classroom Workshop: Light and Sound Energy
August 24, 2021
Classroom Workshop: Light and Sound Energy
August 24, 2021

Shed new light while exploring the physics of sound as we discover how these forms of energy travel, reflects, and refracts through the world.

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August 24, 2021
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August 24, 2021
Classroom Workshop: Crime Lab
August 24, 2021

We'll use science to brush up on our logical thinking and problem solving skills as students are immersed in the intriguing world of forensics. They'll need to work together to solve our mock crime.

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August 24, 2021
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August 24, 2021
Classroom Workshop: Circuit Masters
August 24, 2021

Design, build, and test your way through understanding circuits and electricity. We'll practice our engineering skills and teamwork using our snap together circuit kits.

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August 24, 2021
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August 24, 2021
Family Night: STEM!
August 24, 2021

Invite the entire school community to your site for a math and science celebration!

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August 24, 2021

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Ann Arbor Hands-On Museum

220 E Ann St, Ann Arbor, MI 48104

(734) 995-5439

Leslie Science & Nature Center

1831 Traver Rd, Ann Arbor, MI 48105

(734) 997-1553

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