Calling All Young Architects and World Explorers! Are you ready to embark on a global adventure — all within the exciting world of Minecraft? In this immersive class, students will travel...
This walk provides a geological and ecological overview of what lives in the McDowell Sonoran Preserve, and how the flora and fauna survive and thrive. Restrooms and water are available...
Join Desert Rivers Audubon Society at the Dragonfly Ramada of the Riparian Preserve on every third Saturday of the Month from 8 AM - 12 PM, October through March, for free Family Bird Walks. You can expect: A short walk A family friendly introduction to the birds of the Preserve from an expert birder Liberty...
The Nature Niños open arts & craft activity opens at 10 am and is available until CMOV closure. This activity is related to the story time book of the day and is nature-focused. The indoor space includes exhibits from the original Oro Valley location: Airways, Peek-a-Boo Place, Farmers Market, Fun Mirrors and the Light Table....
Join a walking tour of the Canoa Ranch headquarters. Visit the historic buildings and corrals and enjoy the special exhibits of the people of Canoa. DIRECTIONS: Historic Canoa Ranch, 5375 S. I-19 Frontage Rd., Green Valley 85622 From Tucson - Take 1-19 south to exit 56 - Canoa Road. Go around the traffic circle until...
Kids ages 8-17 can come learn to code using Scratch. Every third Saturday 10-11 am.
Come celebrate the Murphy-Wilmot Library's 60th Anniversary with our Portable Planetarium! Revisit the 1960s Space Race and our history of space exploration.
October through April we are open to the public from 10am until 1pm. Our admission is $10 per adult (18+) and $5 per student (under 18). Children 4 and under are free. We will have daily programs and presentations that will be advertised in the lobby upon your arrival for a different experience each visit.
A guided tour includes a Liberty Wildlife guide to walk you around the public areas of our facility. You will learn more about our organization’s history, our non-Eagle Feather Repository, information about our hospital as well as some of the Education Ambassadors in our program. Each Wed, Sat and Sun from October through April we will have...
Become a Candy Civil Engineer by joining Saguaro Library in constructing towers, bridges and buildings using candy pumpkins! Plan, build and test the strength of your candy structure. Participants will also vote on which liquids are able to dissolve the pumpkin candy. Join us to showcase your original candy construction and take home to display...
Created for children ages 3 to 6, these activity-based, hands-on camps explore science and include STEAM elements. Camps are usually held on the first and third Saturdays of each month...
Journey into the mysterious world of black holes in this visually stunning, immersive show. Featuring cosmic simulations and narrated by Liam Neeson, explore star birth and death, colliding galaxies, and...
Unable to attend our weekday story time or just want more? Join us on the third Saturday of the month for a fun and informative story time about various animals. We'll read fun stories, learn interesting facts and keep our hands busy with simple crafts.
The CVCL Seed Bank is open! Join us on the 1st and 3rd Saturday of each month from 11 AM to 1 PM. Each household can pick out 5 free seed packets each day the seed bank is open. Perfect for starting your own garden or trying out new vegetable, herb, or pollinator-friendly flower varieties. We...
STEAM Time is a pop-up makerspace for kids and teens that provides hands-on opportunities to design, experiment, and invent as they engage in STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Math) through self-guided tinkering. Join us to make, create and play!
Are you mammal obsessed? This is the tour for you! Our Private Mammal Tour is a great option to meet some of our furry friends, watch feeding demonstrations, and learn...
We are all Scientists! CMT’s educators lead hands-on experiments designed to inspire a love of science every weekend at Brain Boost. A STEM program designed for whole-family engagement, kids explore science concepts in an interactive setting based on the concept that science is fun, interesting and everywhere! Every Saturday and Sunday at Noon; Saturday Brain...
Kid’s ages 8-13 can come learn about plants and gardening in a fun way. Saturday, October 18th from 12:30-1:30 pm.
A fun, beautifully animated fulldome show about cosmic chemistry and our explosive origins—revealing how hydrogen and carbon formed in the universe and how we are, quite literally, made of stars! Audience: Younger audiences Style: Fulldome film + live star talk All-Inclusive Planetarium Show Tickets Show tickets include access to all science center exhibits...
Did you know that some baby spiders can fly? Join us for this spooky STEAM program where you’ll learn all about it, then test your engineering skills by designing your...
Come explore your creative side at the library with LEGO. Children can either follow a monthly theme or build from their imaginations. LEGO and DUPLO blocks will be provided.
This Halloween season, join Play-Well TEKnologies for a LEGO Haunted House workshop. Participants will use their imagination to create their own spooky designs, building haunted houses and engineering their own traps with the guidance of an experienced Play-Well instructor. Can your LEGO Minifigure make it through the haunted house without getting scared? Fee: $35. 480-350-5208...
Join Ranger Olivia to learn more about the cacti that live in the desert. Come learn about cacti of the Sonoran Desert and Phoenix area! In this casual drop-in program,...
Mysteries of the Unseen World reveals the hidden wonders all around us—too fast, too slow, or too small for the naked eye. Stunning visuals and cutting-edge science uncover a mind-blowing world you’ve never seen before. Audience: General, all ages Style: IMAX film adapted for planetarium + live star talk All-Inclusive Planetarium Show Tickets...
Explore the world of LEGO with us every Saturday from 2-3pm. Children of all ages are welcome!
Every 3rd Saturday of the month, kids ages 6-12 are welcome to drop-in to our makerspace where they will explore hands-on creative ways to design, experiment, and invent as they engage in Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math (STEAM). No ticket or registration required.
Would you like to raise earthworms? Handle live red wrigglers, read cool worm stories, and come up with fun wormy words. Then construct worm bins out of re-purposed materials. Take worms home to care for and help your garden grow! This event will be in the meeting room for the health and safety of the...
Let’s play with LEGOS! Every Saturday you can build something new. Show off your creativity and STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Math) skills and have tons of fun! ¡Juguemos con LEGOS! Cada sábado...
Kids ages 6-11 are welcome to drop in to our self-guided makerspace where we learn by doing. Explore creative hands-on ways to design, experiment, and make. All materials provided, just bring your imagination. No ticket or registration required.
Visit Palo Verde for an hour of LEGO brick building! Participants can take on a LEGO challenge, follow a theme, or assemble their own creations! Program held every Saturday from...
Sit back and relax for this popular live show as one of our Console Captains guides you through the night sky from a Tucson perspective, pointing out stars, planets, constellations,...
Explore the night skies from the summit of Mt. Lemmon using Arizona's LARGEST publicly available telescopes! Under the guidance of a professional, visitors will enjoy a brief astronomy lecture, a light dinner, and an exclusive opportunity to observe astronomical objects and phenomena. This five-hour program starts 2 hours before sunset and accommodates up to 28...
Join Ranger Kevin for an autumn evening stroll in the desert. Enjoy a roughly 2-mile walk on the Blevins and Noso trails. We’ll be walking through a gorgeous “forest” of chainfruit cholla cactus while the sun sets over the western horizon and the colors of the desert slowly drain into twilight. At the same time,...
Join Ranger Kevin for an evening of fun late-summer stargazing! Clear skies permitting, we’ll be viewing a selection of objects through a portable telescope. Possibilities include planets, galaxies, nebulae, and star clusters! We’ll also identify some major constellations with a laser pointer, and hear stories connected to them. Bring your own chairs if you would...