What if the insects we often overlook could stop you in your tracks with beauty? Step into a world where dragonflies hover overhead, butterflies balance on petals, and bees shimmer...
Come explore the Children’s Garden every Tuesday and Thursday morning! Water the plants, discover vibrant flowers, observe buzzing insects, and check out the veggies and herbs—there’s always something new to see and learn!
Using recyclables plus a dash of imagination, construct a one-of-a-kind masterpiece. It’s also Transportation Month—so try designing your very own car, bus, rocket, or other creative vehicle and explore the...
Join us at Star Bar on the 2nd floor to celebrate Transportation Month in style! Create your own personalized road map and explore a variety of vehicles while experimenting with design, direction, and problem-solving. As you chart your course, you’ll practice spatial reasoning, sequencing, and early engineering skills—all through playful, hands-on exploration. It’s the perfect...
Join Ranger Shaun as we move along through the winter season towards Spring. The emergence of wildflowers will bring back an explosion of insects close behind! Learn more about the greatest frenemies of all time! Plants and bugs! Thanks to this ages old power struggle life exists as we know it. The dance between plant and predator...
Join Edible Ed in the KIDchen for another hands-on culinary adventure that’s truly stellar! Young chefs will build their own fruity rockets while learning kitchen skills and fueling their imaginations. It’s a hands-on culinary adventure that’s out of this world! Admission into this program is free with paid Museum admission. Space is limited. Please register...
Learn about what each of the Maricopa County Parks have to offer at this table display with Ranger Eric. Stop by to learn from Ranger Eric about the trails, scenery, wildlife, and other resources that each of Maricopa County Parks have to offer to visitors. Free trail maps for all parks will be available to...
It’s Transportation Month! Park it by a Playologist friend every day at 1:30pm for a fun transportation-themed story time!
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...
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...
Come join us each month for a new adventure as we aim to encourage literacy, spark curiosity and develop new skills for young learners.
Are you a LEGO Master? Join us for some build time while you complete our weekly challenge by yourself or with some friends. We'll finish each week with an opportunity to present your build to the group. Space is limited, so please see a staff person 30 minutes prior to the start of the program...
Every week we will create awesome projects using all sorts of different apps. Learn vector graphics, raster graphics, pixel graphics, animation, and how to take your own work to the...
Create your own video game! Bloxels allow you to create characters, design levels, and animations! After, you get to play the game you made! No experience needed. Materials are provided.
Families are welcome every Thursday to design, create, and collaborate! Try out sewing, animating, programming, inventing, and more! Join us to CrEaTE! Every Thursday. Every Thursday, 4:30-6:00
Join us for an hour of brick-building fun at our LEGO Club for kids ages 7-12! We provide the LEGOs, you provide the problem-solving skills and imagination it takes to solve our fun challenges using only LEGO bricks! Engage in unique creative challenges using our vast LEGO collection and let’s build something amazing together!
STEMCon is the opportunity for the students of AFHSD, to show off their STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) skills and passions! It's also the opportunity to see cool STEM demonstrations, hear from various groups and speakers, enter competitions and win prizes! Arizona SciTech Festival Season is here! We hope to see you in many of the Festival's events...