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Rio Salado Audubon Center: Saturday Morning Guided Birding

Nina Mason Pulliam Rio Salado Audubon Center 3131 S. Central Ave., Phoenix

Join our local bird enthusiasts for a guided bird walk through the Rio Salado habitat! These walks are for everyone: experts, novices, and people who have never gone birding in...

Free

Phoenix Zoo: Nature Play

Phoenix Zoo 455 N. Galvin Pkwy., Phoenix

Join us on the first Saturday of the month for unstructured outdoor play! Kids can explore the Zoo’s “enchanted forest”, and caregivers can learn how to take nature play home....

Free with Admission

Rio Salado Audubon Center: Saturday Morning Guided Birding

Nina Mason Pulliam Rio Salado Audubon Center 3131 S. Central Ave., Phoenix

Join our local bird enthusiasts for a guided bird walk through the Rio Salado Habitat Restoration Area! These walks are for everyone: experts, novices, and people who have never gone...

Free

Reid Park Zoo: Sean Kenney’s Nature Pop!

Reid Park Zoo 3400 Zoo Court, Tucson

Part art. Part engineering. Totally amazing! Add a pop of wonder and a pinch of nostalgia to your spring with Sean Kenney’s Nature Pop! Marvel at over 40 wildly creative...

Free with Admission

Arizona State University: GEAR Day 2026

Arizona State University Tempe Campus - Student Pavilion 400 E Orange St., Tempe

The Society of Women Engineers at ASU presents GEAR Day, our largest annual outreach event. GEAR Day is a free outreach event designed to inspire K-12 students by introducing them...

Free

Arizona State Parks & Trails: Cactus Walk at Oracle

Oracle State Park 3820 E. Wildlife Dr., Oracle

Step into the desert’s hidden story on our guided interpretive cactus walk along the 1.2-mile Nature Trail. This immersive experience brings the landscape to life as you learn how cacti...

Free with Park Fee

Arizona State Parks & Trails: Apple Packing Shed Open House

Slide Rock State Park 6871 AZ-89A, Sedona

Experience a piece of Arizona history. Get an opportunity to explore the Pendley Homestead Apple Packing Shed. A ranger will be available to answer any questions about the homestead's history....

Free with Park Fee

The University of Arizona: Laser Fun Day 2026

The University of Arizona Meinel Optical Sciences Research Building 1630 E. University Blvd., Tucson

Experience the wonder and excitement of LASERS! A public and free community event for all ages.

Free

Watershed Management: Arizona Water Innovation Exhibit

Watershed Management Group Living Lab and Learning Center 1137 N. Dodge Blvd., Tucson

Humans have innovated to thrive in Arizona for millennia. Today, many access water with the turn of a tap because of the ingenuity of the indigenous caretakers who built the...

Free

The University of Arizona: Museum Day – Coit Museum of Pharmacy and Health Sciences

Coit Museum of Pharmacy and Health Sciences (Skaggs Pharmaceutical Sciences Center) 1703 E. Mabel St., Tucson

The Coit Museum is home to one of the world’s leading collections of pharmaceutical artifacts including the Upjohn Pharmacy Collection from Disneyland. Enjoy hands-on activities for all ages in our beautiful courtyard....

The University of Arizona: Museum Day – Biosphere 2

The University of Arizona Biosphere 2 32540 S. Biosphere Rd., Oracle

Explore one of the world's most unique research centers. Biosphere 2 is dedicated to understanding Earth’s ecosystems and how we can create a more resilient future for our planet. Our...

$15

The University of Arizona: Museum Day – Alfie Norville Gem and Mineral Museum

The University of Arizona Alfie Norville Gem & Mineral Museum 115 N. Church Ave. • Suite 121, Tucson

The Alfie Norville Gem and Mineral Museum invites you to explore its three galleries through a self-guided tour highlighting Earth’s geological story and artistic transformation. The Mineral Evolution Gallery explores...

Free – $10

The University of Arizona: Museum Day – Health Sciences Innovation Building

The University of Arizona Health Sciences Innovation Building 1670 E. Drachman St., Tucson

Considered an architectural marvel, the Health Sciences Innovation Building features soaring windows that flood the space with natural light, while south-facing garage doors open to a welcoming patio that is...

Free

The University of Arizona: Museum Day – Tree Ring Lab

Bryant Bannister Tree-Ring Building 1215 E. Lowell St., Tucson

Step into the exciting world of dendrochronology at the Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research! Discover some of the oldest trees on Earth and uncover the science stories they hold in our...

Free

Flandrau Science Center & Planetarium: We Are Stars

Flandrau Science Center & Planetarium 1601 E. University Blvd., Tucson

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!...

Free – $27

Phoenix Public Library: STEAM Time!

Phoenix Public Library - South Mountain Community Library 7050 S. 24th St., Phoenix

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...

Free

HeatSync Labs: LEGO Day

HeatSync Labs 108 W. Main St., Mesa

This event is for families and children to use LEGO with supervision, with the purpose of unleashing their creativity and helping with problem-solving skills. Sign up to get notices about events...

Flandrau Science Center & Planetarium: Touring the Solar System

Flandrau Science Center & Planetarium 1601 E. University Blvd., Tucson

Take a guided journey through the Solar System and explore what makes each planet unique—from Jupiter’s giant storms to Saturn’s rings. We’ll also visit moons, asteroids, and the Milky Way...

Free – $27

Phoenix Public Library: Family Fun

Phoenix Public Library - Desert Sage Library 7602 W. Encanto Blvd., Phoenix

Ready for fun?  Join us every week for a different family activity, such as STEM, art, games, or brick-building. ¿Listo para la diversión? Familias, únanse a nosotros cada semana para...

Free

Embry – Riddle Aeronautical University: Rising Stars of Prescott

Embry - Riddle Aeronautical University Jim and Linda Lee Planetarium 3700 Willow Creek Rd., Prescott

Are you interested in getting to know your night sky? This live planetarium program is featured each semester and will show you what constellations (Is that Ursa Major coming out...

$8

Flandrau Science Center & Planetarium: Black Holes

Flandrau Science Center & Planetarium 1601 E. University Blvd., Tucson

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...

Free – $27

Embry – Riddle Aeronautical University: Rising Stars of Prescott

Embry - Riddle Aeronautical University Jim and Linda Lee Planetarium 3700 Willow Creek Rd., Prescott

Are you interested in getting to know your night sky? This live planetarium program is featured each semester and will show you what constellations (Is that Ursa Major coming out...

$8

Mesa Public Library: Building Blocks Club

Mesa Public Library - Gateway Branch 5036 S. Eastmark Pkwy., Mesa

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. Ages 5-12.

Free

Phoenix Public Library: MakersBase

Phoenix Public Library - Ironwood Library 4333 E. Chandler Blvd., Phoenix

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...

Free

Flandrau Science Center & Planetarium: Tucson Sky and Beyond

Flandrau Science Center & Planetarium 1601 E. University Blvd., Tucson

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,...

Free – $27

Embry – Riddle Aeronautical University: Rising Stars of Prescott

Embry - Riddle Aeronautical University Jim and Linda Lee Planetarium 3700 Willow Creek Rd., Prescott

Are you interested in getting to know your night sky? This live planetarium program is featured each semester and will show you what constellations (Is that Ursa Major coming out...

$8

Mt. Lemmon SkyCenter: SkyNights StarGazing Program

Mt. Lemmon SkyCenter 9800 Ski Run Rd. Mt., Lemmon

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...

$62.50 – $88.50

Mad Science: Parents’ Night Out

Mad Science Lab 2701 E. Thomas Rd. STE I, Phoenix

Offering parents a fun date night, kids are engaged in Experiments, Games, Movies! Grades K - 5 Section #: MSPR137  

$50

⭐Gilbert Rotary Centennial Observatory: Astronomy Observation

Riparian Preserve at Gilbert Water Ranch 2757 E. Guadalupe Rd., Gilbert

Come view the stars during the Arizona SciTech Festival! Fun for the whole family, located at the Gilbert Riparian Preserve. East Valley Astronomy Club members staff operations and programming for...

Free

Arizona State Parks & Trails: Star Party at Oracle State Park

Oracle State Park 3820 E. Wildlife Dr., Oracle

Join us for a special evening of stargazing, music, astronomy talks, and fish tacos at Oracle State Park, an official International Dark Sky Park! 6:00-9:00pm: Delicious food and drinks will...

Free with Park Fee

Tucson Amateur Astronomy Association: Stargazing at Oracle State Park

Oracle State Park 3820 E. Wildlife Dr., Oracle

Star Party open to the Public. Admission fees for entrance into Oracle State Park apply. Tucson Amateur Astronomy Association will have several telescopes for astronomical viewing. We will be observing...

Free with Park Fee