Maricopa County Parks and Recreation: Discovery Station – San Tan Critters
Free with Park Fee
Free with Park Fee
20 events found.
Tweens (9 – 12 years)
Events for August 16, 2024
The University of Arizona: Richard F. Caris Mirror Lab Tour
This 90-minute tour provides a unique opportunity to learn how innovative engineering and optical technology melds with manufacturing techniques to produce the largest and most advanced giant (8.4 meters /...
$20 – $25
Arizona Mushroom Society: Annual Foray 2024 – Wild Mushroom Foray
Group forays are your opportunity to go on a 1-2 mile hike with an Arizona Mushroom Society foray leader to find and identify wild mushrooms. We are planning for small...
$20
Children’s Museum of Phoenix: Thing-a-ma-jigs
Construct a one-of-a-kind masterpiece in the Art Studio all month using recyclables plus a dash of imagination. Free with Admission
Free with Admission
Yuma County Library District: Origami Insects
Join us and learn to make origami insects! We will be making cool butterflies, ladybugs, and cicadas. First come, first served while supplies last.
Free
Phoenix Herpetological Sanctuary: Facility Tour
Interact with some of our special animals, which for many people is a once in a lifetime experience. Guests will get to learn about endangered species, how we contribute to conservation of those animals, some of the considerations we must take into consideration when having these reptiles in Arizona, which reptiles are good pets for children or adults, adaptations...
Free – $25
The University of Arizona: Richard F. Caris Mirror Lab Tour
This 90-minute tour provides a unique opportunity to learn how innovative engineering and optical technology melds with manufacturing techniques to produce the largest and most advanced giant (8.4 meters /...
$20 – $25
TGen: Public Tours
Would you like to view the next generation sequencing technology and biomedical research laboratories where TGen scientists unlock the mysteries of cancer, diabetes, rare and neurological disease? Sign up to...
Free
Arizona Mushroom Society: Annual Foray 2024 – Wild Mushroom Foray
Group forays are your opportunity to go on a 1-2 mile hike with an Arizona Mushroom Society foray leader to find and identify wild mushrooms. We are planning for small...
$20
Navajo County Library District: STEAM+
Join us as we learn and explore STEAM concepts!
Free
Flandrau Science Center & Planetarium: BUGS! A Rainforest Adventure
This show explains the science and technology we will conquer for a successful moonbase in the coming decades. Follow our story filled with awe, danger, trepidation and share the wonder...
Free – $14
Tempe Public Library: LEGO® Lab
Do you love to build with LEGOs®? Join us for LEGO® building fun. Meet new friends and engage in cooperative play while attempting weekly challenges that promote engineering, math and...
Free
Flandrau Science Center & Planetarium: Tucson Sky & Beyond
Take a relaxing look at the night sky as one of our skilled "Console Captains" gives you a guided tour of the stars, planets, constellations and current events happening in...
Free – $14
Pinal County Library District: Titans
For ages 8-18. Looking for a challenge, want to learn something new? Titans is just the thing for you. It is both a fun and educational program that focuses on science, technology, art, math, and more.
Free
Southeastern Arizona Bird Observatory: Hummingbird Banding at Casa de San Pedro B&B
Hummingbird banding sessions at Casa de San Pedro Bed & Breakfast are open to members of SABO and guests of the B&B at no charge, though donations are appreciated. Only...
Free
Arizona Mushroom Society: Annual Foray 2024 – Fungi Social
Come by the Alpine Community Center for a mushroom social @ 6:30 p.m. to see and possibly contribute to the specimens, peruse from fungi-inspired vendors, and taste some of the recently found wild edible mushrooms. We will be keeping a collection of fungi finds, both common and uncommon. These will be identified, sorted, recorded and displayed throughout the...
Free
Maricopa County Parks and Recreation: Scorpion Safari
Join Ranger Olivia on a sunset hike to look for scorpions and other nocturnal creatures that call Cave Creek home. The hike will be on a section of the Slate...
Free with Park Fee
Maricopa County Parks and Recreation: Scorpion Hike
Explore the desert at night with Ranger Derik and hunt for scorpions and other nocturnal species that call the Sonoran Desert home. We will hike 3 miles out and back...
Free with Park Fee
Maricopa County Parks and Recreation: Scorpion Safari
Search for scorpions out on the trails with your black lights on this family-friendly and fun nighttime safari with Ranger Jacque! Summer is here and so are our scorpion friends....
Free with Park Fee
Maricopa County Parks and Recreation: Creatures of the Night Walk
Join Ranger Eric on a hike to look for nocturnal wildlife, including scorpions! Join Ranger Eric to look for and learn about the nocturnal critters of the Sonoran Desert! Hiking...
Free with Park Fee