STEM Discovery Lab

Your middle schooler and their friends can drop by the Adventure Science Center's Learning Lab any Saturday morning to work through hands-on challenges in robotics, paleontology, microscopy, engineering, and related fields. There's no need to sign up in advance—just show up ready to explore. Trained staff members are available if kids get stuck, but the beauty of the program is that each young person moves at their own pace. This is a brand-new offering, so the first several weeks will feature rotating activity stations covering different topics. The organizers actively want your feedback about what works, what doesn't, and what your child is most interested in learning about next. As the program develops, they'll use that input to focus more deeply on the topics that resonate most. Best of all, participation is included with general admission to the museum, so there's no extra fee.