Time: 9:30 am – 12:00 pm For children entering grades 1–3. Get creative in the museum! Explore the museum galleries and be inspired to make your own art. Examine insects and make your own bug, investigate crystals and bead mineral bracelets, make a model fossil, and craft an animal diorama. Fee: $235 members / $260…
Summer Science Week: Spineless Wonders
Time: 9:30 am – 12:00 pm For children entering grades 1–3. Explore the amazing world of insects, spiders, crabs, and other invertebrates. Meet a tarantula, search for millipedes, and listen to the hiss of a giant cockroach. Invent a “superbug” to take home and compare to the feats of real invertebrates. Fee: $235 members /…
Summer Science Week: Geology, Gems, and Jewelry
Location: Harvard Museum of Natural History, 26 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA 02138 Time: 9:30 am – 12:00 pm For children entering grades 6–8 Red garnets, purple amethyst, blue turquoise – these jewels are actually naturally made rocks and minerals! Learn the geology behind your favorite gems. Then learn jewelry techniques to turn real rocks, minerals,…
Summer Science Week: Life in Ancient Times
Location: Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology, 12 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138 Time: 9:30 am – 12:00 pm For children entering grades 1–3 Practice age-old skills used by early civilizations in Egypt, Europe, and Central America. Try cuneiform and hieroglyphics, recreate a working oil lamp, practice with stone-age tools, paint with bugs, and make…
Summer Science Week: Earth Explorers
Time: 9:30 am – 12:00 pm For children entering grades 1–3. Our planet is an exciting place! Explore geology and paleontology using the museum’s collections and exhibits. Study rocks, fossils, volcanoes, and earthquakes through experiments, specimens, stories, and models. Fee: $235 members / $260 nonmembers Not a member? Join today to save $25 on this…
Summer Science Week: Science in Action
Location: Harvard Museum of Natural History, 26 Oxford Street, Cambridge MA Time: 9:30 am – 12:00 pm For children entering grades 4–6 Use your creativity, curiosity, and enthusiasm to ask questions we can answer with science! Experiment with animal behavior, movement, and diet. Do fieldwork collecting outside and use microscopes to catalog what you found….
Summer Science Week: The Ins and Outs of Skeletons
Time: 9:30 am – 12:00 pm For children entering grades 4–6. Investigate the ins and outs of skeletons! Using observations of skulls, bones, and live animals, we will explore how animals use their skeletons for protection, support, and movement. We will see how bones and fossils can solve recent and ancient mysteries. Extend the fun…
Summer Science Week: Grab Your Sketchbook
Time: 9:30 am–12:00 pm For children entering grades 4–6. Hone your observational superpowers and zoom in on the lives of animals while developing your drawing skills. Learn about elements of design such as contour, form, and texture as we sketch animals from the museum collection. Try other techniques such as collage and printmaking to capture…
Summer Science Week: Oceans Alive
Location: Harvard Museum of Natural History, 26 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA 02138 Time: 9:30 am – 12:00 pm For children entering grades 1–3 Jump into the water without getting wet! Study live marine creatures such as crabs, plankton, and sea stars. Learn about life in the sea by playing games, visiting ocean galleries, and getting crafty….
Summer Science Week: Amazing Animals
Time: 9:30 am – 12:00 pm For children entering grades 1–3. Leaping lemurs, sluggish sloths, burrowing beetles, and cagey crows. Explore the world of animals as we travel through museum exhibits, observe live animals up close, and get to know these amazing creatures through crafts, games, and experiments. Fee: $235 members / $260 nonmembers Not…