June Programs
Sunday, June 2
Magic Show with Rupayan Neogy
1:00 pm Science Discovery MuseumJoin us as local young magician Rupayan Neogy shares his talents with us! Showcasing a variety of tricks, he will confound and amaze in an interactive performance geared toward family audiences. For more information about Rupayan’s magic, visit his Facebook page at www.facebook.com/rneogymagic. Sponsored by Genzyme.
Tuesday, June 4
Exploring Nano
Drop-in 1:30pm-4:30pm Science Discovery MuseumJoin us for hands-on educational activities about nanoscale science, engineering and technology. Can you see something that is invisible? Can you guess a mystery shape? Find out as you explore the nano in your everyday life and discover the special and unexpected properties found at the nanoscale. Sponsored by Genzyme
Wednesday, June 5
Face Painting
10:00 am Children’s Discovery MuseumUse your face or hand as a canvas for a colorful painting.
Thursday, June 6
Thursday’s Tales
11:00 am Children’s Discovery MuseumJoin us for our weekly story time. We’ll bring the books; you bring your imagination!
FETCH!™ Potion Commotion
Drop-in 1:30 pm - 4:30 pm Science Discovery MuseumWater and oil don’t mix. But watch what happens when you add the fizz factor! Double, double, toil and trouble. © 2013 WGBH Educational Foundation. Sponsored by Genzyme.
Friday, June 7
Music and Movement with Miss Carolyn
10:00 am Children’s Discovery MuseumExplore sound through singing and playing. Move, make music, listen, learn, and get a multi-sensory workout! Music improves your child’s memory, cognitive development, learning skills, and ability to express emotion. Plus, it’s fun! Miss Carolyn is a professional musician, a licensed Kindermusik Educator and serves as a faculty member at Indian Hill Music School.
First Friday Nights Free!
4:30 pm to 8:30 pm - both museums openJoin us with free admission and explore the museums at night on the first Friday of every month! We will gratefully accept donations for the Acton Food Pantry. Sponsored in part by Emerson Hospital with additional support from Alexander, Aronson, Finning and Company, P.C. and the Local Cultural Councils of Acton-Boxborough, Billerica, Carlisle, Chelmsford, Harvard, Hudson, Leominster, Lexington, Littleton, Maynard, Waltham, Wayland, and Westford.
Saturday, June 8
Write Your Own iPhone/iPad App!
Pre-registration workshop: 1:00pm – 2:00pm Science Discovery MuseumWould you or your child like to learn how to write a cool game or application for the iPhone or iPad? Learn the basics of iOS programming from a local 13-year-old who taught himself and has published apps in the App Store, which are used by thousands of students, teachers and educators around the world! His passion is to leverage cutting-edge technology to help build stronger communities. His Apps include one for saving animals and several for helping local businesses grow.
This workshop will provide a good overview of iOS programming and will walk you through the steps involved in writing and publishing a simple app.
Ages: 10+ years old
Fee: $5 per person
Presenter: Sahil Belgaonkar
Pre-registration required by June 1; please register and pay online at http://tinyurl.com/AppClass13
Sponsored by Genzyme
Tuesday, June 11
Marble Runs
Drop-in 1:30pm-4:30pm Science Discovery MuseumJoin with others and build a variety of roller coaster marble runs in our education room. Engineer tracks with tubes, cardboard, and wooden pieces to create your own or add to a community marble run. Sponsored by Genzyme
Thursday, June 13
Painting Like Pollack
Drop-in 10 a.m. Children’s Discovery MuseumCelebrate the beginning of Summer Hours here at The Discovery Museums as we recreate the art of Jackson Pollack. This is a messy activity so bring your creativity and your “play clothes!” *This activity is weather dependent.
Thursday’s Tales
11:00 am Children’s Discovery Museum
Join us for our weekly story time. We’ll bring the books; you bring your imagination!
Friday, June 14
Flag Day Fun
10:00 am Children’s Discovery MuseumCelebrate our Grand Old Flag by making a perfectly patriotic painting in beautiful red, white and blue.
FETCH! Set It Straight
Drop-in 1:30 pm - 4:30 pm Science Discovery MuseumWhat do you get when you put a paper tube and a ruler together? Build a tabletop seesaw and teach it some new tricks. Whoever thought seesaws could be so tricky?
© 2013 WGBH Educational Foundation. Sponsored by Genzyme.
Saturday, June 15
Discovery Day: Dirtopia!
Drop-in 10a.m - 12p.m. & 1p.m. - 4p.m. 183 LawnIt’s a giant pile of dirt! Scoop, sculpt, squish! Dig, climb, burrow! Mud pies, mud paintings, mud this, and mud that. Bring your boots and prepare to get messy! Join us as we discover the infinite potential of dirt!
*Weather dependent, rain date Tuesday, June 18th
Wednesday June 19
FETCH!™ Potion Commotion
Drop-in 1:30 pm - 4:30 pm Science Discovery MuseumWater and oil don’t mix. But watch what happens when you add the fizz factor! Double, double, toil and trouble. © 2013 WGBH Educational Foundation. Sponsored by Genzyme.
Thursday, June 20
PEEP Science Adventures: Building a Castle
Drop-in 10 a.m. Children’s Discovery MuseumYoung children love to stop at construction sites and watch the progress of a new building being made. Make your own building or castle using boxes. Talk about the parts of the building and the materials used to make them. © 2013 WGBH Educational Foundation. Sponsored by MEFA’s U.Fund and Fidelity Investments.
Thursday’s Tales
11:00 am Children’s Discovery MuseumJoin us for our weekly story time. We’ll bring the books; you bring your imagination! Sponsored by MEFA’s U.Fund and Fidelity Investments.
Take Aparts
Drop-in 1:30 pm - 4:30 pm Science Discovery MuseumAre you curious about what’s inside your telephone, computer or camera? Discover resistors and capacitors as you uncover the inner workings of everyday objects. Sponsored by Analog Devices, Inc. and Genzyme.
Friday, June 21
Exploring Nano
Drop-in 1:30 – 4:30pm Science Discovery MuseumJoin us for hands-on educational activities about nanoscale science, engineering and technology. Get ready for summer by making your own UV detecting bracelets and discover how UV beads change their color. Sponsored by Genzyme
Free Friday Night Fun!
4:30 pm to 8:30 pm - both museums openJoin us for Free Friday Night Fun all summer! From June 21 – August 30, both museums will be open beginning at 4:30 p.m. with free admission. Bring a picnic dinner to picnic under the stars, and explore the museums at night. Donations for the Acton Food Pantry will be gratefully accepted. Sponsored by Mathworks with additional support from Middlesex Savings Bank.
Sunday, June 23
Off to the Beach!
Drop-in 2:00pm – 4:00pm Science Discovery MuseumOver that last four hundred million years, oceans have come and gone across North America. Fossil finds from Indiana to New England provide a look the history of our continent as tectonic plates have moved and mountain ranges have grown. Come join geologist Alan Bourgault and explore the geologic history of the northeastern United States. See the fossil remains of animals that lived in long gone oceans from Indiana to New York state. Sponsored by Genzyme
Tuesday, June 25
Music and Movement with Miss Carolyn
10:00 am Children’s Discovery MuseumExplore sound through singing and playing. Move, make music, listen, learn, and get a multi-sensory workout! Music improves your child’s memory, cognitive development, learning skills, and ability to express emotion. Plus, it’s fun! Miss Carolyn is a professional musician, a licensed Kindermusik Educator and serves as a faculty member at Indian Hill Music School. Sponsored by MEFA’s U.Fund and Fidelity Investments.
FETCH! Set It Straight
Drop-in 1:30 pm - 4:30 pm Science Discovery MuseumWhat do you get when you put a paper tube and a ruler together? Build a tabletop seesaw and teach it some new tricks. Whoever thought seesaws could be so tricky?
© 2013 WGBH Educational Foundation. Sponsored by Genzyme.
Wednesday, June 26
Dino Discoveries
10:00 am Children’s Discovery MuseumTouch a real dinosaur fossil and pretend to be a paleontologist digging for dinosaur bones in our mock excavation site! Sponsored by MEFA’s U.Fund and Fidelity Investments.
Reaction Station: Adventures for Young Chemists
Drop-in 1:30pm - 4:30 pm Science Discovery MuseumImagine yourself a chemist and use real laboratory tools to do experiments. Try your hand at doing wet chemistry in a model glove box and learn why some chemists use glove boxes and hoods. Reaction Station is generously funded by the Camille & Henry Dreyfus Foundation.
Thursday, June 27
Peep Science Adventures: Blowing Bubbles
10:00 am Children’s Discovery MuseumBubbles are fun summer activity! Join us today as we explore the interesting properties of bubbles and see if we can make a giant one! *This program is weather permitting, bubbles and rain don’t play well together. © 2013 WGBH Educational Foundation. Sponsored by MEFA’s U.Fund and Fidelity Investments.
Thursday’s Tales
11:00 am Children’s Discovery MuseumJoin us for our weekly story time. We’ll bring the books; you bring your imagination! Sponsored by MEFA’s U.Fund and Fidelity Investments.
Friday, June 28
Free Friday Night Fun!
4:30 pm to 8:30 pm - both museums openJoin us for Free Friday Night Fun all summer! From June 21 – August 30, both museums will be open beginning at 4:30 p.m. with free admission. Bring a picnic dinner to picnic under the stars, and explore the museums at night. Donations for the Acton Food Pantry will be gratefully accepted. Sponsored by Mathworks with additional support from Middlesex Savings Bank.
Saturday, June 29th & Sunday, June 30th
Bessie’s Birthday Bash!
9 a.m. – 4 p.m.Help us celebrate our big, green dinosaur’s birthday with a weekend full of fun activities including a dinosaur dig, dinosaur egg hunt, live animals with the Blue Hills Trailside Museum, music from The Justin Meyer Swing Trio and a Rhythm Kids Family Concert. You can even help give our special birthday girl a bath! Check our website, discoverymuseums.org, for a detailed schedule of events.
Saturday, June 29
Bessie’s Birthday Bash!
9 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Outdoor Dinosaur Dig
All Day Children’s DiscoveryConduct your own paleontology dig in our giant outdoor sandbox. Bring a dinosaur and join in the fun! We’ll provide the sand, tools, and fossils.
Face Painting Fun!
All Day Children’s DiscoveryVisit our face painting cart to decorate your cheek or hand with a colorful work of art!
Happy Birthday Bessie Party Hats and Noise Makers
Drop-in 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. Children’s Discovery MuseumCreate a Fancy Party Hat and some noise makers in honor of Bessie the dinosaur’s special day. Then we will march around the museum and hold a special parade for our Birthday Girl!
The Justin Meyer Swing Trio
11 a.m. Bessie’s TentCome bring a picnic and your dancing shoes! It will be hard to keep your toes from tapping and your hands from clapping while listening to this fantastic group!
Wild Animals in Your Neighborhood! with Blue Hills Trailside Museum
Drop-in 1:00pm – 3:00pm Science Discovery MuseumEnjoy a unique opportunity to see native animals up close with a trained naturalist from the Blue Hills Trailside Museum. Learn about wild birds, reptiles, and mammals that live in your neighborhood. Handle natural history artifacts and learn why it is important to care for and respect animals that still survive in the wild. For more information about The Blue Hills Trailside Museum, visit www.massaudubon.org. This “All About Animals” program is sponsored by the Rosemary Davis Memorial Fund.
Bessie Needs a Bath!
Drop-in Children’s Discovery MuseumBessie loves when children color her with chalk. Afterwards, plenty of soap bubbles and sponges will be on hand to ensure our favorite dinosaur gets nice and clean. Don’t forget in between her toes!
Sunday, June 30
Bessie’s Birthday Bash
9 a.m. – 4 p.m. Program Schedule:Outdoor Dinosaur Dig
All Day Children’s DiscoveryConduct your own paleontology dig in our giant outdoor sandbox. Bring a dinosaur and join in the fun! We’ll provide the sand, tools, and fossils.
Face Painting Fun!
All Day Children’s DiscoveryVisit our face painting cart to decorate your cheek or hand with a colorful work of art!
Dinosaur Egg Hunt with Bessie the Dinosaur
10 a.m. Children’s Discovery MuseumCome hunt for dinosaur eggs with Bessie, dinosaur mascot of The Discovery Museums! Dinosaur treasures are hidden inside each egg. The Special grand prize is a free membership to The Discovery Museums. What will you discover inside your eggs? Participants should bring a basket for their hunt. *Bessie is a costumed museum staff member.
Rhythm Kids Family Concert
12:00 p.m. Bessie’s TentJoin Tom Foote and Greg Nikitas at this silly, strumming, dancing, drumming celebration!
We'll make music together with plenty of drums and other instruments to share, plus our voices and bodies for singing-a-long, clapping, and stomping fun. It's a percussion party for the whole family! Outdoor, weather permitting.
Bessie Needs a Bath!
Drop-in Children’s Discovery MuseumBessie loves when children color her with chalk. Afterwards, plenty of soap bubbles and sponges will be on hand to ensure our favorite dinosaur gets nice and clean. Don’t forget in between her toes!
The Buzz about Bessie’s Birthday
Drop-in 1:00pm-4:00pm Science Discovery MuseumMake some noise for Bessie’s Birthday! Discover the buzz about sound vibration while constructing a “sound sandwich” and other simple instruments. Can you play a tune for Bessie on her special day?
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