Arizona Science Center - Additional Programs

Additional Programs

• Daily Demonstrations: The Science Center’s education staff present free 15-20 minute demonstrations in the theater and stage areas throughout the day.
• Family Programs: Arizona Science Center offers guests of all ages special themed activities, events, and programs throughout the year that offer visitors additional hands-on experiences on popular science topics.
• Lecture Presentations: Learn about current science topics and their implications from local and national experts.
• Adults Night Out: A monthly lecture series. Be a kid without the kids the 1st Friday of every month. Enjoy the center’s 300 hands on exhibits, watch an IMAX film or planetarium presentation and engage your intellect in a thought provoking presentation.
• Science Camps: Arizona Science Center offers summer and winter camps that engage youth of all ages in exploring the world and experiencing science hands-on.
• Science Summer Camp: Each summer, the Center hosts six weeks of summer camp for youth ages six through eleven at the Center and at an East Valley school. Each weeklong session engages youth with a variety of hands-on themes activities, exploration of the Science Center and an end-of-camp Open House.
• BMI @ BNI Summer Camp: The Center hosts a special, hands-on camp at the Barrow Neurological Institute for youth ages 12 to 14 – the Biotechnology Medical Institute at Barrow Neurological Institute of St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center. Participating Teens join the BNI staff for a weeklong investigation on Doctoring DNA, in which they extract real DNA from plant tissue, explore working laboratories and operating rooms used to research and develop oncology treatment methods and research activities in the effectiveness of various treatments/medicines on cancerous tumor cells.
• Spring Break Camp: The Center’s Spring Break Camp offers parents the opportunity to engage their children in a fun and educational learning experience during the spring school break.
• Stroller Science: Arizona Science Center presents a comprehensive program that combines exhibits and educational offerings to increase the engagement of families with younger children. Stroller Science exposes preschool-aged children to science, at a time in their development in which they can most easily become interested in learning through exploration.
• Field Trips: A field trip to Arizona Science Center is a fun and hands-on way for youth to learn more about the world around them and for teachers to enhance the classroom science activities. Educators can utilize a field trip to the Science Center as its own applied science discovery experience, or they can utilize a number of tools available through the Science Center to enhance the science curriculum.
• Science on Wheels: As one of the Science Center’s flagship community programs, the Science on Wheels outreach program delivers the excitement of hands-on science discovery directly to classrooms and other community-based organizations throughout the state of Arizona, serving 10,000 students annually. Science on Wheels involves a number of different educational outreach activities that bring the resources and experience of the Science Center directly to those who cannot attend. These are entertaining demonstrations and workshops that involve students directly with science. Teachers can choose from a variety of topics, ranging from biology to astronomy.
• Teacher Professional Development – Institute for Teaching: Arizona Science Center offers Arizona’s educators professional development opportunities. A variety of programs including college courses, special events and workshops designed to help provide educators with the skills and tools necessary to teach science effectively.