Kids

Insectropolis

Join Insectropolis as they present their bugs on the go program!

A unique, memorable and educational program where participants will learn about this often misunderstood tiny animals.

There will be live animals! Please join us in learning about these cool creatures.

Ages 4 and up

There are four different sessions of the same presentation available. 

Please register online

The MoleCOOL Scientist: Extract DNA from a Strawberry (Zoom)

Teen Volunteer Shreya D. will show you how to extract DNA from a strawberry! Shreya will go through the process and give you the instructions to try on your own later! This is an informational program and you are not expected to follow along. 

This program is designed for kids in grades 4th through 6th, but all are welcome to attend.

Please register in advance by clicking "Join Event" to receive the Zoom login information so you have it before the program starts! Details will be re-sent to all registrants a half an hour prior to program start.

What Jewish Looks Like

Profiling 36 Jewish luminaries of all races, ethnicities, genders, nationalities and identities across many centuries, this celebration of the diversity of the Jewish diaspora is an accessible primer about important Jewish issues and history, quotes and more.

What Is Color?: The Global and Sometimes Gross Story of Pigments, Paint, and the Wondrous World of Art

Once you start digging, color turns out to be a lot of things--it's messy, stinky, and even a little bit dangerous. You may already know that it's art, but it's science, too! What Is Color? will take readers all over the world, introducing them to talented, brilliant, creative people from scientists to famous artists and everyone in between as we take the color wheel for a spin.

Virus Hunters: How Science Protects People When Outbreaks and Pandemics Strike

Picture a detective. What comes to mind? A fast-talking private eye, interrogating a suspect? Or Sherlock Holmes, in his deerstalker hat, discovering clues to catch a killer? Now imagine that the suspect isn't a person but a microscopic menace--a deadlyvirus or bacteria making people sick. What kind of detective does it take to nab a biological assassin, invisible to the naked eye?