First Saturday Science at Metropolitan State University offers a fun hands-on learning opportunity for children!
Colleges are a great resource for science events. Have you checked out the First Saturday Science at Metropolitan State University events yet?
The Metro State First Saturday Science workshops cover a wide range of science topics designed to engage and teach youth. They encourage the scientific method in the workshops.
Events occur the first Saturday of each month October – May. Each event is free and is geared towards children in Kindergarten through 8th grade.
The workshops are led and planned by university student workers, university STEM students, interns from the Science Museum of Minnesota, faculty, staff, and other community partners.
Each month has a different theme. The theme for April 1st 2023 will be Engineering.
Additional Information about First Saturday Science at Metropolitan State University:
- Kids of all ages are invited to explore science with fun laboratory experiments and hands-on activities
- Calling all little scientists! Come learn about how & where animals migrate
- Learn why we have seasons and how the change in the seasons effects migration
- Take home a Monarch butterflies habitat kit to welcome them back
- First Saturday Science programming is always free and open to the public
First Saturday Science on April 1, 2023:
Learn about different types of engineering! Activities will explore things like bridge building, circuit design, creating a pulley, exploring thermodynamics, making slime, and boat building.
You’ll also receive a take home kit including an Alka Seltzer rocket!
- When: Saturday, April 1, 2023 from 12-2pm
- Where: Metro State University
James R. Carter Science Education Center Room 209
664 6th Street East Saint Paul, MN 55106 - Topic: Engineering
Extend learning to your home or school community:
- First Saturday Science program includes even more than events on campus
- There are digital activity guides and YouTube videos
- First Saturday Science offers a home video series
- Sign up to join the monthly email list for activity guides and links to science book readings
- To sign up, contact first.saturday.science@metrostate.edu
- When you sign up for the newsletter, each month you will receive three e-mails:
- Monthly Flyer with topics and activities
- Day of event reminder
- Link to children’s non-fiction book readings that match with the monthly science theme
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