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 Saturday, October 3rd will be The Human Body
First Saturday Science on October 3rd, 2026
This month is all about The Human Body
Calling all curious scientists! Discover the amazing human body through hands-on activities and experiments. Learn how your heart, lungs, bones, and muscles work together. Take-home activity included! Free and open to all ages.
- When: Saturday, October 3rd, 10am – 12pm
- Where: Metro State University
Jason R. Carter Science Education Center, Room 116
664 East Sixth Street, Saint Paul
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- 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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