Great Lakes Water Table at Sloan Museum of Discovery

Explore the connections between plants and animals as you take a hike around the Flint Cultural Center Campus. Learn why native plants are important and hunt for beneficial bugs.

If you enjoy both science and art, you will love this experience! Let’s combine our scientific and artistic skills to create magnificent, meaningful pieces of art.

Explore matter while learning how to describe properties and make careful observations, as we change matter in different ways. Figure out how to make ice melt faster, mix up mixtures, and try a chemistry experiment that pops.

Enjoy a day at Sloan Museum as you create projects in our gallery spaces! Build a car in Durant Gallery, learn about pioneers in our log structure, carve a simple petroglyph, and build structures in Discovery Lab.

Practice your math, science, art, and literacy skills with hands-on learning through activities like exploring living things, forces, motion, weather patterns, and creating math games and art.

Learn about different types of circuits and electrical components while incorporating them into your own art project. Participants will use motors, lights, and wires to incorporate moving and light-up components to their art piece.

See how matter can be changed while investigating physical and chemical changes. Get an introduction to the Periodic Table, acids and bases, and use chemical tests to identify a mystery powder.

Bring your favorite stuffed friend as we go on a bear hunt, mix-up lemonade to drink, and play bear-themed math and literacy games.

Step into the Discovery lab and put your maker skills to the test. Learn to make your own stuffed animal, try out pin weaving, and learn about hydraulics.

The animal kingdom awaits! Discover the world of reptiles, birds, and mammals and learn ways they adapt, how they are classified, and why they are so very different.

Explore your five senses in a sensory-friendly environment. Scoop and pour in sensory bins, create a glittering sensory bottle, taste test an allergen-friendly treat, and design a finger-painted work of art.

Do you have what it takes to be a spy? Using your math, science, and history knowledge, crack codes, solve mysteries, and decipher secrets, all while avoiding enemy spies!

Learn basic techniques for jewelry making while creating your own unique pieces to take home, including bead stringing, earring making, and basic bead weaving.

Step back in time to the Victoriana era. Create your own fan, learn table manners and etiquette, enjoy treats, and play Victorian games.

Explore the fascinating life of pollinators. Examine the colorful patterns and life cycles of butterflies and learn the importance of bees.

Participants will learn about the different styles of stop motion animation, and the process behind making and editing a stop motion animated film. They will then choose a style and film their very own stop motion video.

Explore the world of wizardry! Design your own light-up wand, mix up a bubbling potion, brew a smelly, color-changing liquid, and more.

Explore force and motion as you make predictions, conduct investigations, and create physics-based projects. Design marble mazes, move objects with air power, investigate the use of simple machines, and explore these phenomena in our gallery spaces.

Learn about the mysterious mythical creatures of dragons in a fun, imaginative way. Explore real-life animals with scales, read a child-friendly story about dragons, and engage in STEM activities.

Harnessing the wind and taking flight is tons of fun! Build and decorate a kite while learning about the forces of flight. Discover how hot air balloons fly, how airplanes stay up, and how other things fly through the sky!

Work with a team to design a space vehicle game piece and work through a series of challenges to move your team’s piece around the board to be the first to the mission base.

Let your imagination loose and be creative in this camp about making! Try your hand at plating metal, practice making and pouring tin molds, and build an electrical circuit game.

Start each day with a toolbox engineering challenge, followed by a variety of STEM-based activities and projects. You’ll also rotate through a series of tinkering stations to build fine motor and problem-solving skills.

Campers will dive into electricity, renewable energy, coding, and chemistry through engineering challenges and lab-style investigations. This is an application-based program.

Let your curiosity fly high as you explore the wonders of our solar system and beyond. Learn about the phases of the moon, the planets, and more!

Learn about different instruments and how they work, then put your knowledge to the test as you use everyday materials to create your own unique instrument.

Test your maker skills out in the Discovery Lab! Participants will work with electricity building a shoebox house, tinker with and build a moving kinetic sculpture, and learn paper machete.

Make age-appropriate chemistry reactions with science and math tools. Mix up new paint colors, create a fizzing chemical reaction, and more!

Dive into the fascinating world of sharks and ancient life! Learn about great white sharks, how they hunt, and how they’ve changed over time, then explore real and replica fossils to discover clues from the past.

Explore what happens when art and math collide. Create string art, explore angles, and create 3D shapes all while learning about geometric designs.

Go on an out-of-this-world adventure as you learn about the sun, moon, and stars in our solar system. Create a mini rocket blaster, design a starry masterpiece, and more!

Step into the Discovery Lab and put your maker skills to the test! Participants will be given different engineering challenges each day to challenge their building skills, along with time and access to materials for self-guided projects.

Step into the Discovery Lab and put your maker skills to the test! Participants will be given different engineering challenges each day to challenge their building skills. They will also be given time and access to materials to work on self-guided projects.

Investigate types of energy, such as light, sound, and movement, through a series of hands-on activities. Use flashlights and mirrors to reflect light, create a silly noisemaker to learn about sound and vibration, engage in movement games, and more!

Explore the wonderful world of science, one field at a time, covering biology, chemistry, earth science, astronomy, and engineering.

Explore the fascinating world of STEM during a weeklong camp where you will explore Flight, Chemical Reactions, Life Science, and more.