Museum Education Activities

August 2025

Spark!Lab History Month Theme: Sky Lab

Bulletin Board 1: Skylab (General Info) 

Bulletin Board 2: The Science of Skylab

Spark!Lab Hands on Learning Activities

Location/Times: Spark Lab (Each event is within Spark!Lab. Hours of Operation 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.)

- (Daily) Geometric Rovers - Design and build a futuristic tangram space rover.

- (Mondays) Microgravity Web Weaving - Weave web patterns like NASA Skylab spidernauts Anita and Arabella.

- August 1: Celebrate Women Astronomers Day and the many contributions of women in the field of astronomy by building a paper telescope.

- August 19: Celebrate National Aviation Day and the four forces of flight as you build and test fly your own paper airplane.   
 

STEAM Literature Series: Every Thursday at 10 a.m. inside Spark!Lab

- August 7: Planets: Learn about the planets that make up our solar system. 
- August 14: The Sun & Moon: Both the Sun and the Moon light up our sky, but what makes them different? 
- August 21: Constellations: Learn about the stars and which ones create pictures in the night sky. 
- August 28: Telescopes: Learn about the technology that helps us see far away objects and get those beautiful images.