Join us for an exciting Little Explorers Club: Dino Diets! Young students will delve into the world of dinosaurs through reading, interactive learning, and a fun craft activity. Discover fascinating facts about dinosaur diets and create your own fruit and veggie stamp art to take home. Don't miss this educational and creative adventure!

Whether it’s on a vast prairie, in the mountains, or in your yard, soil is valuable stuff. Everything that supports terrestrial life ultimately comes from soil. Did you know there are many different types of soil? Just like species of living things, soil actually has several different classifications. Understanding the different classifications of soil is useful if you want to grow a vegetable garden or have a patch of land to support native plants on your property.

There is a simple test you can do to test what makes up your soil, and it involves shaking a sample of soil and water in a jar! You will be given a picture of the soil texture pyramid to help you identify what type of soil you have just by looking at layers in your jar.

Join us for an exciting Little Explorers Club: Dino Diets! Young students will delve into the world of dinosaurs through reading, interactive learning, and a fun craft activity. Discover fascinating facts about dinosaur diets and create your own fruit and veggie stamp art to take home. Don't miss this educational and creative adventure!

Whether it’s on a vast prairie, in the mountains, or in your yard, soil is valuable stuff. Everything that supports terrestrial life ultimately comes from soil. Did you know there are many different types of soil? Just like species of living things, soil actually has several different classifications. Understanding the different classifications of soil is useful if you want to grow a vegetable garden or have a patch of land to support native plants on your property.

There is a simple test you can do to test what makes up your soil, and it involves shaking a sample of soil and water in a jar! You will be given a picture of the soil texture pyramid to help you identify what type of soil you have just by looking at layers in your jar.

Join us for an engaging session where young learners will dive into the fascinating world of life cycles. Through interactive reading, informative discussions, and hands-on experiments, participants will discover the wonders of growth and transformation in nature. Don't miss this opportunity to ignite curiosity and exploration!

What bird species do you know? When you picture them in your mind, what do their beaks look like? Chances are, you know several different birds and know that their beak shapes can look very different from one another. Why would this be? Why is the large and curved hawk’s beak, for example, so different looking from the short and pointy beak of a chickadee? Well, it has to do with picking out and eating certain foods.

In this JAM, you will practice using different types of utensils as “beaks” to gather a variety of different food sources. You will notice that some utensils are better at picking up certain food shapes and sizes than others. During your foraging, we will keep track of which beak shape picks up which food best!

Join us for an engaging session where young learners will dive into the fascinating world of life cycles. Through interactive reading, informative discussions, and hands-on experiments, participants will discover the wonders of growth and transformation in nature. Don't miss this opportunity to ignite curiosity and exploration!

Join us for an engaging session where young learners will dive into the fascinating world of life cycles. Through interactive reading, informative discussions, and hands-on experiments, participants will discover the wonders of growth and transformation in nature. Don't miss this opportunity to ignite curiosity and exploration!

What bird species do you know? When you picture them in your mind, what do their beaks look like? Chances are, you know several different birds and know that their beak shapes can look very different from one another. Why would this be? Why is the large and curved hawk’s beak, for example, so different looking from the short and pointy beak of a chickadee? Well, it has to do with picking out and eating certain foods.

In this JAM, you will practice using different types of utensils as “beaks” to gather a variety of different food sources. You will notice that some utensils are better at picking up certain food shapes and sizes than others. During your foraging, we will keep track of which beak shape picks up which food best!

What do animals eat? What animals eat other animals? Ignite your child's curiosity with an adventure into the fascinating world of nature's interconnected web – the Food Chain! Join us for on this Little Explorers Club where young minds will embark on an exploration like no other. Through captivating storytelling, engaging activities, and hands-on learning, our little explorers will unravel the secrets of the wild and make a food chain of their very own!

An eclipse happens when the moon passes between the Earth and the Sun…so why don’t we see one every month? (The new moon phase happens when the moon is positioned between the two, which usually happens once a month.) Solar eclipses don’t happen very often, and a total solar eclipse is even more rare. On April 8th 2024, a large portion of North America, running from Mexico to northeast Canada, will witness the continent’s second total solar eclipse in just seven years!

In this JAM, you will learn why these events are so rare, and why they are so special to astronomy lovers around the world. You will also design your own eclipse viewer for safely viewing an eclipse.

What do animals eat? What animals eat other animals? Ignite your child's curiosity with an adventure into the fascinating world of nature's interconnected web – the Food Chain! Join us for on this Little Explorers Club where young minds will embark on an exploration like no other. Through captivating storytelling, engaging activities, and hands-on learning, our little explorers will unravel the secrets of the wild and make a food chain of their very own!

What do animals eat? What animals eat other animals? Ignite your child's curiosity with an adventure into the fascinating world of nature's interconnected web – the Food Chain! Join us for on this Little Explorers Club where young minds will embark on an exploration like no other. Through captivating storytelling, engaging activities, and hands-on learning, our little explorers will unravel the secrets of the wild and make a food chain of their very own!

An eclipse happens when the moon passes between the Earth and the Sun…so why don’t we see one every month? (The new moon phase happens when the moon is positioned between the two, which usually happens once a month.) Solar eclipses don’t happen very often, and a total solar eclipse is even more rare. On April 8th 2024, a large portion of North America, running from Mexico to northeast Canada, will witness the continent’s second total solar eclipse in just seven years!

In this JAM, you will learn why these events are so rare, and why they are so special to astronomy lovers around the world. You will also design your own eclipse viewer for safely viewing an eclipse.

Scientists look for ways animals are different and how they are the same and this helps us learn about animals! Did you know some Join us on this Little Explorer’s Club and learn all about the amazing world of animals!

Scientists look for ways animals are different and how they are the same and this helps us learn about animals! Did you know some Join us on this Little Explorer’s Club and learn all about the amazing world of animals!

In this JAM session we focus on the build of a home. Or rather an insect home. Different insects use all sorts of strange materials to create their homesteads not only to protect themselves, but also their colony! Learn about several different species of insects that have mastered the art of tiny architecture and become an architect yourself when creating your very own insect home!

Scientists look for ways animals are different and how they are the same and this helps us learn about animals! Did you know some Join us on this Little Explorer’s Club and learn all about the amazing world of animals!

In this JAM session we focus on the build of a home. Or rather an insect home. Different insects use all sorts of strange materials to create their homesteads not only to protect themselves, but also their colony! Learn about several different species of insects that have mastered the art of tiny architecture and become an architect yourself when creating your very own insect home!

Scientists look for ways animals are different and how they are the same and this helps us learn about animals! Did you know some Join us on this Little Explorer’s Club and learn all about the amazing world of animals!

Scientists look for ways animals are different and how they are the same and this helps us learn about animals! Did you know some Join us on this Little Explorer’s Club and learn all about the amazing world of animals!

As you go on in school, you will learn more and more about plants. From respiration (how plants “breathe”) and photosynthesis to plants as food for wildlife, there is always more to learn about plants.

Did you know some of the very first plants that existed were mosses? In this plant science JAM, you will design a habitat in a pop bottle for a clump of moss. You can decorate your moss garden with small, natural objects.

Scientists look for ways animals are different and how they are the same and this helps us learn about animals! Did you know some Join us on this Little Explorer’s Club and learn all about the amazing world of animals!

As you go on in school, you will learn more and more about plants. From respiration (how plants “breathe”) and photosynthesis to plants as food for wildlife, there is always more to learn about plants.

Did you know some of the very first plants that existed were mosses? In this plant science JAM, you will design a habitat in a pop bottle for a clump of moss. You can decorate your moss garden with small, natural objects.

What rocks can you find in Kansas? Kansas has mostly sedimentary rocks, but you can find one type of igneous rock and you can find lots of fossils in Kansas Limestone! Join us on this Little Explorer’s Club adventure and learn all about the rocks that make up our beautiful state of Kansas!

What rocks can you find in Kansas? Kansas has mostly sedimentary rocks, but you can find one type of igneous rock and you can find lots of fossils in Kansas Limestone! Join us on this Little Explorer’s Club adventure and learn all about the rocks that make up our beautiful state of Kansas!

You’ve all seen the moon. It’s an instantly recognizable object in the night sky, but it doesn’t always look the same. If you are a particularly careful observer, you may notice that it appears to rise just a little bit earlier each night. If you look closely, you may also notice that its shape is ever so slightly different from one night to the next. And, if you’ve observed the moon up close through binoculars or a telescope, you’ve seen its craters. Why does the moon look the way it does?

In this astronomy JAM, you will understand how impactors, objects such as a comet or asteroid that collides with other objects, leave marks on the lunar surface. We will also experiment with Earth, moon models to see how the moon’s position relative to Earth determines its phase using a flashlight.

What rocks can you find in Kansas? Kansas has mostly sedimentary rocks, but you can find one type of igneous rock and you can find lots of fossils in Kansas Limestone! Join us on this Little Explorer’s Club adventure and learn all about the rocks that make up our beautiful state of Kansas!

You’ve all seen the moon. It’s an instantly recognizable object in the night sky, but it doesn’t always look the same. If you are a particularly careful observer, you may notice that it appears to rise just a little bit earlier each night. If you look closely, you may also notice that its shape is ever so slightly different from one night to the next. And, if you’ve observed the moon up close through binoculars or a telescope, you’ve seen its craters. Why does the moon look the way it does?

In this astronomy JAM, you will understand how impactors, objects such as a comet or asteroid that collides with other objects, leave marks on the lunar surface. We will also experiment with Earth, moon models to see how the moon’s position relative to Earth determines its phase using a flashlight.

What is a cave? What kinds of animals live in caves? We are going to learn a lot about caves by becoming speleologists, who are scientists that study caves! Join us on this Little Explorer’s Club and learn all about the study of caves!