Sky Tours, Robots, and S.T.E.M. at Home with Science City

Science City at Union Station is offering incredible ways to continue learning while you're home! Check out these amazing online opportunities including Virtual Sky Tours, Maker Studio Instructable Labs, and super cool at-home projects!

Experience a VIRTUAL SKY TOUR!

THIS FRIDAY, April 3, 2020, at 6:00pm! LIVE on Facebook! Planetarium Specialist Patrick is back with another virtual tour of Kansas City’s evening skies!

Be sure to log in from the comfort of your own home to explore stars, constellations, mythology, deep space objects, and more!

The live star tour will begin at 6:00pm and last about 20 minutes. The broadast will continue for another 10 to 15 minutes as Patrick answers audience questions, which you can submit in advance in the comments on Facebook or live during the broadcast.

Watch for more dates and times being announced soon!

Maker Studio Instructables from Science City at Union Station

Parents! Looking for fun, creative activities you can do at home with your kids? Check out our Maker Studio's Instructables page for fun projects with easy to follow step-by-step instructions. In this project, you'll make a robot that wiggles, wobbles, and dances around thanks to a homemade cam. https://www.instructables.com/id/Wiggly-Wobbly-Robots-Simple-Cam/

You'll find MORE projects in Science City's Maker Studio lab! The Maker Studio is an educational museum makerspace in Kansas City, MO, focused on teaching new maker skills and introducing them to new tools & technologies. 

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