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Bring the outdoors inside when you visit The Shop to create you own miniature terrarium. Using gravel for drainage, potting soil and your choice of real or imitation plants, you’ll create a self-contained terrarium that requires minimal care. What you make is yours to keep! Please note: The Shop offers access to real tools and materials that can be dangerous if used improperly. Parents are encouraged to help young tinkerers use the tools and materials safely in this space.

In recognition of Earth Day, The Discovery invites you to explore a variety of activities surrounding urban farming, sustainable food, and reducing food waste. Join partners, Envirolution, Keep Truckee Meadows Beautiful, and Urban Roots for hands-on activities designed to create better understanding of where our food comes from, how to grow your own food sustainably, how to reduce food waste, and more! Museum admission is just $5 per person from 4:00 to 8:00pm.

Bring the outdoors inside when you visit The Shop to create you own miniature terrarium. Using gravel for drainage, potting soil and your choice of real or imitation plants, you’ll create a self-contained terrarium that requires minimal care. What you make is yours to keep! Please note: The Shop offers access to real tools and materials that can be dangerous if used improperly. Parents are encouraged to help young tinkerers use the tools and materials safely in this space.

Bring the outdoors inside when you visit The Shop to create you own miniature terrarium. Using gravel for drainage, potting soil and your choice of real or imitation plants, you’ll create a self-contained terrarium that requires minimal care. What you make is yours to keep! Please note: The Shop offers access to real tools and materials that can be dangerous if used improperly. Parents are encouraged to help young tinkerers use the tools and materials safely in this space.

Presented as part of the 2022 Northern Nevada Science & Technology Festival, don’t miss this opportunity to take part in a variety of hands-on, robotics activities and explore The Discovery’s nearly 70,000 square feet of exhibits! Build your own circuits, program a robot, see how robots are being used in and around Reno, and more! Come watch as students from FIRST Nevada Robotics demonstrate how their robots can battle it out and solve complex challenges. Join our friends from University of Nevada, Reno…

Bring the outdoors inside when you visit The Shop to create you own miniature terrarium. Using gravel for drainage, potting soil and your choice of real or imitation plants, you’ll create a self-contained terrarium that requires minimal care. What you make is yours to keep! Please note: The Shop offers access to real tools and materials that can be dangerous if used improperly. Parents are encouraged to help young tinkerers use the tools and materials safely in this space.

Back by popular demand, paint or draw on the Clear Canvas in Da Vinci’s Corner and then watch as the canvas is washed clean to prepare for the next amazing works of art.

In The Shop, hands-on gets serious. During Open Build, take your pick from a variety of materials and use real tools to design and build nearly anything you can imagine. Best of all, what you create is yours to keep! Please note: The Shop offers access to real tools and materials that can be dangerous if used improperly. Parents are encouraged to help young tinkerers use the tools and materials safely in this space.

Back by popular demand, paint or draw on the Clear Canvas in Da Vinci’s Corner and then watch as the canvas is washed clean to prepare for the next amazing works of art.

Visit Spark!Lab Smithsonian to invent your own flying machine! Using a variety of materials, you can invent a contraption that will take a human into the sky. This challenging STEAM activity requires inventors to consider key concepts of flight including lift, weight, thrust, and drag. Best of all, what you invent is yours to keep! Please note: This activity includes access to tools and materials that can be dangerous if used improperly. Parents are encouraged to help young inventors use the tools and…

Visit The Shop to create an anemometer using simple materials like cups, straws and a little hot glue. An anemomter is an instrument that measures wind speed by counting the number of rotations. The stronger the wind blows, the faster your anemometer will spin! Please note: The Shop offers access to real tools and materials that can be dangerous if used improperly. Parents are encouraged to help young tinkerers use the tools and materials safely in this space.

In The Shop, hands-on gets serious. During Open Build, take your pick from a variety of materials and use real tools to design and build nearly anything you can imagine. Best of all, what you create is yours to keep! Please note: The Shop offers access to real tools and materials that can be dangerous if used improperly. Parents are encouraged to help young tinkerers use the tools and materials safely in this space.

Get ready to strum or pluck your way to the top of the charts on a string instrument you invent in Spark!Lab Smithsonian. Using a variety of materials including cardboard, craft sticks, wood scraps, twine, and more, you’ll create a musical instrument that really plays! Please note: This activity includes access to tools and materials that can be dangerous if used improperly. Parents are encouraged to help young inventors use the tools and materials safely.

The Discovery is excited to welcome everyone to explore Energy/Energía, an exciting new permanent exhibition featuring more than 20 hands-on exhibits focused on energy generation, storage and use. Visitors will investigate energy innovation happening right here in Northern Nevada, and have the opportunity to explore foundational energy concepts, learn what it takes to solve energy challenges, and leave inspired to discover more.

Visit The Shop to try your hand at paper engineering. Using a variety of paper, ribbon, and other materials, you can create a waterfall card to deliver a hidden message. Please note: The Shop offers access to real tools and materials that can be dangerous if used improperly. Parents are encouraged to help young tinkerers use the tools and materials safely in this space.

Visit The Shop to try your hand at paper engineering. Using a variety of paper, ribbon, and other materials, you can create a waterfall card to deliver a hidden message. Please note: The Shop offers access to real tools and materials that can be dangerous if used improperly. Parents are encouraged to help young tinkerers use the tools and materials safely in this space.

Visit The Shop to try your hand at paper engineering. Using a variety of paper, ribbon, and other materials, you can create a waterfall card to deliver a hidden message. Please note: The Shop offers access to real tools and materials that can be dangerous if used improperly. Parents are encouraged to help young tinkerers use the tools and materials safely in this space.

Visit The Shop to try your hand at paper engineering. Using a variety of paper, ribbon, and other materials, you can create a waterfall card to deliver a hidden message. Please note: The Shop offers access to real tools and materials that can be dangerous if used improperly. Parents are encouraged to help young tinkerers use the tools and materials safely in this space.

Back by popular demand, paint or draw on the Clear Canvas in Da Vinci’s Corner and then watch as the canvas is washed clean to prepare for the next amazing works of art.

Visit The Shop to try your hand at paper engineering. Using a variety of paper, ribbon, and other materials, you can create a waterfall card to deliver a hidden message. Please note: The Shop offers access to real tools and materials that can be dangerous if used improperly. Parents are encouraged to help young tinkerers use the tools and materials safely in this space.

With fossil fuels in high demand and short supply, can you invent a vehicle that uses an alternate form of power? Not batteries, but wind! Using a variety of materials, invent a vehicle that harnesses wind power to transport people or parcels to-and-fro. Please note: This activity includes access to tools and materials that can be dangerous if used improperly. Parents are encouraged to help young inventors use the tools and materials safely.

Visit The Shop to create a beautiful and functional device to harness the power of the sun. Using wax paper, tissue paper, and a variety of other materials, you can create a sun catcher that looks like stained glass. Please note: The Shop offers access to real tools and materials that can be dangerous if used improperly. Parents are encouraged to help young tinkerers use the tools and materials safely in this space.

In The Shop, hands-on gets serious. During Open Build, take your pick from a variety of materials and use real tools to design and build nearly anything you can imagine. Best of all, what you create is yours to keep! Please note: The Shop offers access to real tools and materials that can be dangerous if used improperly. Parents are encouraged to help young tinkerers use the tools and materials safely in this space.