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Families can join Cranbrook Institute of Science for their Flying High Family Workshop! Explore what makes things fly, float, and glide with fun experiments using wind tunnels, fans, parachutes and gliders. Also, build your own planes and rockets to take home. For ages 6-plus. Advanced registration required by April...
Families can join Cranbrook Institute of Science for their Down By The Pond Family Workshop! Explore aquatic ecosystems and head to the pond to spot frogs, insects, birds, and more. For ages 6-plus. Dress for the weather. Advanced registration required by April 30.Â
Event cost: $17/member, $20/non-member
Event time: 1-3 p.m....
Spend spring break at Cranbrook Institute of Science where you'll learn about the wonders of our ecosystem with engaging hands-on activities. Over 20 local environmental organizations will be there to help.
Event cost: Free w/general admission
Event times: 11 a.m.- 3 p.m. March 26-28, 2025
Families can join Cranbrook Institute of Science for a Dino Fossil Detectives family workshop. Activities include getting up close with real fossils, holding a mammoth tooth, shaking hands with a T. rex, creating fossil casts, taking home a fossil and more. For ages 6 and up. Registration required by...
Families can join Cranbrook Institute of Science for a Planet Parade and witness a breathtaking planetary alignment. Peer through the telescopes, immerse yourself in an epic 360-degree planetarium adventure and more. Also, see The Science of Archimedes exhibit for free. Pre-registration is highly recommended.Â
Event cost: $21/members, $25/non-members; Planetarium tickets...
Enjoy an electricity stage show, dive into hands-on fun exploring static electricity, circuits, and the hair-raising Van de Graaff generator, build a motor to take home, power lights with a hand crank and more. For ages 8-plus. Registration required by Feb. 26.Â
Event cost: $17/members, $20/non-members
Event time: 1-3 p.m. March...
This annual family-friendly event features over 1,000 rocks, minerals and fossils from all over the World. The proceeds from the auction benefit scholarship funds at Schoolcraft College.
Event cost: Free/admission, free/parking
Event times: 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Saturday and noon-6 p.m. Sunday, March 1-2, 2025
Families can join Cranbrook Institute of Science on for their Chemical Reactions in Action Family Workshop. See demonstrations, experiments and activities. Recommended for ages 6-plus. Registration required by Feb. 19.Â
Event cost: $17/members, $20/non-membersÂ
Event time: 1-3 p.m. Feb. 22, 2025
