Museum Events Calendar

Free TRIPOD+ Workshops / Clases Gratuitas de TRIPOD+
TRIPOD+ are free monthly Saturday hands-on science workshops for Spanish Speaking Families at Miami Science Museum! TRIPOD+ son clases de ciencia gratuitas celebradas un sábado cada mes para familias de habla Hispana en el Museo de Ciencias.

Miami Science Museum, through a generous grant award from the MetLife Foundation, has initiated a collaboration with Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Miami to establish a new program, Tripod+. Families will experience science together like they never have before!

Highlights

• Experience museum attractions such as the Energy Playground, planetarium shows, and the Wildlife Center, just to name a few.
• Ten Tripod+ workshops will provide engaging science activities for families at the museum.
• Take home activities for children to do with their families.
• Snacks will be provided.

Location

Space Gallery
Miami Science Museum
3280 South Miami Ave
Miami FL 33129

Grades 3 to 6: Afternoon Sessions 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.

To register for our Spanish workshops click here:

http://www.miamisci.org/tripod/php_spanish/sessions.php

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Gracias a una generosa subvención por parte de la Fundación MetLife, el Museo de Ciencias de Miami le ofrece una serie de eventos gratuitos en español, específicamente diseñados para familias de habla hispana con niños que cursan tercer, cuarto, quinto o sexto grado. ¡Las familias que participen en el programa Tripod+ tendrán la oportunidad de experimentar la ciencia como nunca antes! Todos los eventos tendrán lugar en el Museo de 1 a 3 pm. ¡Inscríbase hoy mismo!

Ventajas:

• Incluye la entrada gratuita al museo el día del evento, para que su familia pueda explorar las instalaciones del museo, incluyendo el Patio de Energía, espectáculos del planetario y el Centro de Fauna Silvestre, entre otros.
• Cada uno de los diez eventos Tripod+ ofrecerá actividades didácticas relacionadas con diferentes temas científicos.
• Actividades que los niños pueden hacer en casa con su familia.
• Recibirán actividades que los niños pueden hacer en casa con su familia.
• Una merienda será proporcionada.

Lugar:

Galería del Espacio
Museo de Ciencias de Miami
3280 South Miami Ave
Miami FL 33129
Fechas e inscripciones

Para inscribirse, haga clic aqui:

http://www.miamisci.org/tripod/php_spanish/sessions.php


Time: 1pm-3pm
Location: Space Gallery

Nano Days
Nanotechnology allows scientists to create, explore, and manipulate materials at the atomic scale. This burgeoning science has already given rise to an amazing array of products, like LCD displays, man-made skin, pants that repel water, wound healing bandages, and longer lasting tennis balls!

Come learn what Nano Science is all about as we explore current and future applications of this amazing technology with our special demos, hands-on activities, and theater presentations.

Done in collaboration with the Nanoscale Informal Science Network (NISE Net).


Time: 12:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Location:

Fabulous Second Friday
Join us for an evening of laser lights, stars, and more. Free Planetarium Star Show (7 p.m.) and rooftop observatory viewing (8:30 p.m. – 10 p.m., weather permitting.)

Check out our Activity Room for kids - a fun alternative for your little ones! Swing by the Space Gallery for a few hands-on activities and demonstrations! Kids ages 3 and up. (8:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.)

Later in the evening, check out Miami Science Museum's famous Laser Shows in the Planetarium.
Laser Show Admission:
$4.00 per child, $8.00 per adult
Each show requires a separate ticket.

8:00pm “Pop” (Family Laser Show)
9:00pm Pink Floyd: Wish You Were Here
10:00pm The Beatles: Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band
11:00pm Best of Pink Floyd
Midnight Bob Marley

Time: Evening
Location: Planetarium
Phone Contact: 305-646-4234

Youth Capture the Colorful Cosmos
Remotely operate NASA telescopes, located in the Arizona desert. Using real astronomical software, you will discover detail and patterns in seemingly dark, raw images of outer space – and create spectacular scientific art!

Note: To work with your own images from the telescopes, you must sign up for all three sessions.

Time: 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Location: Best Buy Teen Tech Center
Phone Contact: 305-646-4216
Email Contact: lbartholomew@miamisci.org

Miami Eats: The art and science of how Miami grows, cooks and eats food.
Bring two non-perishable food items per person to receive BUY ONE GET ONE FREE admission (limit two free admissions per transaction). Food donations will benefit Farm Share and the Chapman Partnership.

The Miami Science Museum will be hosting Miami Eats: The Art and Science of Food, a food festival dedicated to how Miami grows, cooks, and enjoys food. The event is partly inspired by the permanent exhibitions dedicated to health, food and nutrition that will be a part of the new Patricia and Phillip Frost Museum of Science under construction at Museum Park. The schedule will feature unique food exhibits, fun cooking demos with delicious tastings and special cooking classes that will enhance participants’ understanding of the science behind food while also stimulating their taste buds!Miami Eats will have several activities for the entire family to enjoy including:

Cooking demos/tastings from former Top Chef celebrity Chef Giorgio Rapicavoli of Miami’s acclaimed Eating House, student chefs of the Miami Culinary Institute, and Whole Foods

Cooking classes sponsored by Common Threads and Chef Kat Duran

DIY hydroponics class hosted by Hydrofarm, which will also be raffling off a hydroponic kit to two lucky winners

Design your own “healthy” plate hosted by the Ceramic League of Miami

Oh Honey, Bee Hive presentation all about bees with a special honey tasting from Beekeeper Inese Bunch

Special airing of “Fish Meat” film about sustainable fisheries by Fish Navy Films

Fruit and Veggie Painting Lesson with Artist Donna Torres

Learn the history behind the Vizcaya Estate Farm Village. James Deering, owner of the estate, created a picturesque farm on the land where the museum sits today that produced vegetables and herbs for the kitchens.

Make your own nitrogen ice cream courtesy of Florida International University Chaplin School of Hospitality &Tourism Management.

Enjoy a cultural experience with a Tea Ceremony and Yummy Chun Buns Tasting by Susan Lee Chun.

Fun with food chemistry demonstrations on sugars, fats and all that (it might surprise you) with Miami Science Museum and partners.

Select tables and booths showcasing nutrition and healthy eating with the University of Miami’s Nutrigardens and Eat Well Foods.

Admission is buy one ticket; get one free with a donation of 2 nonperishable cans of food. Regular admission is $14.95 for adults ($12.70 for Miami-Dade County residents); and $10.95 for seniors (62+), children (ages 3 – 12), and students with an I.D. ($9.30 for children, students and seniors who are Miami-Dade County residents). Limit 2 free admissions per family/transaction. Food donations benefit Farm Share and Chapman Partnership.

Time: 10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Location: Miami Science Museum

Youth Capture the Colorful Cosmos
Remotely operate NASA telescopes, located in the Arizona desert. Using real astronomical software, you will discover detail and patterns in seemingly dark, raw images of outer space – and create spectacular scientific art!

Note: To work with your own images from the telescopes, you must sign up for all three sessions.

Time: 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Location: Best Buy Teen Tech Center
Phone Contact: 305-646-4234
Email Contact: lbartholomew@miamisci.org

Youth Capture the Colorful Cosmos
Remotely operate NASA telescopes, located in the Arizona desert. Using real astronomical software, you will discover detail and patterns in seemingly dark, raw images of outer space – and create spectacular scientific art!

Note: To work with your own images from the telescopes, you must sign up for all three sessions.

Time: 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Location: Best Buy Teen Tech Center
Phone Contact: 305-646-4216
Email Contact: lbartholomew@miamisci.org