Kids Week is back—and moving full STEAM ahead! Science, technology, engineering, arts, math and FUN take center stage at the Intrepid Museum from February 17-23.
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The Intrepid Museum is wheelchair accessible and all major presentations will be held in spaces with an induction loop system. Additional accommodations such as specialized seating, ASL interpreters, or large print can be made with advance notice (one week preferred).
To request accessibility accommodations, contact access@intrepidmuseum.org.
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Sunday,
FEBRUARY 17
Monday,
FEBRUARY 18
Tuesday,
FEBRUARY 19
Wednesday,
FEBRUARY 20
Thursday,
FEBRUARY 21
Friday,
FEBRUARY 22
Saturday,
FEBRUARY 23
*Schedule is subject to change
Sunday, February 17
Hands-on STEAM-themed activities.
Arts and crafts activities.
Learn origami and discover the joy of paperfolding! OrigamiUSA will provide guests the opportunity to learn simple origami models from their experienced teachers.
Interactive craft activity.
Face painting and more!
Join the Brooklyn Music School in celebrating its 110th year! At this interactive display, experience the joy of music by interacting with different percussion, string, and other types of instruments.
Make your own musical instrument! Guests can make a güiro, a commonly used instrument in popular musical styles from Puerto Rico, Cuba and Latin America including son, cumbia, plena and salsa. It's played by scratching a stick along the notches on the instrument and is traditionally made from hollow gourds, wood, fiberglass or metal.
Sports science activity.
Use different techniques to make all sorts of creative art projects and pop-up designs that are three-dimensional by using folds, flaps and other movable pieces. Unleash your inner creativity as you design a pop-up project that comes to life.
Biologist Nayeli Gutierrez: Discover the diversity of beetles from different parts of the world and learn how they eat and live!
11:00am & 1:00pm, Hangar 3: Rosie and her friends are on a field trip gone awry—learn how these out-of-the-box problem solvers save the day in this fun new musical that spotlights STEM!
11:30am & 2:30pm, Hangar 3
Noon & 2:00pm, Hangar 3 Stage
Noon & 2:00pm, Michael Tyler Fisher Center for Education, Hangar 3: Take a trip inside the Intrepid Museum’s planetarium to learn myths from around the world that explain the stars in the sky.
1 & 3:00pm, Michael Tyler Fisher Center for Education, Hangar 3: From the placid waters of the Finger Lakes to the plains of Hempstead and from the iron works of Bethpage to the Moon–New York’s impact on aviation and space travel is profound and lasting. Using historic photos, archival footage and the words of the men and women who created and piloted history, On the Wings of New York takes guests on a journey from the Earth to the Moon.
12:30pm & 3:30pm, Hangar 3 Maker Space
3:00pm, Hangar 3 Stage, Hear wacky, but true, tales about some of America’s first astronauts in this funny performance!
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Monday, February 18
Hands-on STEAM-themed activities.
Arts and crafts activities.
Learn origami and discover the joy of paperfolding! OrigamiUSA will provide guests the opportunity to learn simple origami models from their experienced teachers.
Interactive craft activity.
Face painting and more!
Join the Brooklyn Music School in celebrating its 110th year! At this interactive display, experience the joy of music by interacting with different percussion, string, and other types of instruments.
Make your own musical instrument! Guests can make a güiro, a commonly used instrument in popular musical styles from Puerto Rico, Cuba and Latin America including son, cumbia, plena and salsa. It's played by scratching a stick along the notches on the instrument and is traditionally made from hollow gourds, wood, fiberglass or metal.
Hands-on sports science activity.
Use different techniques to make all sorts of creative art projects and pop-up designs that are three-dimensional by using folds, flaps and other movable pieces. Unleash your inner creativity as you design a pop-up project that comes to life.
Make Your Magic: Enjoy fun-filled activities focused on your favorite characters at this interactive display.
Enjoy fun-filled activities focused on your favorite characters at this interactive display.
Join artists from Urban Word NYC, New York's leading youth poetry/hip-hop organization. Get tips on their creative process and learn more about their free workshops, youth open mics and poetry slams.
11:30am & 2:30pm, Hangar 3 Maker Space: Use different techniques to make all sorts of creative art projects and pop-up designs that are three-dimensional by using folds, flaps and other movable pieces. Unleash your inner creativity as you design a pop-up project that comes to life.
Noon & 2:00pm (every hour), Michael Tyler Fisher Center for Education: Take a trip inside the Intrepid Museum’s planetarium to learn myths from around the world that explain the stars in the sky.
1:00pm & 3:00pm,, Michael Tyler Fisher Center for Education, From the placid waters of the Finger Lakes to the plains of Hempstead and from the iron works of Bethpage to the Moon–New York’s impact on aviation and space travel is profound and lasting. Using historic photos, archival footage and the words of the men and women who created and piloted history, On the Wings of New York takes guests on a journey from the Earth to the Moon.
11:00am & 2:00pm,, Allison & Howard Lutnick Theater Join artists from Urban Word NYC, New York's leading youth poetry/hip-hop organization, as they share dynamic performances of spoken word and storytelling. Following each performance, talk with the artists, get tips on their creative process and learn more about Urban Word NYC's free workshops, youth open mics and poetry slams.
Noon, Hangar 3 Stage, Hear wacky, but true, tales about some of America’s first astronauts in this funny performance!
12:30pm & 3:30pm, Hangar 3, Maker Space
1:00pm, Hangar 3 Stage, Catch this live-action puppet performance featuring Tuffy Tiger and his friend Poedy which empowers kids to dance, sing, and learn!
2:30pm, Hangar 3 Stage, See a performance from the new Broadway musical KING KONG, the epic modern myth that comes alive onstage through an innovative mix of animatronics, puppetry, music and stagecraft!
3:00pm & 4:00pm, Hangar 3 Stage
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Tuesday, February 19
Hands-on STEAM-themed activities.
Come experience an amazing animal adventure! See animal ambassadors from around the world, find out how zoos save animals from extinction and learn how you can help.
Wild World of Animals Exhibit: kangaroo (juvenile), bearded dragon, tortoise, chinchilla, alligators (juvenile), ball python, hissing cockroaches.
Billion Oyster Project is trying to repopulate the oyster population in New York Harbor through community engagement initiatives and education. Learn how you can help!
Get excited about water conservation by performing a scientific experiment on something you do every day: brushing your teeth!
Enjoy educational, water-themed activities such as water quality testing, hands-on crafts and the opportunity to learn more about our city's drinking water and wastewater system.
Herpetologist Arianna Kuhn: Grab some hands-on knowledge of frogs, lizards and snakes and learn about how new species are discovered!
Learn about the incredible research being conducted by the students at Columbia University’s Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory.
Through up-close exploration and comparison of animal skulls and teeth, families will determine what’s on the menu for different species.
11:00am & 3:00pm, Hangar 3 Stage: Amazing Adaptations: The Dinosaur Adventure: Join our heroes Cope and Marsh as they journey through the Bronx Zoo, past and present, to find out the truth about animal adaptations and say hello during the dinosaur and tortoise puppet meet and greets!
11:00am & 3:00pm, Hangar 3 Stage: Oysters are a keystone species for three main reasons: water filtration, habitats for other organisms, and shoreline protection. Learn how important these ecosystem services are to our estuary!
11:30am, Hangar 3 Stage: Museum educators explore the science behind aviation in this demonstration about how things fly!
Noon, Hangar 3 Stage: Animal Embassy will take families on a journey around the globe with incredible live animal ambassadors! We will explore their diverse habitats and discuss some of the conservation issues and challenges they face. This interactive live animal presentation will include animals such as an Australian eclectus parrot, a Honduran milk snake, an African sulcata tortoise and a New Caledonian giant gecko. For the softer side of nature, we’ll learn about a family of South American chinchillas.
Noon, Hangar 3: Environmental consciousness and the fascinating physics behind musical instruments come together in Sprout Up’s maker workshop, where visitors can craft their own musical instrument out of salvaged materials.
Noon-3:00pm (every hour), Michael Tyler Fisher Center for Education
1:00pm & 4:00pm, Hangar 3 Stage: Come experience an amazing animal adventure! See animal ambassadors from around the world, find out how zoos save animals from extinction and learn how you can help.
1:30pm, 2:30pm, 3:30pm & 4:30pm, Hangar 3 Maker Space
2:00pm, Hangar 3 Stage: Embassy will take families on a journey around the globe with incredible live animal ambassadors! We will explore their diverse habitats and discuss some of the conservation issues and challenges they face. This interactive live animal presentation will include animals such as an Australian eclectus parrot, a Honduran milk snake, an African sulcata tortoise and a New Caledonian giant gecko. For the softer side of nature, we’ll learn about a family of South American chinchillas.
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Wednesday, February 20
Hands-on STEAM-themed activities.
Live animal display by zoologist Jarod Miller, Jarod Miller, a naturalist who has appeared on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno and Late Night with Conan O’Brien, along with his amazing animals
Amazing Animal Adventures: Come experience an amazing animal adventure! See animal ambassadors from around the world, find out how zoos save animals from extinction and learn how you can help.
Wild World of Animals Exhibit: kangaroo (juvenile), bearded dragon, tortoise, chinchilla, alligators (juvenile), ball python, hissing cockroaches
Billion Oyster Project is trying to repopulate the oyster population in New York Harbor through community engagement initiatives and education. Learn how you can help!
Primatologist and comedian, Natalia Reagan, will display realistic primate stuffed animals and books to explain primate morphology and evolution! Kids can also learn a few different primate calls and interact with a miniature replica of a human skeleton and primate skull casts to understand anatomical differences, such as dentition and brain size.
Get excited about water conservation by performing a scientific experiment on something you do every day: brushing your teeth!
Paleontologist Christine Sosiak: Learn what ants fossilized in amber can teach us about how ants lived during the time of the dinosaurs. Guests will learn about what they ate, where they nested and how they responded to the asteroid strike that killed the dinosaurs.
11:00am & 3:00pm, Allison & Howard Lutnick Theater
11:30am & 2:00pm, Hangar 3 Stage: Why does the largest land-based meat-eating Mammal care about plankton? Learn all about the arctic food web and the rhythm of life and say hello at a penguin character or puppet meet and greet!
11:30am, Hangar 3: Oysters are a keystone species for 3 main reasons 1) water filtration, 2) habitat for other organisms, and 3) shoreline protection, come and learn how important these ecosystem services are to our estuary!
Noon & 4:00pm, Hangar 3 Stage; Amazing Animal Adventures Amazing Animal Adventures: Come experience an amazing animal adventure! See animal ambassadors from around the world, find out how zoos save animals from extinction and learn how you can help.
12:30pm, Hangar 3 Stage: Museum educators explore the science behind aviation in this demonstration about how things fly!
12:30pm, Hangar 3: Environmental consciousness and the fascinating physics behind musical instruments come together in Sprout Up’s maker workshop, where visitors can craft their own musical instrument out of salvaged materials.
Noon-3:00pm (every hour), Michael Tyler Fisher Center: From the placid waters of the Finger Lakes to the plains of Hempstead and from the iron works of Bethpage to the Moon–New York’s impact on aviation and space travel is profound and lasting. Using historic photos, archival footage and the words of the men and women who created and piloted history, On the Wings of New York takes guests on a journey from the Earth to the Moon.
1:00pm, Allison & Howard Lutnick Theater: Insects walk on water, snakes slither and fish swim. Animals move with astounding grace, speed and versatility, but how do they do it and what can we learn from them? From the incredible efficiency of the wet dog shake to colonies of ants building rafts out of their own bodies, David Hu shows how animals have adapted and evolved to traverse their environments, taking advantage of physical laws with results that are startling and ingenious. Join Dr. Hu for a book signing following the talk.
1:30pm, 2:30pm, 3:30pm, & 4:30pm , Hangar 3: In this workshop, you’ll learn all about owls what makes them unique birds. You’ll also solve the mystery of what they ate for lunch by reconstructing the food they already digested! Yum!
Wednesday, February 20
10:00am, Hangar 2 : Information Desk: Uncover Intrepid’s role in the early space program with a Museum Educator and ASL interpreters. Explore the space shuttle orbiter Enterprise and replica space capsules. Advance registration required. Click here to register
11:00am, Hangar 2 : Learn about Project Mercury, the birth of NASA, the design of manned spacecraft and the brave astronauts who flew the missions.
11:45am, Space Shuttle Pavilion : Discover the forces at work as Museum educators launch air-powered rockets.
1:15pm–4:15pm (every hour), Hangar 3 Rotunda : Journey from the edge of the atmosphere to the edge of the observable universe as you follow the story of space exploration. Space is limited, Seating is on the floor, but stools are available upon request.
1:00pm, 2:00pm, 3:00pm & 4:00pm, Space Shuttle Pavilion : All ages can learn the basics of building and launching a rocket with KSA instructor Das Valdez in this 30 minute interactive presentation using the educational game Kerbal Space Program..
2:30pm, Space Shuttle Pavilion : Learn about NASA’s successful missions to the red planet over the past 50 years and how astronauts will get there in the future.
3:30pm, Space Shuttle Pavilion : Hear about the five bold missions to repair the Hubble Space Telescope and the scientific discoveries it has made possible.
Pier : Explore the solar system in virtual reality.
Hangar 3: Exoplanet Exploration, Solar System, Mars and Voyager Programs.
Pier 86 : Hands-on STEM activities.
Pier 86 : Build your own rocket ship!
Pier 86: Take a ride on the multi-axis trainer and feel what it’s like to reenter the Earth’s atmosphere.
Pier 86 : See Medgar Evers College’s CubeSAT nanosatellite lab interactive display.
Pier 86 : Create your own constellation, see a Mars landscape in 3D, and complete an obstacle course wearing space goggles.
Space Shuttle Pavilion : Explore the universe with NASA’s Eyes.
K–12 student groups can experience all the excitement of the Space & Science Festival during free self-guided experiences. Select FREE Space & Science Self-Guide when making a reservation. Register in advance here.
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Thursday, February 21
Hands-on STEAM-themed activities.
Live animal display by zoologist Jarod Miller, Jarod Miller, a naturalist who has appeared on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno and Late Night with Conan O’Brien, along with his amazing animals.
Stop by the Climate Museum's table to build your own renewable energy electric circuit and draw a climate art tile that will enter the museum's permanent collection!
Wild World of Animals Exhibit: kangaroo (juvenile), bearded dragon, tortoise, chinchilla, alligators (juvenile), ball python, hissing cockroaches.
Craft your very own feathered friend out of paper while you learn all about birds in NYC and what we can do to help them.
Paleontologist Chongyu Yu, Horn and frill, learn all about how Ceratopsian dinosaurs armed themselves.
11:00am & 2:pm, Hangar 3 Stage: Do you want to learn how to say "what's up?" in howler monkey? Well, this is your chance! Watch primatologist & comedian Natalia Reagan explain primate morphology & teach everyone some authentic monkey calls! It’ll be bananas!
11:30am, 12:30pm, 1:30pm, 2:30pm & 3:30pm: The New York Aquarium’s Watercolors Underwater workshop will introduce you artifacts of animals that live under the sea and then help you to create your own watercolor painting inspired by them!
Noon & 4:00pm, Hangar 3 Stage: Symbiosis is the word scientists use to describe the special relationship between a milkweed and a monarch. See just how special it is in this endearing coming of age tale and say hello at a butterfly character or puppet meet and greet!
12:30pm, Hangar 3 Stage: Museum educators explore the science behind aviation in this demonstration about how things fly!
Noon-3:00pm (every hour), Michael Tyler Fisher Center for Education
1:00pm & 3:00pm, Allison & Howard Lutnick Theater
2:00pm, Hangar 3 Stage
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Friday, February 22
Hands-on STEAM-themed activities.
A hands-on display featuring solar observing, a robotic arm activity and Mars and Apollo interactives.
The Space Race, the Cold War and the Atomic Era fueled a time of exploration and invention that still influences products, design and culture to this day! Check out this hands-on display featuring items inspired by the Space Race, Cold War & World War II with actual artifacts and toys from these eras!
Learn about the basics of rocketry, model building and CubeSat nanosatellites!
Catch a glimpse of what you can experience at Space Camp by riding the Multi-Axis Trainer as it simulates a tumble spin.
Check out the flight simulation video game, Kerbal Space Academy, which will be broadcast on Twitch.tv.
Funk Flyers: Fun with Aerodynamics Make a funky flyer with Curious-on-Hudson and test how far you can launch it.
Planetary Scientists Ellen Crapster-Pregont & Marina Gemma Learn what space rocks, or meteorites, tell us about the early solar system and how planets are formed.
11:30am, Hangar 3 Stage: Do you have the right stuff to be the next great space explorer? Find out what it takes in this fun demonstration!
Noon, Allison & Howard Lutnick Theater: Learn about the James Webb Space Telescope!
12:30pm & 3:30pm, Hangar 3 Maker Space: Learn about the forces of motion that allow roller coasters to move against gravity and then try your hand at creating your own marble roller coaster. Connect yours with others to see how far we can make a marble travel on its own momentum.
Noon - 12:30pm, 1:00pm – 1:30pm & 2:00pm – 2:30pm, Hangar 3
Noon-3:00pm (every hour), Michael Tyler Fisher Center for Education Journey from the edge of the atmosphere to the edge of the observable universe as you follow the story of space exploration. Seating is limited, and most seating is on a carpeted floor. Stools available upon request.
1:00pm & 4:00pm, Hangar 3 Stage: You think homework is pressure? Just wait until you learn how the weight of the earth’s atmosphere pushes down on you with the force of two elephants! Explore how Bernoulli’s principle creates enough lift to make a jumbo jet fly or how air pressure can be used to launch a hot air balloon. Watch in amazement as our vortex generator creates giant smoke rings. Want even more pressure? Take a ride on our amazing Mad Science Hovercraft! Mad Science shows are fun and educational and this program will leave you flying high!
2:30pm, Hangar 3 Marker Space: Learn all about the building components of a model rocket and the science behind basic flight and rocketry.
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Saturday, February 23
Hands-on STEAM-themed activities
A hands-on display featuring solar observing, a robotic arm activity and Mars and Apollo interactives
The Space Race, the Cold War and the Atomic Era fueled a time of exploration and invention that still influences products, design and culture to this day! Check out this hands-on display featuring items inspired by the Space Race, Cold War & World War II with actual artifacts and toys from these eras!
Hands-on STEM-themed activities
Learn all about the principles of aerodynamics while making your own paper airplane!
Assemble classroom cubekits for flight experiments on balloons, gliders and spacecraft!
Learn about the basics of rocketry, model building and CubeSat nanosatellites!
Catch a glimpse of what you can experience at Space Camp by riding the Multi-Axis Trainer as it simulates a tumble spin.
Check out the flight simulation video game, Kerbal Space Academy, which will be broadcast on Twitch.tv.
Watch the Rover Ruckus Tech Team Challenge, in which FIRST teams go head-to-head with their unique creations.
Geologist Steven Jaret
Funky Flyers: Fun with Aerodynamics Make a funky flyer with Curious-on-Hudson and test how far you can launch it.
11:30am & 3:30pm, Hangar 3 Maker Space: Learn about the forces of motion that allow roller coasters to move against gravity and then try your hand at creating your own marble roller coaster. Connect yours with others to see how far we can make a marble travel on its own momentum.
Noon - 12:30pm, 1:00pm – 1:30pm & 2:00pm – 2:30pm, Hangar 3
Noon-3:00pm (every hour), Michael Tyler Fisher Center for Education Journey from the edge of the atmosphere to the edge of the observable universe as you follow the story of space exploration.
12:30pm, Hangar 3 Maker Space: Work with IDE and sketches to illuminate an LED.
1:00pm, Hangar 3 Stage: Do you have the right stuff to be the next great space explorer? Find out what it takes in this fun demonstration!
2:00pm & 4:00pm, Hangar 3 Stage: Are you ready for some fun science? Spin, Pop, Boom is all about awesome experiments! Guests can release genies from bottles and spew massive columns of foam with the use of catalysts!
2:30pm, Hangar 3 Maker Space: Learn all about the building components of a model rocket and the science behind basic flight and rocketry.
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