Calendar of Actvities

Daily and Weekly Activities

The Lederman Science Center is open to the public
Monday–Friday, 9:00 AM–4:30 PM
and every Saturday 9:00 AM–3:00 PM.

Students should be in or have completed the grades listed with each Science Adventure.

Scholarships are available for some of our activities. To register for special events and workshops with online registration, click on the pencil next to the event on the calendar.

November, 2009

Lego Engineering Juniors, 9:30 AM - 12:00 PM, Science Adventure

Get to Know Fermilab Guided Tour, 10:30 AM - 12:00 Noon, Special Event

December, 2009

Get to Know Fermilab Guided Tour, 10:30 AM - 12:00 Noon, Special Event

Science of Sound, 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM, Science Adventure

Code Cracking, Cryptograms, and Other Mysteries, 12:00 PM - 2:30 PM, Science Adventure

Art Mysteries: Science Solutions, 9:00 AM - 11:30 AM, Science Adventure

Ask-a-Scientist Guided Tour of Fermilab: "Energy, There is no Free Lunch", Eric Prebys, Fermilab Scientist, 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM, Special Event

Get to Know Fermilab Guided Tour, 10:30 AM - 12:00 Noon, Special Event

Get to Know Fermilab Guided Tour, 10:30 AM - 12:00 Noon, Special Event

Get to Know Fermilab Guided Tour, 10:30 AM - 12:00 Noon, Special Event

Get to Know Fermilab Guided Tour, 10:30 AM - 12:00 Noon, Special Event

January, 2010

Get to Know Fermilab Guided Tour, 10:30 - 12:00 Noon, Special Event

Ask-a-Scientist Guided Tour of Fermilab: "Staying the Energy Frontier: Fermilab's Role in the LHC" Don Lincoln, Fermilab Scientist, 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM, Special Event

Get to Know Fermilab Guided Tour, 10:30 AM - 12:00 Noon, Special Event

Junior Prairie Rangers - Prairie Pin Session 1, 9:30 AM - 12:00 PM, Science Adventure

Get to Know Fermilab Guided Tour, 10:30 AM - 12:00 Noon, Special Event

Snow Crystals, 9:30 AM - 12:00 PM, Science Adventure

Get to Know Fermilab Guided Tour, 10:30 AM - 12:00 Noon, Special Event

Lego Engineering, 9:30 AM - 12:00 PM, Science Adventure

February, 2010

Get to Know Fermilab Guided Tour, 10:30 AM - 12:00 Noon, Special Event

Nanotech Investigation, 9:30 AM - 12:30 PM, Science Adventure

Get to Know Fermilab Guided Tour, 10:30 AM - 12:00 Noon, Special Event

Design a Maze Game, 9:30 AM - 12:30 PM, Science Adventure

Get to Know Fermilab Guided Tour, 10:30 AM - 12:00 Noon, Special Event

Family Open House, 1:00 to 5:00 PM, Special Event

Get to Know Fermilab Guided Tour, 10:30 AM - 12:00 Noon, Special Event

Earth Engineers, 9:30 AM - 12:30 PM, Science Adventure

March, 2010

Get to Know Fermilab Guided Tour, 10:30 AM - 12:00 Noon, Special Event

Lego Engineering Juniors, 9:30 AM - 12:00 PM, Science Adventure

Junior Prairie Rangers - Prairie Pin Session 2, 9:30 AM - 12:00 PM, Science Adventure

Ask-a-Scientist Guided Tour of Fermilab: "Fastest Trip from Fermilab to Minnesota", Deborah Harris, Fermilab Scientist, 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM, Special Event

Get to Know Fermilab Guided Tour, 10:30 AM - 12:00 Noon, Special Event

Blowin' in the Wind, 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM, Science Adventure

Get to Know Fermilab Guided Tour, 10:30 AM - 12:00 Noon, Special Event

Wild and Wonderful Weather, 9:30 AM - 12:00 PM, Science Adventure

Get to Know Fermilab Guided Tour, 10:30 AM - 12:00 Noon, Special Event

Fireflies, Sea Monsters and Glow Sticks, 9:30 AM - 12:30 PM, Science Adventure

Get to Know Fermilab Guided Tour, 10:30 AM - 12:00 Noon, Special Event

April, 2010

Get to Know Fermilab Guided Tour, 10:30 AM - 12:00 noon, Special Event

Girls Scientific Salon for Grades 4-5, 9:30 AM - 2:00 PM, Science Adventure

Girls Scientific Salon for Grades 6-8, 9:30 AM - 2:00 PM, Science Adventure

Ask-a-Scientist Guided Tour of Fermilab: "The Scientific Methods" Wyatt Merritt, Fermilab Scientist, 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM, Special Event

Get to Know Fermilab Guided Tour, 10:30 AM - 12:00 Noon, Special Event

Animal Architecture, 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM, Science Adventure

Get to Know Fermilab Guided Tour, 10:30 AM - 12:00 Noon, Special Event

The Bugs are Back!, 9:30 AM - 12:00 PM, Science Adventure

Get to Know Fermilab Guided Tour, 10:30 AM - 12:00 Noon, Special Event

May, 2010

Ask-a-Scientist Guided Tour of Fermilab: "Accelerating Particles to High Energy", Mike Syphers, Accelerator Division, 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM, Special Event

Junior Prairie Rangers - Prairie Pin Session 3, 9:30 AM - 12:00 PM, Science Adventure

June, 2010

Ask-a-Scientist Guided Tour of Fermilab: "Seeing Particles", Mike Albrow, Particle Physics Division, 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM, Special Event

Family Outdoor Fair, 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM, Special Event

Junior Prairie Rangers - Prairie Pin Session 4, 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM, Science Adventure

Summer Secondary Biology Institute, 8:00 AM-12:00 PM, Workshop

Summer Secondary Chemistry Institute - Introductory Topics, 8:30-3:30, Workshop

Summer Secondary Chemistry Institute - Advanced Topics, 8:30 AM-3:30 PM, Workshop

Summer Secondary Physics Institutes - Physics of the 20th and 21st Centuries, 8:30 AM-3:30 PM, Workshop

The Prairie - Our Heartland Teacher Workshop, 8:00 AM-3:00 PM, Workshop

Summer Secondary Physics Institutes - Electricity and Magnetism, 8:30AM-3:30PM, Workshop

July, 2010

Junior Prairie Rangers - Prairie Pin Session 5, 9:30 AM - 12:00 PM, Science Adventure

Beauty and Charm Teacher Workshop, 9:00 AM-4:00 PM, Workshop

Particles and Prairies Teacher Workshop, 8:00 AM-3:00 PM, Workshop

August, 2010

Phriendly Physics Teacher Workshops, 8:00 AM-3:30 PM, Workshop