Kids' Quest members have been partying across Arkansas. See what's been happening and find out what's coming next!
Exhibit Schedule
Sept. 6 - Dec. 14
Mystery of the Mayan Medallion
Museum of Discovery
Now until Sept. 7
Grossology Exhibit
Mid-America Science Museum
Sept. 13 - Jan. 4
Grossology Exhibit
Arkansas State University Museum
Now until Oct. 12
Good Vibrations Exhibit
Arts & Science Center
for Southeast Arkansas
Opening Oct. 18
Good Vibrations Exhibit
Discovery Place Children's Museum
Texarkana Museums System
Find out what else is happening at our partner museums
Student explorers are battling Dr. Nogood in The Race for Planet 'X' across Arkansas now. Find out all about it here!
Explore the state
of Arkansas and become a master geologist!
Play it Here!
Explore the Ancient Mayan Ruins and discover treasures!
Play Now!
If you've played the Mayan Challenge, please let us know what you think!
Kids' Quest Partying it up in Fayetteville
October 28 3:45 p.m. – 6 p.m.  |
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September 27 |
“Science Recycled” is sponsored by Mid-America Science Museum in partnership with the Arkansas Discovery Network and funded by the Donald W. Reynolds Foundation. |
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Grossology - It's a Gas!
There is always
some gas in your
stomach. When you eat &
drink, you swallow air & add
to the gas. When your stomach
digests, it adds acid & creates
more gas. When gas pressure
gets too great, gas escapes —
BuRRRRP!
A toot isn’t a backward burp.
Bacteria in your large intestine
break down food and produce
gas. The gas escapes
in a toot.
Make Your Own Gas!
Materials: vinegar, baking soda (sodium bicarbonate),
large balloon,
funnel, spoon
This is messy, so do it over a sink or a washtub! Put some vinegar (representing stomach acid) into the balloon (your stomach). Use the funnel to add baking soda. The reaction represents what happens when your stomach acids react with food to produce gas. Pinch the balloon neck closed with your fingers (this represents the sphincter in your esophagus). Watch the “stomach” fill with gas. Release the “sphincter” to let the gas go in a belch!
Grossology is based on the children’s best-selling book, Grossology by Sylvia Branzei. It explores all the slimy, mushy, oozy, scaly and stinky gross (yet scientific) things that occur everyday in the human body. Kids love the “gross stuff” and parents like the scientific explanations. Grossology will be at the ASU Museum September 16, 2008 to January 4, 2009. Come enjoy the Members-Only Gala on September 13 (for ASU Museum membership information, call Jill Kary at 870-972-2074).
Sharp is presenting sponsor of Grossology at ASU Museum; the exhibit is also sponsored by Niche, KAIT8, Chick-fil-A, and Occasions Publishing Group, along with statewide sponsor, Arkansas Children's Hospital. The Grossology exhibit is created & produced by Advanced Animations L.LC. in collaboration with Science World British Columbia.
What's Happening Around Arkansas?
Light + Motion = Art
Arkansas Museum of Natural Resources, Smackover
September 20, 8 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Have you ever wanted to learn to build things and make them move, make noise, or light up? If you have, and you're between the ages of 8 and 12, then we have a program for you!
At “Light + Motion = Art” computers will be used to build things that move, make noise and light up. You will use LED lights, Pico Crickets, laptop computers and other materials to create amazing works of art that can be taken home.
This is the perfect project for budding artists, computer programmers and creative minds. The cost is $35 and snacks will be provided. Registrations and a $10 non-refundable deposit are required and should be received by 4:30 p.m., September 18, 2008.
The museum is located at 3853 Smackover Hwy. just south of Smackover, AR.
For more information, call 870-725-2877. The Museum of Natural Resources is a part of the Department of Arkansas Parks and Tourism.
Saturday Discoveries: Gross Out!
Museum of Discovery, Little Rock
September 13, 1 - 4 p.m.
Burp, pick your nose, and spit all you want as you learn the science behind all of the nasty things your body does. Fake barf and bloody wounds are some of the disgusting things you’ll create. The cost is $20.00 and reservations are required. For more information or to reserve a spot, call 501-396-7061.
Fall Activities in Pine Bluff
The Arts & Science Center for Southeast Arkansas, Pine Bluff
Fall 2008
Saturday Scholars at The Arts & Science Center for Southeast Arkansas (for kids K-6th grade), will answer questions such as: Do you know whole towns have been buried by sand dunes and whirling winds? Or which direction tornadoes spin in the Northern Hemisphere? The class will use the stations from the Good Vibrations exhibit, which will remain at the Center through Oct. 12. Come and join them from 1-4 p.m. on Sept. 20 and 27, and Oct. 4 and 11. Other classes starting in September include theater backstage training for teens and adults.
The Arts & Science Center’s newest program, the After-School Scholars Program, offers fun, healthy and hands-on learning experiences for 3rd-6th grade children, from 4-5:30 p.m. on Terrific Tuesdays and Wellness Wednesdays.
Terrific Tuesdays will focus on the visual arts and interactive science fun. Wellness Wednesdays is a 25-week health and wellness program beginning Sept. 3 and running to March 11. Pre-registration is required.
27th Annual Quadrangle Street Festival
Texarkana Museums System, Texarkana
October 11-12
Join the fun at the 27th Annual Quadrangle Street Festival, October 11 - 12 in downtown Texarkana. Texarkana Museum System's web site has all the details and information to sign-up for Miss Quadrangle Pageant, Battle of the Bands, BBQ cookoff, Cheerleading Competition, 5K Bi-State Road Race and more! Three stages of entertainment fill the weekend with a Saturday night street dance featuring Craig Morgan.
The Race for Planet "X" mobile museum will be at the Festival along with other activities for kids including a pet show 
and pumpkin decorating at Discovery Place Children's Museum. There will also be BMX stunt cyclists performing and national championship lumberjack shows. New this year will be the Archeology and Heritage Fair as part of the Quadrangle Festival with archeologists from the Four States Area (Arkansas, Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana) and many demonstrators of early skills. A giant dig will be available for junior acheologists to find their own artifacts.
For more events across the state, check out our Events page.
Find out more about the museum network across the state of Arkansas, funded by the Donald W. Reynolds Foundation, and our club exclusively for children, Kids' Quest.
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