Fetch Fall Schedule

FETCH!™ Lab Activities at the CDM
Here is the fall schedule of activities for the Museum’s FETCH! Lab. Activities will take place on the second floor of the Museum daily at 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. and at 1 p.m. on Sundays. FETCH! Lab activities are free with paid Museum admission.

September 2-7, Stack Em Up

Kids build towers as high as they can out of paper cups!

September 16-21, All Wound Up

Kids will use rubber bands to power a racecar and then race them with others!

September 23-28, Ice Cream Shake

Kids learn about the effects of heating and cooling as they change liquid cream into solid ice cream. Yumm!

September 30-October 5, Set it Straight

Build a tabletop seesaw and learn about balancing.

October 7-12, Blow it Away

Kids build a car and use wind to see how far it can go!

October 14-19, Float My Boat

Kids investigate floating by building tinfoil boats and loading them with pennies until they sink.

October 21-26, Eat Like a Bird

Explore how the shape of a bird’s beak influences the bird’s food-gathering ability, and use their “beaks” to collect “food”.

October 28-November 2, Train Your Brain

Kids test their brains against homemade Stroop tests.

November 4-9, Under Pressure

Kids try to support a book with just one sheet of paper!

November 11-16, Go Fly a Kite

Kids will build kites out of household materials and explore how kites use wind to overcome gravity.

November 18-23, Rescue Mission

Design and test a hook to rescue a sunken capsule

November 25-30, Hang Time

Kids build and race simple helicopter