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Honey Bee Social Structure

Aleisha2024-06-17T19:45:31-04:00May 24, 2019|Categories: Exhibits, Mission, WonderLab Alive!|Tags: Bees, brood, caste, Eusocial, polymorphic, reproduction, Social behavior, WonderLab, Wonderlab bee hive|

Honey bees are extraordinary creatures. Like humans, they live in groups, enjoy each other’s company, and work together to achieve [...]

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WonderLab Life Lessons: A Service Learning Reflection

Aleisha2024-06-17T19:47:01-04:00May 17, 2019|Categories: Mission, Thoughts Behind the Wonder|Tags: build, children, destroy, discovery, facilitated learning, fulfillment, hands-on learning, learn, problem solving, questions, response, service-learning, thinking outside the box, volunteer, wonder, WonderLab|

Photo by Andrea Golden On my first visit to the WonderLab, I wandered through children and parents on [...]

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Snoopy in Space at WonderLab

Aleisha2024-06-17T19:49:16-04:00May 14, 2019|Categories: Mission, News, Programs|Tags: anniversary, apollo 10, apollo 11, charles schultz, charlie brown, moon landing, NASA, snoopy, space, space mission, space race|

The year is 1969. The Space Race is heating up, and the USSR and the USA are vying for dominance [...]

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New Science Toys Are Sure to Wow and Delight

Aleisha2024-06-17T19:47:49-04:00May 10, 2019|Categories: Mission, News, Thoughts Behind the Wonder|Tags: american international toy fair, brain toys, bubbles, fidgets, fun, gift store, gifts, glove a bubble, math games, plasma ball, play, science sprouts, science sprouts place, shop local bloomington, specialty toys, STEM builds, stickbots, toy, toys, WonderLab, wonderlab museum|

As the Manager of the WonderLab Gift Store and WonderCamp Director, Colleen Couper, is the obvious choice as an ambassador [...]

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Explore the Wonders of Chemistry at WonderLab

Aleisha2024-06-17T19:56:15-04:00May 10, 2019|Categories: News, Programs|Tags: chemistry, iu chemistry, WonderLab, wonders|

Chemistry covers a wide range of topics from colorful experiments and the elements used in them to the individual atoms [...]

2019 Summer Volunteer Training Sessions at WonderLab

Aleisha2019-05-03T10:12:17-04:00May 3, 2019|Categories: News, Support|Tags: fun, Hands-on Science, Kids, Museum, Science, summer, volunteer, WonderLab, wonderlab museum|

Give back to your community and have fun doing it. Become a WonderLab Volunteer and help young people learn about [...]

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2019 Granfalloon Festival Kicks Off at WonderLab

Aleisha2024-06-17T19:59:53-04:00April 29, 2019|Categories: News, Programs|Tags: after dark, festival, granfalloon, kurt vonnegut, Science, vonnegut, WonderLab|

Calling all Kurt Vonnegut fans! This spring, WonderLab Museum of Science, Health and Technology will kick off the 2019 Granfalloon: [...]

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Pollution: Part One – The Plight of Plastics

Aleisha2024-06-17T20:11:58-04:00April 26, 2019|Categories: Mission, WonderLab Alive!|Tags: Bloomington Indiana, Microplastic, ocean conservation, Plastic, Pollution, Science, WonderLab, wonderlab museum|

Plastic is an incredibly useful invention. It has been used in medical devices that save lives, in the creation of [...]

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A Whole New World of Virtual Reality at WonderLab

Aleisha2024-06-17T20:02:27-04:00April 22, 2019|Categories: News, Programs|Tags: 3D, activities for teens, Coding, Three dimensional, virtual reality, WonderLab, worlds|

EVENT UPDATE: Age extended to 11+. Pre-register for this event here.    Whether it puts you in a space battle [...]

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Celebrate the planet with a special Earth Day-themed STEM Sunday!

Aleisha2024-06-17T20:16:21-04:00April 19, 2019|Categories: News, Programs|Tags: climate, climate science, earth day, save the planet, Science, wonder|

Spring is finally sprung and the world is growing green again - and just in time. Earth Day is just [...]