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WonderLab Welcomes Tricia Riveire Stumpf to the Board of Directors

Maggie2022-09-21T18:31:38-04:00October 4, 2020|Categories: Mission, Press Release|Tags: Bloomington, board of directors, Brandon O’Leary, eric slotegraaf, Indiana, Indiana University Alumni Association, Leadership Bloomington-Monroe County, philanthropy, Tri Kappa Alpha Chapter, Tricia Riveire Stumpf, WonderLab, wonderlab museum|

Tricia Riveire Stumpf joins the board of directors. Image courtesy of Tricia Riveire Stumpf. WonderLab is excited to [...]

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WonderLab Receives Funding from 100+ Women Who Care

Maggie2022-09-21T18:32:46-04:00October 2, 2020|Categories: Exhibits, Press Release, Support|Tags: 100+, 100+ Women, 100+ Women Who Care, Amy Osajima, Ann Edmonds, babies, baby brilliance, Bloomington, Bloomington Indiana, Care, Deirdre Sheets, Ella Heckman, Esther Smail, exhibits, first time parent members, Indiana, infants, Jocelyn Bowie, Karen Jepson-Innes, Lily Bonwich, members, Mimi Zolan, Nell Krahnke, parents, Richard M. Schulze Family Foundation, Sara Laughlin, Science, science sprouts place, Women, WonderLab|

Support for WonderLab’s Free First Time Parent Membership In early 2020 WonderLab was delighted to receive  donations totaling $13,300 from [...]

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Welcoming Visitors, WonderLab Refreshes Connections and Exhibits

Maggie2022-09-21T18:43:45-04:00September 11, 2020|Categories: Exhibits, Membership, Mission, News, Press Release|Tags: Bloomington, bubble science, climate science, early education, Education, engineering, fun, Hands-on Science, Indiana, science and technology, science exploration, science learning, Science Museum, STEM, the senses, WonderLab, wonderlab museum, wonderlabsciencemuseum|

August snuck up on us and WonderLab’s reopening came quickly into focus, like a shining light appearing through foggy dusk. [...]

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Maximum Effort, Minimal Results

Maggie2022-09-26T20:30:53-04:00August 14, 2020|Categories: Exhibits, Mission, Thoughts Behind the Wonder|Tags: Bloomington, Bloomington Indiana, brabson foundation, Cognitive development, early childhood education, engineering, Hands-on Science, kinetic contraption, kinetic motion machine, rube goldberg machine, Science, Science Museum, Technology, WonderLab, wonderlab museum, wonderlabsciencemuseum|

It’s easy to get lost in the intricacies of WonderLab’s Kinetic Contraption, otherwise known as a Rube Goldberg machine. WonderLab’s [...]

Plastic: the Plight of Pollution Part 3- Think Globally, Act Locally

Maggie2020-07-03T21:15:36-04:00July 3, 2020|Categories: Mission, News, WonderLab Alive!|Tags: Bloomington, Bloomington Indiana, clean up the world, climate, Conservation, earth science, environmental science, garbagepatch, greatpacificgarbagepatch, in, interceptor002, marinewaste, natureconservation, ocean, ocean conservation, Plastic, plastic pollution, plastics, pollutants, Pollution, recycle, recycling, reuse, save the environment, the ocean cleanup, trash reduction|

Welcome back to the saga of Plastic: the Plight of Pollution! In Part 1- The Plight of Plastics we discussed [...]

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YPB (Young Professionals Bloomington) Announces Bloomington Arts Passport

Maggie2022-09-21T18:38:29-04:00November 14, 2019|Categories: News, Press Release|Tags: arts passport, Bloomington, Bloomington Playwrights Project, Buskirk Chumley Theater, Cardinal Stage, Greater Bloomington Chamber of Commerce, IU Auditorium, IU Theater + Dance, Jewish Theater of Bloomington, Ryder Film Series, WonderLab|

Bloomington, IN (November 15, 2019) – YPB (Young Professionals Bloomington) and the Greater Bloomington Chamber of Commerce announced the launch of [...]

Baby Brains: A New Laboratory for Studying Child Development

Maggie2019-07-12T09:00:51-04:00July 12, 2019|Categories: Exhibits, Mission, Programs, Support, Wonderlab Education Blog|Tags: 2019 Norman Anderson Lifetime Achievement Award, Aditya Belamkar, babies, Bloomington, childhood, Cognitive development, developmental research, early childhood education, experimental psychology, head camera, Indiana, indiana university, lab-based research, learning, learning models, linda smith, Psychological and Brain Science, psychology, Science, Science Museum, science sprouts, science sprouts place, Southern Indiana, WonderLab, wonderlabsciencemuseum|

A conversation with Dr. Linda Smith – Bringing Head Cameras Home  Dr. Linda Smith. Photo courtesy of Linda Smith [...]

Teach the Teachers, Teach the World

Maggie2019-07-06T14:15:28-04:00July 6, 2019|Categories: Thoughts Behind the Wonder|Tags: atmospheric science, Bloomington, bloomington high school south, Bloomington Indiana, climate change, earth science, emmy brockman, environmental science, indiana university, IU Grand Challenge, IU Griffy Nature Preserve, kirstin milks, michael hamburger, phillipa tanford, Science, science poster sessions, STEAM, Summer Science Institute, teacher training, teaching teachers, wonderlab museum, wonderlabsciencemuseum|

Educating for Environmental Change: Summer Science Institutes Prepare Teachers with Real World Training 2018 SSI Institute Poster Session [...]

The Science Behind the Sprouts

Maggie2019-06-07T09:30:02-04:00June 7, 2019|Categories: Exhibits, Mission, Support, Wonderlab Education Blog|Tags: Bloomington, cognitive neuroscience, DCN Lab, Dr. Bennett Bertenthal, eye-tracking, indiana university, infants, minds, science sprouts, science sprouts place, toddlers, WonderLab, wonderlab museum|

Cognitive Neuroscience Inspires Exhibits WonderLab has worked for more than twenty years to ensure that science education is both accessible [...]

Where to Park When Visiting WonderLab

Maggie2022-09-21T18:51:52-04:00April 11, 2019|Categories: News, Press Release|Tags: Bloomington, downtown, parking, where to park in bloomington, WonderLab|

Visiting WonderLab is great way to spend time with family. It’s easy to plan a visit. Remember there are lots [...]