STEM Saturday

Interns2022-09-27T14:24:51-04:00September 14, 2022|Categories: STEM Saturday|Tags: archaeology, fun, STEM, WonderLab, wonderlab museum, wonderlabsciencemuseum|

  Saturdays in November Join WonderLab in person every Saturday to practice STEM skills such as defining & problem solving, [...]

Science Sprouts

Interns2022-09-27T14:45:06-04:00September 14, 2022|Categories: Science Sprouts|Tags: archaeology, early childhood education, fun, Hands-on Science, Kids, paleontology, science sprouts, WonderLab, wonderlab museum, wonderlabsciencemuseum|

  Tuesdays in November Join us at WonderLab and encourage your little scientist at Science Sprouts. What is a paleontologist? [...]

Science StoryTime – Virtual

Interns2022-09-27T11:07:31-04:00September 14, 2022|Categories: Science Story Time Virtual|Tags: early childhood education, Science, Science Museum, science story time, story time, virtual, WonderLab, wonderlab museum, wonderlabsciencemuseum|

Wednesday, November, 2 Science Story Time is geared toward listeners toddler through early elementary ages. This program uses children’s picture [...]

Discovery Time

Interns2022-09-27T14:34:18-04:00September 14, 2022|Categories: Discovery Time|Tags: archaeology, early childhood education, paleontology, Science, Science Museum, WonderLab, wonderlab museum, wonderlabsciencemuseum|

    Thursdays in November Discovery Time utilizes a broad array of learning languages - including music, art, stories, and [...]

Science StoryTime

Interns2022-09-27T14:47:47-04:00September 14, 2022|Categories: Science Story Time|Tags: early childhood education, science for kids, Science Museum, WonderLab, wonderlabsciencemuseum|

  Thursdays in November Science Story Time is geared toward listeners toddler through early elementary ages. This program uses children’s [...]

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Welcoming Visitors, WonderLab Refreshes Connections and Exhibits

Aleisha2022-09-21T18:43:45-04:00September 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

Aleisha2022-09-26T20:30:53-04:00August 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 [...]

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Baby Brains: A New Laboratory for Studying Child Development

Aleisha2024-06-17T19:40:36-04:00July 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 [...]

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Teach the Teachers, Teach the World

Aleisha2024-06-17T19:38:54-04:00July 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 [...]

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Turn a yard full of invasive plants into works of art with Science of Art: Paper Making with Invasives!

Aleisha2024-06-17T20:30:51-04:00March 25, 2019|Categories: News, Programs|Tags: art, Hands-on Science, invasive plants, Laura Post, paper making, plants, Science, Science Museum, WonderLab, wonderlabsciencemuseum|

BLOOMINGTON, IN.- Roughly one-fourth of all plant species in Indiana are not native to the state - this includes plants [...]