WonderFest Hands-On Activities

Bring WonderLab to your next event!

 WonderFest’s Hands-On Activity Stations will add STEM learning and fun to your school or special event. Choose themed activities in four standard sizes to meet your needs. We can even create hands-on activities specially tailored for your audience and event.

4 Sizes

Affordable

Hands-On

All ages

Customizable Themes

Two elementary-aged kids are focused on a science experiment at a WonderLab Wonderfest event
Two children in yellow t-shirts watch intently at WonderLab hands-on science event
Several children of varying ages gather around to watch a Wonderlab science experiment in a library

Step 1 – Determine your event size, number of activity stations, and price

WonderFest Size, # of Activity Stations and Fees

Single WonderFest

$250
  • 30 or fewer people
  • 1 Activity station
  • Up to 3 hours

Small WonderFest

$300
  • 31 – 90 people
  • 3 Activity stations
  • Up to 3 hours

Medium WonderFest

$400
  • 91 – 150 people
  • 5 Activity stations
  • Up to 3 hours

Large WonderFest

$650
  • 151 – 300 people
  • 10 Activity stations
  • Up to 3 hours

Step 2 – Pick your WonderFest Topic

Engineering

  1. Boats
  2. Build Your Own Bubble Wand
  3. Gears
  4. Paper Airplanes
  5. Paper Roller Coasters
  6. Rube Goldberg Machines
  7. Scribble Bots
  8. Stomp Rockets
  9. Wind Turbines
  10. Ziplines

Explore Earth and Space

  1. Exoplanet Transits
  2. Expanding Universe
  3. Filtered Light
  4. Land Cover
  5. Magnetic Fields
  6. Mars Rovers
  7. Objects in Motion
  8. Paper Mountains
  9. Pocket Solar System
  10. Rising Sea
  11. Space Guess Quest
  12. Static Electricity
  13. Stomp Rockets
  14. Temperature Mapping

Full STEAM Ahead

  1. Balancing Bird
  2. Binary Jewelry
  3. Color Changing Chemistry
  4. Gravity Graph
  5. Mobius Strips
  6. Nature of Dye
  7. UV Art
  8. Thaumatropes

Let’s Do Chemistry

  1. Atoms to Atoms
  2. Chemistry is Colorful
  3. Chemistry Makes Scents
  4. Molecules in Motion
  5. Nature of Dyes
  6. Rocket Reactions
  7. Sublimation Bubbles
  8. What’s in the Water?
  9. Zomes and Bubbles

Tech Takeover

  1. Penny Keyboard
  2. Binary Jewelry
  3. Brush Bots
  4. Computer Cryptography
  5. Makey Makey Conductivity Test
  6. Mars Rover
  7. Merge Cubes
  8. Ozobots
  9. Robot Bowling
  10. Scribble Bots
  11. Virtual Reality Adventures

The Science of Sound and Music

  1. Penny Keyboard
  2. Explore Tuning Forks
  3. Funky Chicken
  4. It’s the Sound Match Game
  5. Mini Pipe Organs
  6. Singing Glasses
  7. Spoon Gongs
  8. Spouting Water Bowl
  9. You Too, Can Make a Kazoo

Step 3 – Tips for a Successful Event

Logistics and Staffing:

  • Be prepared to provide space, one table per activity, chairs and, if needed, electrical outlets and a convenient water supply.
  • One volunteer or staff member is necessary to run each activity station.
  • If you are located in Monroe County, you are responsible for providing half of the volunteers needed to staff the activity stations.
  • If you are outside Monroe County, you are responsible for providing all of the volunteers needed to staff the activity stations.
  • A WonderLab staff member will train, oversee, and support all volunteers during the event.
  • WonderLab will provide all the activity supplies, set up, and clean up. A WonderLab staff member will train, oversee, and support all volunteers during the event.

Considerations and Recommendations:

  • Activity Stations may run up to a maximum of 3 hours (a typical STEM Night ~2 hours).
  • We strongly recommend max 30 participants/station/hour.
  • Max of 10 activity stations per event.

Travel Fees

  • For locations within a 10-mile radius from the WonderLab Museum location: No travel fee.
  • For locations outside a 10-mile radius from the WonderLab Museum location: No travel fee for the 10-mile radius between WonderLab and outreach site. Beyond that, $1 per mile round-trip between WonderLab and outreach site.

Questions or Special Requests?

Payment

Outreach events must be scheduled and paid at least two weeks in advance. Events that require payment adjustments based on attendance will be invoiced or reimbursed for adjustments after the event. Non-payment will result in cancellation of the event.

Cancellation Policy

Events cancelled at least one month (30 days) in advance will receive a full refund. Events cancelled less than one month in advance are subject to a 50% cancellation fee. Events cancelled less than two weeks in advance will receive refund of their mileage/travel fees only. No cancellation fees will be charged if the event is rescheduled. No cancellation fees will be charged if an event is cancelled due to weather conditions.

Step 4: Book your WonderFest!

To schedule a WonderFest please fill out the form below. Our educators will contact you shortly to confirm the details and price of the event.
Name(Required)
Email(Required)
Address of Event Location
Choose Your WonderFest Topic(Required)
NOTE: WonderLab staff will contact you about selecting specific activities for the topic after your event is scheduled.
This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged.

Questions?

Contact Jessica McKinney, Museum Educator
812.337.1337 ext. 218
museumeducator@wonderlab.org
If you call and get voicemail, please leave your telephone number and the best time(s) to reach you at that number.