SPARK! Tulip Garden
This program is for children ages 1-6 and their caregivers to enjoy hands-on exploratory STEAM learning and play. Enjoy music and motion, stories, guided activities and more with Discovery Center staff!
Programs are subject to change.
Tasty Tuesdays | 4:00 PM
November 5 - Cool Kitchen Tools
November 12 - Mini Pizza Hand Pies
November 19 - "Eggs"ploration
November 26 - Pumpkin Smoothies
December 3 - Roll Up Party Sandwich
December 10 - Decorate Cookies
December - 17 Peppermint Cotton Candy
Turtle Talk | 3:30 PM
Discovery Design Time | 4:00 PM
October 30 - Pumpkin Marbling
November 6 - Kaleidoscopes
November 13 - Sew a Pet
November 20 - Balanced Mobiles
November 27 - Cranky Contraptions
December 4 - Pop-Up Cards
December 11 - Musical Strokes
December 18 - Painted Ornaments
Campfire Story Time | 10:30 AM & 2:00 PM
October 31 - Pick a Circle, Gather a Square: a Fall Harvest of Shapes by Felicia Sanzari Chernesky
November 7 - Tools Rule by Aaron Meshon
November 14 - How Do You Lift a Lion? by Robert E Wells
November 21 - What Do Wheels Do All Day? by April Jones Prince
December 5- Just One Flake by Travis Jonker
December 12 - The Gingerbread Man by Eric Kimmel
December 19 - The Most Perfect Snowman by Chris Britt
Investigation Station | 4:00 PM
October 31 - Pumpkin Slime
November 7 - Racing Butter Balls
November 14 - Rolling Pin Pulley
November 21 - Archimedes Screw
December 5 - German Windmill Carousel
December 12 - Circuit Cards
December 19 - Melting Snowman
December 26 - Snowball Launcher
Turtle Talk | 3:30 PM
Wetland Walk | 4:00 PM
This program is for children ages 1-6 and their caregivers to enjoy hands-on exploratory STEAM learning and play. Enjoy music and motion, stories, guided activities and more with Discovery Center staff!
Explore all things STEAM with different lessons throughout the whole semester.
Try your hands at different tinkering stations and see what you can create!
This is a time for special-needs families to enjoy the Discovery Center’s exhibits in a sensory-friendly environment. All Access Nights are free, but reservations are required.
Sponsored by:
This program is for children ages 1-6 and their caregivers to enjoy hands-on exploratory STEAM learning and play. Enjoy music and motion, stories, guided activities and more with Discovery Center staff!
Become a biologist with the Discovery Center! These Learning Pods are designed for our older students to utilize tools and discover the inner workings of different organisms. Grades 2nd grade and higher.
Grade: 3rd & Up
Cost: $15/student; $10/chaperone
Our Learning Pod Field Trips are special classes designed for homeschool students to connect, have fun, and learn together!
You’ll practice some outdoor skills and STEM knowledge in these Campology School’s Out Play Days!
Spend your Thanksgiving Break with the Heelers! Inspired by Bluey, this new Campology session is geared for families to learn and explore together.
Spend your Thanksgiving Break with the Heelers! Inspired by Bluey, this new Campology session is geared for families to learn and explore together.
We will be gobbling up facts about turkeys and their life cycle, diet, habitat and behaviors!
This program is for children ages 1-6 and their caregivers to enjoy hands-on exploratory STEAM learning and play. Enjoy music and motion, stories, guided activities and more with Discovery Center staff!
Explore all things STEAM with different lessons throughout the whole semester.
Celebrate Holiday Open House with exciting activities led by Discovery Center staff and community partners. Free and open to the public. Sponsored by The Nissan Foundation.
Learn more about different holiday traditions all over the world through hands-on activities and exploration.
This is a time for special-needs families to enjoy the Discovery Center’s exhibits in a sensory-friendly environment. All Access Nights are free, but reservations are required.
Sponsored by:
This program is for children ages 1-6 and their caregivers to enjoy hands-on exploratory STEAM learning and play. Enjoy music and motion, stories, guided activities and more with Discovery Center staff!
Become a biologist with the Discovery Center! These Learning Pods are designed for our older students to utilize tools and discover the inner workings of different organisms. Grades 2nd grade and higher.
Grade: All Grades
Cost: $15/student; $10/chaperone
Our Learning Pod Field Trips are special classes designed for homeschool students to connect, have fun, and learn together!
Grab your swords and shields, young knights. Defend the Kingdom of Discovery Center from dragons with hands-on STEM activities
Become a part of the story with Campology this Winter Break! These camp sessions will have your young reader exploring “Hiders Seekers, Finders Keepers” and “Where the Wild Things Are” with engaging games, STEM activities, and art projects.
Come light up the night at our 3rd annual Lantern Parade at Discovery Center!
This program is for children ages 1-6 and their caregivers to enjoy hands-on exploratory STEAM learning and play. Enjoy music and motion, stories, guided activities and more with Discovery Center staff!
Become a biologist with the Discovery Center! These Learning Pods are designed for our older students to utilize tools and discover the inner workings of different organisms. Grades 2nd grade and higher.
Grade: 3rd & Up
Cost: $15/student; $10/chaperone
Our Learning Pod Field Trips are special classes designed for homeschool students to connect, have fun, and learn together!
The Discovery Center’s signature Tennessee STEAM Festival kick-off event, “STEAM-A-Palooza” returns this year on Saturday Oct. 12th, from 12 pm to 4 pm.
Happy Hallow-STEAM! Be prepared for a hauntingly good time hunting monsters and creating flying bats!
This is a time for special-needs families to enjoy the Discovery Center’s exhibits in a sensory-friendly environment. All Access Nights are free, but reservations are required.
Sponsored by:
This program is for children ages 1-6 and their caregivers to enjoy hands-on exploratory STEAM learning and play. Enjoy music and motion, stories, guided activities and more with Discovery Center staff!
Join the Campology Crew for a week of building challenges from building bricks to toothpicks.
The Great Pumpkin Fall Festival is full of fun, not frightening festivities for the whole family. Celebrate pumpkin season with Discovery Center.
Explore all things STEAM with different lessons throughout the whole semester.
This program is for children ages 1-6 and their caregivers to enjoy hands-on exploratory STEAM learning and play. Enjoy music and motion, stories, guided activities and more with Discovery Center staff!
Learn more about Hispanic Heritage Month through hands-on activities at the Discovery Center.
This is a time for special-needs families to enjoy the Discovery Center’s exhibits in a sensory-friendly environment. All Access Nights are free, but reservations are required.
Sponsored by:
Become a biologist with the Discovery Center! These Learning Pods are designed for our older students to utilize tools and discover the inner workings of different organisms. Grades 2nd grade and higher.
Grade: 3rd & Up
Cost: $15/student; $10/chaperone
Our Learning Pod Field Trips are special classes designed for homeschool students to connect, have fun, and learn together!
Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month with exciting activities led by Discovery Center staff and community partners. Free and open to the public. Sponsored by The Nissan Foundation.
This program is for children ages 1-6 and their caregivers to enjoy hands-on exploratory STEAM learning and play. Enjoy music and motion, stories, guided activities and more with Discovery Center staff!
Explore all things STEAM with different lessons throughout the whole semester.
This program is for children ages 1-6 and their caregivers to enjoy hands-on exploratory STEAM learning and play. Enjoy music and motion, stories, guided activities and more with Discovery Center staff!
Join us as we “travel” to India!
Sponsored by The Nissan Foundation.
This program is for children ages 1-6 and their caregivers to enjoy hands-on exploratory STEAM learning and play. Enjoy music and motion, stories, guided activities and more with Discovery Center staff!
Blast off at All Access with some out-of-this-world activities designed to explore space and the solar system.
This is a time for special-needs families to enjoy the Discovery Center’s exhibits in a sensory-friendly environment. All Access Nights are free, but reservations are required.
Sponsored by:
Venture into a SPARK! Campology session that is out-of-this-world!
A Campology session fit for an Olympian with STEAM activities inspired by favorite Olympic events!
Beat the heat with some frozen treats and ice cream themed activities at the Discovery Center!
This is a time for special-needs families to enjoy the Discovery Center’s exhibits in a sensory-friendly environment. All Access Nights are free, but reservations are required.
Sponsored by:
Celebrate World Environment Day all week long exploring the Murfree Spring wetlands!
Celebrate World Environment Day all week long exploring the Murfree Spring wetlands!
Celebrate World Environment Day on this one day camp exploring the Murfree Spring wetlands!
A Campology day fit for an Olympian with STEAM activities inspired by favorite Olympic events!
Harris Riding Academy joins the museums Countdown to the Summer Olympics celebration with an afternoon exploring equestrian sports!
Included with admission.