To close out the Homeschool Day Year, we will explore regenerative agriculture and learn about soil and plant science. We will also have our STEM Project Showcase in the lobby.
Join us for Science Outside career immersion day! We will have stations where you can explore tools, skills and unique experiences that will spark curiosity about life in the realms of environmental science, conservation, zoology and ecology.
Imagine a sustainable future for the planet with us at the Science Mill on Memorial Day Weekend!
Explore the great outdoors from the lens of STEM at the Science Outside Summer Camp!
The week includes lots of exciting, engaging time at the Science Mill, field trips to nearby parks, and one overnight at Bamberger Ranch Nature Preserve.
Solve cosmic mysteries at this Science Mill Day Camp! Explore planetary science through the lens of biology, geology, and chemistry and achieve your mission! Designed for Grades 3-5 and 6-8.
Dun dun. Dun dun. It’s Shark Week at the Science Mill 🦈
Become a champion of the earth at this stewardship-themed Science Mill Day Camp! Experience activities that explore water conservation, renewable energy, food sustainability, and related careers. Designed for Grades 3-5 and 6-8.
Earn a Badge (or 2) during Girl Scout Badge Day at the Science Mill!
Pollinator Palooza returns to the Science Mill on Saturday, April 20 from 10 am to 2 pm. Through up-close encounters and hands-on activities, learn why monarch butterflies – along with bees and bats – are crucial to our local ecosystem. Three cheers for pollinators: Butterflies! Bats! Bees!
This month, Homeschool Students will become STEM Detectives to conduct various investigations and solve mysteries around the Science Mill.
Johnson City, Texas (and the Science Mill!) is in the path of totality for the total solar eclipse happening on April 8, 2024. Witness this phenomenon with us!
Join us on a phenology hike at Pedernales Falls State Park and learn how to read the signs of spring in our upcoming Science Outside family workshop!
Learn about the wonders of the human heart with Heart Surgeon Dr. Carlos Mery and Critical Care Intensivist Dr. Sai Surapa Raju and other members of the Heart Center team! Get the chance to attend this informative talk and experience hands-on activities like heart dissection, a stethoscope demo, and more!
Homeschool Day is moving Full STEAM Ahead in March! This month, we explore the relationship between art and science with colorful and artful STEM projects in our learning labs and floor activities.
Saddle up for the most exciting Science Mill spring break yet! Ride an adrenaline and curiosity high through exciting hands-on activities exploring the worlds of science, technology, math, and engineering. There's something for everyone at the arena this March 9-17!
It’s time to show that Central Texas is full of generosity! On March 6-7, from 6pm-6pm, help us celebrate Amplify Austin Day by making a donation to the Science Mill.
Engineering is just TOO MUCH FUN for one day - so get your thinking caps on for ENGINEERING WEEKEND, this February!
Calling all shark lovers 🦈 Matt" “The Shark Guy” Marchant will be swimming into the Science Mill on February 16 to do a book signing and meet & greet!
February is all about engineering, with an emphasis on mechanical engineering, which is the construction of moving products and devices. Join us as we build prosthetic components and moving cardboard creations.
Light up someone's world by making a unique Valentine's card at this month's WEEKEND OF WOW on February 10!
It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year! Snow Day is back!
Calling all shark lovers 🦈 Matt" “The Shark Guy” Marchant will be swimming into the Science Mill on January 15 to do a book signing and meet & greet!
This month’s theme is all about robotics, coding, and programming. Join us for Human Robot demonstrations, and opportunities to code and play with robotics in our floor activities and learning labs.
Come power up with us at our Winter Break event this year: CIRCUIT CIRCUS 🎪💫
Discover the world of circuitry through exciting hands-on activities!
Experience A-HA! lightbulb moments at the Science Mill’s Weekend of WOW featuring a special science demo to wow visitors of all ages.
This December Homeschool Day, let’s get CHEMICAL! Floor activities and learning labs include chemistry demonstrations, lava lamp making, and fun kitchen science experiments!
Nothing is more indicative of success than support from community ❤️ Help us empower more kids to believe they can be scientists, engineers, innovators - anything they want to be. Together, let's cheer them on that #YesYouCan 💪
In our commitment to developing top-tier STEM programs and activities, we encourage participants to see themselves in future STEM careers. This is achieved through dynamic Learning Labs, creating unforgettable museum experiences, and bringing exciting SCI-Camps to schools across the country. Your support is the key to our continued success.
Thanks to your contributions, this past school year we were able to offer reduced or complimentary museum experiences to students. Additionally, our off-site summer programs delivered engaging STEM activities to over 4,500 students, the majority of whom were from rural, underserved areas across Texas. These programs were geared toward introducing the participants to careers in STEM like geology, engineering, chemistry, and much more. After attending SCI-Camp, 91% of campers believe they can be successful in a STEM Career, 92% of campers are more excited for their STEM classes, and 96% of Campers attended at no cost. This was all made possible by the generosity of our donors.
Join us on November 28th for Giving Tuesday, a worldwide event celebrating generosity and supporting nonprofits, foundations, and community initiatives. Your support will help us continue reaching out to underserved areas and expand the horizons of thousands of children.
Learn more about Giving Tuesday here
It’s a colorful and musical week at the Science Mill for the Spectacular Science of Light!
This month we are exploring light and sound science! Make your own instruments, light paintings, and explore STEM careers in music technology this month through our various floor activities and learning labs.
Dine on delicious cuisine from local Johnson City restaurants and sip on the area’s best beverages as we celebrate the stars of STEM and the Science Mill’s incredible year.
Learn about the monarch life cycle, including their complex multigenerational migration. Learn how to identify and tag monarchs and try your hand at it in our backyard.
The annular solar eclipse is October 14th, so we’re kicking off Homeschool Day learning everything about eclipses! Students and guests will learn about eclipses and space through special floor activities and learning labs.
Earn a Badge (or 2) during Girl Scout Badge Day at the Science Mill!
Be part of this fundraising initiative that boosts South Central Texas nonprofits for the betterment of our beloved community 👐
A little goes a long way - your donation can help the Science Mill bring STEM education to more kids all over Texas ✨ Learn more about our mission
For 10 years The Nonprofit Council has been proud to present Big Give, a 24-hour online giving day that helps connect South Central Texas nonprofits with new and existing donors. Since 2014 Big Give has helped organizations raise over $40 million from over 283,000 individual donors.
Come celebrate Austin Museum Day at the Science Mill and enjoy FREE ADMISSION!
Excuse us as we take a brief intermission to give our exhibits some TLC! 🔨🧹 Doors will reopen on September 9!
Scientists have always been fascinated by flight and have spent centuries creating solutions for launching stones, jets, and even humans into the air. Step into the shoes of a physicist by exploring the forces of flight through fun, special activities at Physics of Flight!
In creating a sustainable future, it’s important to get back to our roots.
This August 19, join us for the grand opening of the Science Mill’s newest exhibit: the Food Forest. Within this 1,300 square foot space in the museum’s Science & Art Park are raised beds planted with a variety of native crops, a stunning herb spiral, and saplings of fig and pear trees. As an ever-evolving, living exhibit, the Food Forest offers visitors a unique experience with every visit. Educational components like interactive exhibit elements and guidance from museum educators are designed to grow visitors’ environmental literacy and instill in them a greater appreciation and understanding of the necessity of a balanced ecosystem to food security.
Today’s students have a monumental role in creating future solutions to the severe environmental issues we face today. At the Science Mill Food Forest, they have the opportunity to nurture their curiosity about food and ecology, experience up close what it means to work in harmony with nature rather than against it, and inspire them to become champions of conservation and sustainability.
