All activities are included with General Admission tickets unless otherwise noted.
Spooky Candy House Engineering Workshop
12 p.m.
Enter our Spooky Science Lab and put your eerie engineering skills to the test! Craft a spooky, haunted candy house using chillingly sweet materials - perfect for Halloween! Can your ghostly structure survive a monstrous earthquake test, or will it crumble into a sugary grave? Only the brave will find out!
Pratt Science Lab, Lower Level
Click here for tickets, additional workshop fee required. Places are limited and advance reservations are recommended.
Spooky Solar Critters Workshop
3 p.m.
Join us if you dare for a frightfully fun outdoor experience where science meets the supernatural! Get hands-on with eerie electronics as you design and build your own solar-powered spooky critter - a creepy, crawly creature that comes to (after)life with the power of the sun.
Rooftop
Click here for tickets, additional workshop fee required. Places are limited and advance reservations are recommended
Putt Putt Paradise
11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Inspired by mini golf and arcade games this new hands-on activity turns a game of chance into an engineering challenge! Design, build, and test a device to propel a golf ball through obstacle courses inspired by real mini golf games.
The Tech Studio, Lower Level
Cardboard Haunted House
11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., 2 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Celebrate the spooky season by creating your own cardboard decorations for our Cardboard Community Haunted House! Use cardboard making tools and techniques to create fun Halloween themed decorations to take home or display for other visitors to see.
Tech Studio, Lower Level
Social Robots
12 p.m. to 5 p.m.
Build a robot to help with a task using real sensors and actuators. Customize your robot and imagine what it can do!
Social Robots, Lower Level
Mushroom Bricks
11 a.m. to 1 p.m., 2:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Grow bricks and building blocks using nature’s technology — living mushrooms! Explore the sustainable material of the future by designing a brick that will grow from mushroom mycelium! Ages 10+, under 10 must partner with an adult.
BioTinkering Lab, Upper Level