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Foothills Collaboratory

Welcome to the LAB

Experiment and innovate through our weekly engineering and design challenges. The Foothills Collaboratory, or The LAB, offers staffed drop-in activities, as well as many different unfacilitated activities that you can explore on your own. Each week we change the overall theme of the room to discover a new science topic using the materials provided at each table. Visitors can complete challenges through hands-on science exploration, and get creative by coloring a seasonal page for our community wall!

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SPARK: A STEM Career Showcase

SPARK: A STEM Career Showcase is held in The LAB on the second and third Saturday of the month and features local industries in the Carolina Foothills. Visitors can participate in guided activities based on STEM careers.

Want to be our next SPARK Guest? Fill out the info form below and email it to Carly Domanico at volunteers@catawbascience.org

SPARK Application!


 

Coming Soon!

SPARK Super User Cards! Get rewarded for attending our SPARK events! Stop by CSC on the 2nd or 3rd Saturday of the month to catch a SPARK event, but be sure to get your card initialed so we know you attended. Each 4th visit equals a prize! Click HERE for upcoming dates.

SPARK is funded by Voya STEM Futures, a program of the Association of Science and Technology Centers (ASTC), generously supported by the Voya Foundation.

Sam H.

This place was great. We have kids from 8 to 1 and they all had a great time. What I really liked is most of the exhibits are hands on and that really kept them occupied.

– Sam H.

Meredith C.

What a wonderful place to visit! Great environment to learn and the staff is very helpful! Hickory is lucky to have great family education and entertainment.

– Meredith C.

Denise G.

Fabulous and I don’t often give praise. We took our grandson and were there for hours. He loved it and so did we.

– Denise G.

Larry W.

Took the kiddos and they loved it. Employees were nice and helpful. If your looking for something to do with the kids give this place a shot.

-Larry W.

Tiffany F.

We love the Science Center! I take my 2 and 4 year old boys weekly to play and enjoy the exhibits. The staff are wonderful and the classes offered are excellent! We are so blessed to have such an amazing resource in our area.

– Tiffany F.

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243 Third Avenue NE
PO Box 2431
Hickory, NC 28603
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Catawba Science Center, located in Hickory, provides fun for all ages, and is within a short drive from Morganton, Statesville, Lenoir, Lincolnton, and Western NC.