CHANGING LIVES AND INSPIRING LEARNING THROUGH SCIENCE AND WONDER.
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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Get ready for Hickory Bot Battles on September 12th & 13th! Come with all of your beginner-level questions regarding combat robots and Bot Battles for Brian! On June 8th, July 13th, and August 3rd, from 1 – 3 PM in the Foothills Collaboratory.
Learn more about Hickory Bot Battles HERE
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 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.
FlutterBy Lunch & Learn: Pollinator Plants
Wed, Jun 18 2025 12:00 pm - 12:30 pm
Bring your lunch and join us for a special FlutterBy Lunch & Learn event with the Master Gardeners of Catawba County! Learn about the intricate world of butterflies and the plants that attract them! On June 18th 12 – 1 PM, in North Classroom. Free event with the purchase of admission. Participants must provide their own bag lunch.
Fabulous and I don’t often give praise. We took our grandson and were there for hours. He loved it and so did we.
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.
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.
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.
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.
