CHANGING LIVES AND INSPIRING LEARNING THROUGH SCIENCE AND WONDER.
The North Carolina Science Festival is the first statewide science festival in the United States. The annual month-long celebration of science brings together hundreds of community events across North Carolina each year in April. Celebrating its 14th anniversary in 2024, the Festival presents a unique opportunity for North Carolinians of all ages to celebrate and engage with science. NCScifest is presented by the Biogen Foundation and produced by Morehead Planetarium and Science Center at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
For more information, visit www.ncsciencefestival.org.
April 20th | 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM
STEM TREK is a FREE family event for all ages! Explore fun STEM careers while participating in hands-on activities provided by local businesses highlighting STEM career options. The event is engaging for children and adults alike! Located in the West Building at the SALT Block in Hickory!
April 11th | 5:30 – 7:30 PM
'Tap' into the trends of an NC staple beverage. Learn why North Carolina is a beer mecca. Appalachian State University's Dr. Brett Taubman, Professor and Director of Fermentation Sciences will lead participants through the evolution of IPAs with a discussion of brewery innovations and tutored tasting from local breweries with more than just IPAs. In the Planetarium Building.
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This event is open to ages 21+ only.
Questions? Contact the Programs Director at programs@catawbascience.org or 828.322.8169 x. 305
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.
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.
