by wildfire | Mar 13, 2015 | News, Uncategorized
SciWorks is celebrating Forsyth Creek Week — March 14-22, 2015 — with several activities, including a special Water Awareness Day and a free teacher workshop. Activities during Creek Week are designed to help children and adults draw the connection between local...
by wildfire | Feb 23, 2015 | News, Uncategorized
Don’t toss that broken bicycle or VCR! It could be useful in the future, so bring it to the SciWorks Repair Fair, and watch-and-learn while stuff gets repaired! On Saturday, February 28 from 1-5 pm, SciWorks will have “fixers” available to help...
by wildfire | Feb 6, 2015 | News, Uncategorized
With help from the Superfund Research Program in the UNC School of Public Health, a free informational session on vapor intrusion has been organized for Monday, February 9, from 6:30-8:30 pm at SciWorks. Lenny Siegel of the Center for Public Environmental Oversight...
by wildfire | Jan 23, 2015 | News, Uncategorized
SciWorks will celebrate all things cold and frozen on Saturday, January 31 from 1-4 p.m. during Frozen Science Fun! Day. Visitors can participate in a variety of activities involving ice and snow at special stations throughout the museum. Activities will include...
by wildfire | Jan 20, 2015 | News, Uncategorized
You’ll engage through play, scientific inquiry, art and action as you “become” a raindrop, travel to the sea and learn how to contribute to healthy, safe water in your community and beyond in a new traveling exhibit at SciWorks. Water’s Extreme...
by wildfire | Dec 30, 2014 | News, Uncategorized
Do you know a girl in grades 5-8 who is interested in engineering? Young Engineers of Today, with support from the Society of Information Managers (SIM), is offering a program at SciWorks to allow girls in grades 5-8 to explore programming and engineering. Students...
by wildfire | Dec 15, 2014 | News, Uncategorized
By Dr. Steve Feldman Happy 50th Anniversary Sciworks! As a long-time SciWorks board member and former adjunct faculty member for the science center, it is such a pleasure to recognize an important milestone for this extraordinary institution in our community. SciWorks...
by wildfire | Dec 4, 2014 | News, Uncategorized
In 1962, four women, on behalf of the Junior League of Winston-Salem, introduced an idea for a new nature sciences center that would become a permanent part of the educational and recreational landscape for Winston-Salem. On December 12, 1964, the Nature Science...
by wildfire | Nov 19, 2014 | News, Uncategorized
SciWorks hosted Nanoscale Science and Technology Day on Wednesday, November 19, from 9:00 a.m. to Noon. Students from area schools and other visitors to the museum will explore hands-on stations where they will discover the many applications of Nanoscience in energy,...
by wildfire | Oct 26, 2014 | News, Uncategorized
We had a wonderful time with Trick-or-Treat in the Museum this past Saturday. Thank you so much to our supporters who contributed goodies for the children and families who came, including: Chick-fil-A of Stanleyville Dewey’s Bakery Krispy Kreme Doughnut...
