Do you know just what a single dinosaur fossil can tell us? Do you know the proper way to hunt for fossils at an excavation site? Your kids will learn all about mapping and documenting artifacts, like like a real paleontologist! Find out how...

Do you know which area of the Discovery Center is over 100 years old? Here's a hint: Its name has something to do with the location of The Discovery Center. Let our educators take you on a tour of the park and experience it's wonder like never before...

Can you make an egg fit inside of a bottle or magically guess which cards your friends were holding up? Well, Master Magician Tim can show you how! This month's Saturday Science class is all about the science of magic. You'll learn how different magic tricks are really science at work. Master Magician Tim will also show your kids a few tricks to astound their friends.

Summer science camp is a great way for children to spend their long summer days! Join us for Space Camp, Magic Camp with Master Magician Tim, and take a trip back in time with us as we explore kid favorites from the past 50 years. Your children will do exciting experiments in our classroom and have fun playing in our six-acre nature park. Click here to download registration forms so your kids can have a summer they'll never forget!

Are your little scientists fascinated with insects? Do they know how their favorite bugs are different from one another and how they survive in nature? Every Saturday this July, we'll explore a variety of insects and spiders! Children will get a chance to meet some live creatures and will even make an insect of their own! This class is crawling with new and exciting creatures to explore!

Come join The Discovery Center as we welcome local astronomers and star gazing enthusiasts to our grounds. Every "clear" Friday night the Discovery Center will host a "Star Party" on the lush grounds of the Adobe Picnic area. Everyone is welcome to attend this amazing event. Bring your telescopes, star charts, and blankets to enjoy a fun-filled evening beneath the night sky.

Are you looking for an exciting way to get a head start on your toddler's education? Turn your tots into Scien-tots this June at the Discovery Center! They've already been to daycare, but that environment just isn't stimulating enough to help your little ones learn. They'll enjoy Nature Study, Nature Play and Nature Craft each and every day of Preschool Summer Camp! Click here to download registration forms and give your toddlers an exciting head start!

Bring the kids Saturdays this June to learn about the power of Mother Nature. They'll study the earth and learn how earthquakes occur. Your little scientists will even create their own volcanoes to learn how and why they erupt. This class is exploding with new things to learn, so don't miss out!

Bubbles and Color are this month's theme for Saturday Science! Your kids will use hula-hoops and wading pools to blow giant bubbles while they learn exactly why they take the shape of spheres. They'll try catching bubbles in a jar and try to figure out why bubbles like wet surfaces. Help your kids find the valuable science lessons hidden in some of their favorite, fun activities!

View Space is a self-updating program created by the Space Telescope Science Institute. View Space portrays the beauty and wonder of the universe in several hour-long documentaries. Come and view the breathtaking images that will be beamed directly into The Discovery Center from the Space Institute.

The Deutsch Cactus Garden is an amazing spectacle of desert life that has been a lifetime in the making. Here, you'll find a rare sight - a 35-foot Saguaro cactus with flowers that bloom at night! You'll also see barrel cactus, fish-hook cactus, and even the hard-to-grow creeping devil cactus! Bring the kids to see this incredible exhibit of exotic cacti from all over the country!

The Fresno BabyFest is an annual Discovery Center event that is always FREE to the public. This spring festival "celebrates and educates" by celebrating babies and their families and educating about positive ways to keep them healthy and happy. We feature informative booths and demos on topics related to children 0-5yrs and their families, vendors of products which encourage positive parenting, as well as food, family entertainment, and more.

Animals have a number of natural defense mechanisms to help protect them from other creatures in the wild. This month, children will learn about four very different animal defenses. In our first class, we'll study the defenses used by the dinosaurs long ago, including plate amour, horns, and spikes. Our second session will focus on poisonous animals and how their bright colors can warn predators to stay away. Finally, we'll learn about animals that hide through creative play, and how animals that camouflage themselves are different from those that hide.

Every Saturday in February we'll be experimenting with magnets and electricity to have fun while learning. Your children will get hands on with different magnet stations full of experiments like connecting a circuit, making a bulb light up, making a light bulb out of a pickle, and more fun activities from our Magnets and Electricity class. Bring the entire family for these fun activities!

Every Saturday in January we'll be having fun while learning all about recycling. Your children will learn how to reuse, reduce, and recycle from The Discovery Center's educators while making musical instruments from recyclable materials, and enjoying more fun activities from our Musical Garbage class. Don't miss these activities, fun for all ages!

This November, Winter Science Camp returns at The Discovery Center! Your kids will become "cold" detectives as they explore the properties of substances as they reach freezing temperatures. As they learn the difference between solid, liquid, and frozen states of matter, they will have a blast with some of our most popular hands-on activities. They will make ice cream, assemble a dry ice comet, make snowflakes, and even build their own weather instruments! Register your child for the full week, or even a single day of camp today!

Every Saturday in December,your child will enter the world of a Yokut Indian.Our grounds feature an extensive collection of Yokut artifacts,including our special Yokut basket collection.They will even be able to explore real Indian tepees at our campfire site.Bring the whole family for this fun venture into the life of a Yokut Indian!

Every Saturday in November we'll be having fun while learning all about dinosaurs.Your children will learn about these gigantic creatures from The Discovery Center's educators while engaging in some of the most popular activities from our Dino-Mite class. They' ll even get to go on their own "Dino Dig" as they search for bones at our very own Dino Dig Site.